Product Details

• Actors: Lola Naymark, Marie Félix, Ariane Ascaride, Thomas Laroppe
• Directors: Éléonore Faucher
• Format: Import, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 89.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CISDH2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,898 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

(Region 1 DVD)When Claire learns that she is five months pregnant at the tender age of 17, she decides to give birth anonymously. She finds refuge with Madame Melikian, an embroiderer for haute couture designers. And, day by day, stitch by stitch, as Claire's belly grows rounder, the threads of embroidery create a filial bond between them.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A work of a rare beauty:, December 17, 2006

By 

Galina (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brodeuses (Region 1 DVD) (Original French Version - with English Subtitles) (DVD)

"Brodeuses" (2004) aka "A Common Thread"- a first feature by Éléonore Faucher is a simple, moving and beautiful film about two unhappy and lonely women, a pregnant unmarried teenager Claire and Madame Mélikian (Ascaride), an older woman grieving over the death of her only son in a motorcycle accident. Claire becomes an assistant for Madam Melikian, an embroiderer for haute couture Parisian designers. Slowly, both women come to need and value each other; they form a close bond through their mutual love for embroidery. Their true friendship will be one of the reasons for Claire to make a very important decision about her future baby. Visually, the film is a work of an exceptional beauty. Almost unknown, it is as exquisite as "Girl with a Pearl Earring" - Lola Naymark (Claire) could've been easily a Vermeer's model with her face of rare charm that shines in every frame and her impossibly beautiful long red hair. Both Naymard and Ariane Ascaride (Madam Melikian) gave outstanding performances in the movie with no bad performances at all.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful., March 27, 2006

By 

Joe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brodeuses (Region 1 DVD) (Original French Version - with English Subtitles) (DVD)

I must first state that I have only seen this movie on 35mm, and that this particular showing allowed the beautiful filter-/hue- work to show through. I do not know how much of this has been lost in the process of converting the movie to a digital format. I would think that the movie will critically suffer the more that the hues are lost. This is a slightly non-traditional movie in terms of modern French cinema; but, this is what made it so pleasing.