Quote of the day:
“Man is not a creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creature of man.”
--Benjamin Disraeli
Are you looking for a good DVD rental? Here’s one: “The Page Turner.”
This excellent, taut, slyly suspenseful psychological drama will take twists and turns that you’ll never see coming. It is by no measure an action movie. Unless you count the action below the surface.
It’s in French with subtitles, but if you let that chase you away you are missing something unique. The dialog is spare, as is the film itself. It runs about an hour and 20 minutes.
The story is very hard to describe without ruining the movie, but the setup is this. A young woman goes to work as a nanny for a successful attorney. In Hollywood that might be the start of a horror film.
But “The Page Turner” is much more interesting than any horror film. It’s fun, diverting and thought-provoking all at once.
Rent it, and expect the unexpected.
(Be sure you’re getting the 2006 film, whose French title is “La Tourneuse de Pages.” There’s a 2007 short also called “The Page Turner.”)
Sunday, September 30, 2007
The Page Turner (2006)
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I'll check it out. Have you seen Man on a Train? Another wonderful French movie. I missed it in the theatres when it first came out in 2002 but checked it out a couple months ago and really think it is one of the most finely crafted films I have ever seen.
Thanks Lynda. I'm not sure if we've seen it or not. We'll add it to our Netflix list.
I watched it based on your post, and liked it for the psychology and the view of French life. But were our sympathies supposed to stay with the protagonist Melanie to the end? Her revenge was too extreme. The injury she suffered as a little girl was life altering, but not personal. I ended up being repulsed by her satisfaction in her final scene.
Good point. I didn't sympathize with her at the end at all. What she did was over the top. It's interesting, though, how she magnifies her slight in her mind to the point where she thinks her action is justified. I confess I have magnified such slights or rudeness in my life. Not to this point, I hope!
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