LE DIVORCE, based on the novel by Diane Johnson, is a contemporary Merchant/Ivory production that explores the fundamental differences between Americans and the French, especially in matters of the heart and manners. Isabel (Kate Hudson) is a brash, outspoken Californian who travels to Paris to help her pregnant expatriot .. Read more
| Starring | Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Stockard Channing |
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| Director | James Ivory |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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LE DIVORCE, based on the novel by Diane Johnson, is a contemporary Merchant/Ivory production that explores the fundamental differences between Americans and the French, especially in matters of the heart and manners. Isabel (Kate Hudson) is a brash, outspoken Californian who travels to Paris to help her pregnant expatriot sister Roxeanne (Naomi Watts). Once there she finds that Roxeanne's cheating husband (Melvil Poupaud) has abandoned her for his sexy mistress. Determined to help Roxeanne, Isabel settles in and quickly succumbs to the charms of Paris, including its men. She embarks on her own affair with Edgar (Thierry Lhermitte), the married brother of Suzanne de Persand (Leslie Caron), Roxeanne's bourgeois mother-in-law, and falls into the stereotypical life of a French mistress, receiving expensive Hermes gifts, and undergoing a chic cultural makeover. However, Suzanne quickly learns of the affair and is enraged, claiming that Americans don't know how to have proper, temporary affairs. Upon the arrival of Isabel and Roxeanne's typically American parents (Stockard Channing and Sam Waterson), the cultural divide becomes deeper as the two families battle it out over love, marriage, infidelity, fortune and ultimately: divorce.
| Starring | Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Bebe Neuwirth, Matthew Modine, Stephen Fry |
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| Director | James Ivory |
| Studio | CINRAM LOGISTICS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Rom-Coms |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2003 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 02 Feb 2004 |
Dull adaptation of a waspish novel about the perfidious French.
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A surprising depth
I was surprised by this film.
I thought that the film was going to be a light romcom set in beautiful Paris, and so worth seeing but not digesting.<... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Tu Parle Francais?
If the answer to the above question is no, or you don't even understand it, you're gonna be in trouble with this film!! As enjoyable as it was comparing... read more »
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french rubbish
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GCSE French needed or subtitle option 2
Watched this film with my wife on saturday night as TV was boring..... Luckily my french is quite good for the French spoken scenes! Discovered that subtitles ... read more »
Ismail Merchant and James Ivory's final film The White Countess is to be released. The partnership that brought 45 films to the screen came to an end in May when Merchant died. The Merchant Ivory brand came to stand for high quality costume drama with their great catalogue including adaptations of EM Forster's A Room With A View (starring Dame Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter and Denholm Elliott), Howard's End (with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson) and Maurice. The White Countess, set in... Read more
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