''A Common Thread'' (''Brodeuses'') is a
2004
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French film
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directed by
Éléonore Faucher. The film is known as ''Sequins'' in the
United States
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The film won "Critics Week Grand Prize" and "SACD Screenwriting Award" at the
2004 Cannes Film Festival
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, as well as the main prize at the
New Horizons Film Festival
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. It is also nominated for "European Discovery of the Year" at the 2004
European Film Awards
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.
Plot
When Claire (played by
Lola Naymark) learns that she is five months
pregnant
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Conception (biology), Conception usually occurs ...
at the age of seventeen, she decides to keep the baby and not to tell the
father
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(who seems to be married). Instead, she quits her current job at a local supermarket and goes to work as an assistant for Madame MĂ©likian (
Ariane Ascaride), an
embroiderer for
haute couture
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. MĂ©likian has just lost her only son in a
motorcycle
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accident. Claire shows her willingness in taking her duties, as well as taking over MĂ©likian's private order when she is treated in the hospital.
Cast
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Lola Naymark - Claire Moutiers
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Ariane Ascaride - Mme. MĂ©likian
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Marie FĂ©lix - Lucile
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Thomas Laroppe - Guillaume
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Arthur Quehen - Thomas
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Jackie Berroyer
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Filmography
References
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1946 births
Living people
French male film actors
French male television actors
20th ...
- M Lescuyer (as Jacky Berroyer)
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Anne Canovas
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Selected filmography
References
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- Mme. Lescuyer
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Marina Tomé - Gynecologist
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Elisabeth Commelin - Mme. Moutiers
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Christophe Hatey - Butcher
*François Noël - Bike Guy
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Yasmine Modestine - Nurse
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Annie-Claude Sauton - Baker
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Nathalie Kirzin - Round Woman
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Ludivine Morissonaud - Clotilde
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Mark Valladolid - Jose Dela Cruz
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Maria Aiza Nares - Sisang
Reception
"Whether the action involves gutting a live eel or stitching opalescent sequins to gossamer cloth, the camera is deployed with wisdom".
Lisa Nesselson,
Variety
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"A Common Thread is as delicate as the intricate needlework that both women are so passionate about".
Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile
Set in the picturesque French countryside A Common Thread is a touching, thought-provoking drama about the bond that forms between two women. Lola Naymark illuminates the screen with her striking, flame-red curls and eye-catching performance.
References
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2004 films
2004 drama films
Teenage pregnancy in film
French pregnancy films
2000s French films
Films scored by Michael Galasso
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