SummarySuzanne is the bourgeois wife of a successful doctor, Samuel, living together with their children in the south of France. Weighted down by a thrill-less lifestyle and a stale marriage, Suzanne falls for the handsome young Ivan, an immigrant ex-con working on their property. Their affair is passionate, but Suzanne is wracked by guilt. When she con... Read More
Directed By:Catherine Corsini
Written By:Catherine Corsini, Gaëlle Macé, Antoine Jaccoud, Emmanuèle Bernheim
Leaving
Metascore
Mixed or Average
56
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
My Score
Drag or tap to give a rating
Hover and click to give a rating
Not available in your country?
ExpressVPN
Get 3 Extra months free
$6.67/mth
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
40% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
60% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Dec 17, 2010
75
In the infidelity drama Leaving, British reserve gets overtaken by French passion, and the subsequent events have the horrific momentum of a slow-motion car crash.
75
The plot isn't a new one (remember Lady Chatterley?), but Corsini gives it a few twists and turns that keep matters fresh and suspenseful.
70
Kristin Scott Thomas is the best though not the only reason to see Leaving.
60
Tightly wound and crafted, with robust performances by Kristin Scott Thomas and recurrent Spanish Don Juan Sergi Lopez, the picture offers a rough, no-frills take on a story as old as France itself.
Jan 13, 2011
50
The only reason to see Leaving - and it's not a bad reason at all - is for the sight of Kristin Scott Thomas in a rare happy mood.
40
The class issues make them pariahs, the love scenes belong on Cinemax After Dark, and the emotions writer-director Catherine Corsini believes are so adult are clichéd. Still, Scott Thomas is beguiling as usual, the one expected thing that's welcome here
40
In any language, the actress (Kristin Scott Thomas) does what she can to best serve her scripts, even when they're hopelessly beneath her.
Production Company:
- Pyramide Productions
- Caméra One
- VMP
- Solaire Production
- Canal+
- CinéCinéma
- Cofinova 5
- Région Languedoc-Roussillon
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Cofinova 3
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
- Angoa-Agicoa
Release Date:Oct 1, 2010
Duration:1 h 25 m
Awards
Globes de Cristal Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Nomination
