6.2/10
NETFLIX Rating : 3.1
IMDB Rating : 6.1
FD Smart Rating : 6.2
Synopsis : Bored by an arranged marriage to a dull but well-meaning husband, a young wife in rural France in the 1920s seeks a drastic solution to her problems.
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Japan
Francois Mauriac , Claude Miller (scenario , adaptation and dialogue) , Natalie Carter (scenario
Drama
2012
1h50m
Suitable for 12 years and over
The year is 1926. In the Landes region, free-spirited Thérèse Larroque, the daughter of a wealthy pinery owner and radical-socialist politician, marries Bernard Desqueyroux, another pinery owner. Although she does it half-heartedly, she thinks that marriage may help her to 'sort out all the ideas in her mind'. But her disappointment is great. Her wedding night is all but fascinating and when she becomes pregnant she realizes the baby matters more to Bernard than herself. While Thérèse stifles in her husband's beautiful residence among stiff in-laws who do not think high of her, ideas keep on roaming her mind.