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Gabrielle (2005 film)

Gabrielle
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Directed by Patrice Chéreau
Produced by Joseph Strub
Serge Catoire
Ferdinanda Frangipane
Screenplay by Patrice Chéreau
Anne-Louise Trividic
Based on The Return
by Joseph Conrad
Starring Isabelle Huppert
Pascal Greggory
Claudia Coli
Music by Fabio Vacchi
Cinematography Éric Gautier
Distributed by IFC First Take (U.S.)
Release date
  • 28 September 2005 (2005-09-28)
Running time
90 minutes
Country France
Language French

Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.

Jean Harvey and his wife Gabrielle are renowned within Paris' haute bourgeoisie for the salons they host each Thursday evening.

Jean and Gabrielle live a comfortable yet regimented life in a well-appointed Paris mansion, assisted by a retinue of devoted servants. Yet their marriage is more of a contract than a relationship. Jean confides to the audience that he loves Gabrielle "as a collector loves his most prized object."

On their 10th anniversary, Jean comes home to find a note from Gabrielle in which she writes that within the hour she will have left to meet her lover.

Jean spends several minutes digesting the meaning of the note. Gabrielle returns shortly, though, and Jean and Gabrielle reflect on their marriage for the remainder of the film.

Gabrielle opened in the United States on July 14, 2006 at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and the IFC Center in Manhattan. It was also available that weekend to many home cable subscribers throughout the U.S. via video on demand through IFC. Subsequent release dates are July 28, 2006 in Boston and August 4, 2006 in Los Angeles.

Gabrielle was placed at 89 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.


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