La tourneuse de pages (2006)

	Directed by: Denis Dercourt	COUNTRY France GENRE Drama/Thriller ENGLISH TITLE The Page Turner NORWEGIAN TITLE Et spill for piano RUNNING TIME 85 minutes
	Produced by: Michel Saint-Jean
	Written by: Denis Dercourt Jacques Sotty

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Ariane	Catherine Frot
Mélanie	Déborah François
Jean Fouchécourt	Pascal Greggory	½
Laurent	Xavier De Guillebon	½
Madame Provoust	Christine Citti
Virginie	Clotilde Mollet	½
Tristan	Antoine Martynciow
Mélanie enfant	Julie Richalet

Review

This slick, delicate and incredibly good-looking film, written and directed by music professor Denis Dercourt, combines its affectionate tribute to music and the piano with a seductive but ultimately conventional suspense mystery about vengeance, class gaps and eroticism. The tight direction and the wonderfully detailed musical and technical aspects make La tourneuse de pages absorbing throughout most of its economical running time, but the psychology of the title character is too constructed and speculative, making the payoff a disappointment. The acting is largely fine, especially by the two female leads. Dercourt photographs Déborah François with seductive precision, and presents her as a kittenesque femme fatale, giving her the cue to revel in front of his tantalizing lens. The film is at times stirringly erotic, even if Dercourt/Sotty's script isn't quite strong enough to keep up.