Thérése Desqueyroux
is based on the French novel by François Mauriac. It is about a woman who is
tried for poisoning her husband Bernard by overdosing him with a medicine
containing arsenic. It isn’t fatal, unfortunately for her, and despite the
evidence against her the case is dropped. Mostly because Bernard’s sister is to
be married and he doesn’t want a scandal to prevent it. Thérése just wants her
freedom while living in the 1920s and eventually it is granted to her. Oh yeah,
it is also suggested that she is a lesbian in love with her sister-in-law.
So, this film is based on the novel that has been called one
of the best pieces of French literature of the 20th century. The
author Mauriac said in an interview, back in the day, that he was inspired by
techniques of silent films like flashbacks. The novel has other structural
devices like internal monologues so it will be interesting to see how it
translates to film.
Audrey Tautou is the star and having just finished watching
her in Coco Before Chanel I am sure she
will play the part very well. As for the rest of it we will see.
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