Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (Nelly & Mr. Arnaud)

Year: 1995
Directed by Claude Sautet
Cast: Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serraut, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Claire Nadeau
Genre: Fiction
Sub-genre: Drama, Romantic Comedy Language: French
Runtime: 1 h 46 min

Synopsis: Nelly, 25, is on the verge of divorce. His life is destabilized. It was then that she met Pierre Arnaud, forty years her senior, with discreet elegance tinged with boredom. He offers her money, work and support, “in all honor”. Their accomplice face-to-face, rich in ambiguities, makes Monsieur Arnaud discover the taste of a first love that he cannot live, and offers Nelly a maturity that projects her towards her future.