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(Redirected from Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud) 1995 French film

Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
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Directed by	Claude Sautet
Written by	Jacques Fieschi Claude Sautet Yves Ulmann
Produced by	Antoine Gannagé Alain Sarde
Starring	Emmanuelle Béart Michel Serrault Jean-Hugues Anglade
Cinematography	Jean-François Robin
Edited by	Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Distributed by	BAC Films (France) Cecchi Gori Group (Italy) Prokino Filmverleih (Germany)
Release date	18 October 1995 (1995-10-18) (France)
Running time	106 minutes
Countries	France Italy Germany
Language	French
Budget	$9 million
Box office	$19.5 million

Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (French: Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud) is a 1995 French film directed by Claude Sautet and starring Michel Serrault, Emmanuelle Béart and Jean-Hugues Anglade. It won the César Award for Best Director and Best Actor for Michel Serrault.

Plot

Nelly is married to Jerôme, a man who is unemployed and has stopped searching for work. Nelly was made redundant from her publishing job and now just has odd jobs at a printing shop and a bakery, so they have fallen six months behind on the rent for their apartment. Talking with her friend Jacqueline at a coffee shop, she encounters Pierre Arnaud, a wealthy retired businessman who had a languid affair with Jacqueline in the past and who saw Nelly in the past at one of Jacqueline's parties. After discovering Nelly is in debt, Arnaud offers to give Nelly 30,000 francs as a gift. Nelly reluctantly accepts, pays her overdue rent and then leaves her husband.

Nelly agrees to type Arnaud's memoirs, but he insists this will not be to repay the gift; he will pay her. Working at Arnaud's apartment, Nelly learns more of Arnaud's past as a judge in a colony, and later a businessman; he is separated from his wife and largely estranged from his two children.

Nelly has an affair with Vincent, Arnaud's editor. Arnaud feels jealous, although his exact feelings for the much younger Nelly never become entirely clear. Vincent views a new apartment and then asks Nelly to move in. She refuses, telling him she doesn't want to change the character of their relationship, and Vincent immediately breaks up with her.

She continues working for Arnaud until his wife Lucie returns from Geneva for a few days after her partner dies suddenly. Nelly comes to work one morning and finds Arnaud and Lucie with their bags packed, about to leave. Arnaud tells Nelly that he and his wife have decided to take a long round-the-world trip that they always had dreamed of, and see their son in Seattle. The film ends with Arnaud at the airport looking wistful and uncertain, and with Nelly bringing Arnaud's manuscript to Vincent's office, where she is sure to see her former lover.

Cast

Emmanuelle Béart as Nelly
Michel Serrault as Pierre Arnaud
Jean-Hugues Anglade as Vincent Granec
Claire Nadeau as Jacqueline
Françoise Brion as Lucie
Michèle Laroque as Isabelle
Michael Lonsdale as Dolabella
Charles Berling as Jerôme

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 96% based on reviews from 23 critics.

Awards and nominations

BAFTA Awards (UK)
- Nominated: Best Film not in the English Language
César Awards (France)
- Won: Best Actor – Leading Role (Michel Serrault)
- Won: Best Director (Claude Sautet)
- Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Jean-Hugues Anglade)
- Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Michael Lonsdale)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Emmanuelle Béart)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Claire Nadeau)
- Nominated: Best Editing (Jacqueline Thiédot)
- Nominated: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Music (Philippe Sarde
- Nominated: Best Sound (Pierre Lenoir and Jean-Paul Loublier)
- Nominated: Best Writing (Jacques Fieschi and Claude Sautet)
David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
- Won: Best Foreign Film
Valladolid Film Festival
- Nominated: Golden Spike (Claude Sautet)
Won: Louis Delluc Prize

References

"Nelly et M. Arnaud (1995) - JPBox-Office".

External links

v t e Films directed by Claude Sautet
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