
The girl Mélanie Prouvost is the beloved daughter of the butchers Mrs. Prouvost and Mr. Prouvost. She is an aspirant pianist and her parents make her application to the Conservatory. During the entrance exam, she begins with a great performance but she is distracted by one member of the admittance board, Ariane, and she fails. Years later, Mélanie is a teenager that has just finished high-school and she is accepted as intern of the law firm owned by the prominent lawyer Mr.... (Full plot summary below)
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The girl Mélanie Prouvost is the beloved daughter of the butchers Mrs. Prouvost and Mr. Prouvost. She is an aspirant pianist and her parents make her application to the Conservatory. During the entrance exam, she begins with a great performance but she is distracted by one member of the admittance board, Ariane, and she fails. Years later, Mélanie is a teenager that has just finished high-school and she is accepted as intern of the law firm owned by the prominent lawyer Mr. Fouchécourt. Mélanie overhears that he needs someone to take care of his son Tristan and she offers to the position. She needs to travel to another town and when she arrives at the manor, she is welcomed by Ariane, who is the wife of Mr. Fouchécourt. She does not recognize Mélanie and soon she becomes Ariane's page turner, in the beginning of her carefully planned revenge against the woman that destroyed her dreams.
Leave your thoughts about The Page Turner.
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesThis premise may sound all right on paper, but on-screen it doesn't really wash. |
| TV GuideKen FoxThe film flows like a sinister and unsettling piece of music, from gripping overture to the tightly orchestrated movements to the unforgettable coda. |
| VarietyLisa NesselsonScripter-helmer Denis Dercourt's sixth feature is spare but classy, with an impressively controlled perf by Deborah Francois (the young mother in the Dardenne Bros.' "L'enfant") opposite popular and spot-on vet Catherine Frot. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesTeresa BudasiThis film, like Melanie in her fitted suit and straight, blond ponytail, is a taut little affair, clocking in at a no-nonsense 85 minutes. She gets in, gets out, her work is done, much like her long-ago audition. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchA devastating, subtly reticent thriller that matches Hitchcock twist by twist. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsDirector and co-writer Denis Dercourt infuses Melanie's calculating seduction of the family with a sense of genuine menace. You will not be bored. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisI find myself more responsive to the malignancy in The Page Turner than in all the other recent, all too numerous excursions into the darker side of human nature. Call me inconsistent if you wish, but do see The Page Turner. |
| BBC.comTom DawsonPleasingly reminiscent of Claude Chabrol's perverse thrillers. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawA meticulously controlled piece from which every ounce of fat has been trimmed. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyThe characters are sophisticated. The subtexts involve class and snobbery and sex. The mood is uncomfortably chill. |