20 September 2009

The Page Turner on UK TV on 23 September

image from movies.indiatimes.com

Sometimes, something just catches your eye and you aren't sure why. I was flicking through the various sections of the Saturday Times this morning (a Sunday morning habit) when the phrase The Page Turner jumped out at me. On closer inspection this turns out to be the title of a 2006 film which is showing on Film4 on Wednesday 23 September at 2250 UK time. From the Times's blurb:

Revenge is a dish served icy cold in the French writer-director Denis Dercoult's taut, psychologically charged Euro-thriller. Catherine Frot plays a successful concert pianist who hires a new assistant (Deborah Francois), not realising that this seductive femme fatale has scores to settle with her from years before (85 min).

I may have read about this film when it was first released, but if so, I'd forgotten about it - it sounds good even if it is not, as my subconscious brain must have at first thought, about books. The 85 min is also quite appealing, so I might attempt to set up the timer for it (if we even get this channel), because even though it is a short film, it's too late to watch "live" as it were.

More information:

La tourneuse de pages at the IMDB

Film4 review and info about the film

Observer review by Philip French

20 Sep 2009 12:30:23 | Film

2 Comments

Martin Edwards

Maxine, I have seen this film and I really liked it. Very under-stated, definitely creepy. There is one quite shocking scene.

Posted by: Martin Edwards | 20 September 2009 at 22:53

Maxine

Intriguing! I think I'll attempt to set that recorder, Martin, thanks.

Posted by: Maxine | 21 September 2009 at 22:10

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