
Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and work starts to falter.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and work starts to falter.
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleLindon is a strong, sensitive actor, heir to the stoic French working-class tradition of Jean Gabin and Lino Ventura. And not enough can be said for Kiberlain, an actress willing to be seen in all her ranges. |
| CultureCatchBrandon JudellThe great French film Mademoiselle Chambon, based on a novel by Eric Holder, never strives for greatness. It just gently saunters there with a majestic, relentless vision of an impossible love. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceDirector Stéphane Brizé fills the drama with pregnant silences and the two actors make the most of them. But it may not be for everyone. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenThis small, nearly perfect film is a reminder that personal upheavals are as consequential in people's lives as shattering world events. |
| Time OutDavid JenkinsA heartbreaking, ambiguous twist on 'Brief Encounter', railway station finale and all. Take hankies. |
| Total FilmKevin HarleyA familiar tale lent richness by note-perfect turns and stealthy storytelling. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchIt's a touching, measured, well-observed film that uses music (the teacher is a trained violinist) skilfully. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasThe main characters' desires are so deeply submerged, hidden not only from each other than from themselves, that it's a shock when even the tiniest, most tentative endearment is expressed. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranPeople fall in love in every country, but nowhere is the experience put on film with the flawless style, empathy and emotion the French provide. Mademoiselle Chambon is the latest in that line of deeply moving romances, an exquisite chamber piece made with the kind of sensitivity and nuance that's become almost a lost art. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmAn impossible romance that is expressed delicately and without recourse to more than mild erotica. |