
Release date:June 26, 2009
(limited)
Studio:Miramax Films
Director:Stephen Frears
MPAA Rating:R (for some sexual content and brief drug use)
Screenwriter:Christopher Hampton
Starring:Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates, Felicity Jones
Official website:Cheri-movie.com
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of the 1920s novel by French author Colette about the lingering effects of a romance between a middle-aged woman (Pfeiffer) and a wealthy young man (Friend). Set in 1920s Paris, where the young son of a wealthy courtesan (Bates) is educated in the ways of love by a middle-aged friend of the man's mother. When he is forced to give up the six-year relationship after marrying someone else, the young man can't forget her and retreats into a fantasy world.