Leaving

Leaving

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Release Date

8/12/2009

Runtime

85 mins

Overview

A bourgeois housewife, planning to go back to work as a physiotherapist after having devoted 20 years to her husband and two children, has her comfortable, elegant life turned upside down when she falls for a Spanish builder and begins a runaway affair.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$7,600,000

Revenue

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A woman on the cusp of reclaiming her life falls into a passionate affair that forces her to confront the gulf between duty and desire. It's a quiet reckoning with the costs of choosing yourself.

Mood

BittersweetWistfulDefiantMelancholic

Themes

LoveIdentityFamilyComing apart

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Sexual content

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