Wednesday, May 20, 2009

La tourneuse de pages (2006)

aka
The Page Turner USA (festival title)
Das Mädchen, das die Seiten umblättert Germany




A ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted piano player, but is insulted and ultimately ousted by one of the jurors at the academy where she plays for a scholarship. As a grown woman she receives employment at the juror's family house and seeks revenge.

A very subtly told story with some lesbian content and a very pretty bad girl. It's been said it has a touch of Hitchcock, but only via Chabrol. Recommendable.

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