CHERI

Cheri is a 2009 French/British/German drama movie directed by Stephen Frears, starring Michelle Pfeiffer (Lea) and Rupert Friend (Cheri). It is an revision of the novel by French author Colette.

A luxurious dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.

Cheri tells the story of the end of a six-year affair between an aging retired courtesan, Léa, and a lurid young man, Fred, nicknamed "Chéri" ("Dear"). Turning stereotypes upside-down, it is Chéri who wears silk pyjamas and Léa's pearls, and who is the object of gaze. The two think their relationship is casual until they are separated by Chéri's marriage at which point they understand they are in love. They spend a unhappy nine months separately, at which point Chéri appears at Léa's home. They spend the night together and Léa begins to plan their new life together. However, when she learns that Chéri had returned for the moral strength to be a husband, she lets him to return home. The final scene shows Cheri leaving Lea's home to walk down the street towards his home. Lea returns to her vanity table to gaze at herself in the mirror. The narrator cuts in that after many years Cheri will understand that Lea was the only woman he could ever love, but she was too old for him.

At Rotten Tomatoes it has a 54% or 'Rotten' rating, with "Cream of the Crop" critics giving it a 50% rating. Cheri received a nomination for the Berlin film Festival Golden Bear award. It was released on 10 February 2009 in Germany , 8 May 2009 in United Kingdom and 26 June 2009 (limited) in United States. It was rated R for sexual content and brief drug use. Gumshoe (1971) and Bloody Kids(1979) are the other films from this director.

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