Nathalie...

Nathalie...

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Produced by Alain Sarde
Screenplay by Anne Fontaine
Jacques Fieschi
François-Olivier Rousseau
Based on An original idea
by Philippe Blasband
Starring Fanny Ardant
Emmanuelle Béart
Gérard Depardieu
Music by Michael Nyman
Cinematography Jean-Marc Fabre
Edited by Emmanuelle Castro
Production
company
Mars Distribution
Distributed by Koch-Lorber Films
Release dates
  • 11 September 2003 (2003-09-11) (Toronto)
  • 7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) (France)
  • 20 May 2005 (2005-05-20) (Spain)
Running time
100 minutes
Country France
Spain
Language French
Budget $7.4 million
Box office $8.7 million[1]

Nathalie... is a 2003 French drama film directed by Anne Fontaine, and starring Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, and Gérard Depardieu. The screenplay concerns a woman who discovers that her husband is cheating on her.

Plot

Catherine discovers that her husband Bernard is cheating on her. She decides to pay Parisian prostitute Nathalie to have an affair with her husband, and report back to her.

Cast

Reception

Nathalie... received generally positive reviews, currently holding a 73% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus states: "A seductive French import that portrays adult issues of jealousy and betrayal with strong lead performances and considerable French charm."[2] On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film holds a 69/100 rating, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Remake

Director Atom Egoyan remade the film in 2009, now entitled Chloe.[4] The film stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried. A reviewer in the New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weizmann) contrasting the original with the remake says Egoyan "Having adapted a film—via Erin Cressida Wilson's screenplay—from an erotic French drama called Nathalie, Egoyan appears convinced that he's creating a suspenseful work of art, rather than a mildly kinky bit of arthouse exploitation."[5] However, in his self-promotion, the director of the remake, Egoyan, described Chloe as more erotically charged than Nathalie...[6]

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