Product Description

This acclaimed and emotionally taut thriller stars Déborah François as Mélanie, a young woman whose love of music turns in a passion for revenge. Self-possessed and coolly calculating, Melanie finds work as the personal page turner of the well-known concert pianist Ariane Foucherot (Catherine Frot). But Mélanie secretly holds a terrible grudge against her new employer, based on a thoughtless incident from the past that thwarted her own musical ambitions. Having patiently bided her time for ten long years, she at last prepares to exact her chilling revenge

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19875 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-03-26
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: French
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 82 minutes

Synopsis
This taught and suspenseful thriller follows the calculating Melanie as she infiltrates the family of Ariane; a celebrated pianist. Initially hired as nanny to Ariane’s son, Melanie’s consummate professional facade masks a dark heart; one that seeks revenge upon her new employer. Presenting herself as someone with a great interest in music, Melanie is asked to become Ariane’s page turner, thus proving to be indispensable, and thus aligning herself ready to exact a long-burning desire for retribution.

Customer Reviews

A succinct little treat
The Page Turner is a wonderful little film.

At just over 80 minutes, the plot is as simple or as complex as the viewer wants, depending on how much you read into it.

A very atmospheric fantastic revenge drama, with perfectly measured performances from the two lead actresses, and a pure pleasure to watch from start to finish.

I would recommend this film to anyone who has an aversion to subtitles, or anyone who is new to French cinema. The script is economical, even quite spartan in places and often relies on facial expressions/actions rather than words to convey the mood.

As a fan of French cinema, I greatly enjoyed it.

Slight but Delicious French Psychological Drama
Concert pianist Ariane Foucherot(Catherine Frot)unknowingly slights a young girl mid recital who is unable to regain her composure and fails the examination.Years later Melanie(Deborah Francois)the girl all grown up insinuates herself into the pianist's life in order to exact revenge.
Director Darcourt ratchets up the chills as he plays the ice cold Melanie off against the angst ridden and vulnerable Ariane.His constant use of close up nicely accentuates the relentless and subtle nature of Melanie's plan juxtaposed against Ariane's utter helplessness and ignorance of her"fate".
Frot and Francois are terrific and although it peeters out a little at the end,catch this in the right mood and you will be gripped.
A previous reviewer was evidently watching another film and got confused with this one as his review was "hilarious".

suspense with music
Young melanie fails a piano exam and never plays again. The woman who fails her is a well-known but neurotic pianist married to a sucessful lawyer. Ten years later Melanie insinuates herself into her husband's officeand then into her family home and is invited to turn pages for an important concert by her trio. The superficially shrinking violet uses her immense sexual power to destroy both family and trio. Apart from the two set trios, the music ic specially composed and is so skilfully integrated into the film that one is hardly conscious of it but together with the restrained acting of the principals it sustains the underlying tension and menace throughout. A subtle and intriguing film.