CHÉRI
Opening July 3

Starring Michelle Pfeiffer

Official Selection, 2009 Berlin Film Festival

It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underway. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris's most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates), who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19 year-old son--a bon vivant nicknamed "Chéri" (Rupert Friend)--a thing or two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over sex, money, age and society--and, unexpectedly, love itself--as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever.

DIR Stephen Frears; SCR Christopher Hampton, after the novels by Colette; PROD Andras Hamori, Bill Kenwright, Thom Mount, Tracey Seaward. UK/Germany, 2009, color, 100 min. RATED R

No passes accepted.