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Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

1995 · 1h 46m · N/A Drama, Romance
Directed by Claude Sautet

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Overview

Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.

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96%
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Writer-director Sautet's great achievement is to introduce a world of undefinable impulses; the two actors' great achievement is to step into that world and experience them.

Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh

It glows with sorrowful humor in its look at two people who seem just right for each other but don't have time on their side.

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

With a fine appreciation for the nuances of polite repression, Sautet makes a quiet, careful study of these two lonely people.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh

It's one sign of Sautet's success that, though he presents neither character as especially admirable or exceptional, he makes us care about them a great deal.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

It's reserved, polished and challengingly intelligent.

Hal Hinson, Washington Post

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