''A Common Thread'' (''Brodeuses'') is a

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French film directed by . The film is known as ''Sequins'' in the

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. The film won "Critics Week Grand Prize" and "SACD Screenwriting Award" at the

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. It is also nominated for "European Discovery of the Year" at the 2004 European Film Awards.

Plot

When Claire (played by Lola Naymark) learns that she is five months

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at the age of seventeen, she decides to keep the baby and not to tell the father (who seems to be married). Instead, she quits her current job at a local supermarket and goes to work as an assistant for Madame Mélikian (

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), an

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for

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. Mélikian has just lost her only son in a

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accident. Claire shows her willingness in taking her duties, as well as taking over Mélikian's private order when she is treated in the hospital.

Cast

* Lola Naymark - Claire Moutiers *

- Mme. Mélikian * Marie Félix - Lucile * Thomas Laroppe - Guillaume *

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- Thomas * Jackie Berroyer - M Lescuyer (as Jacky Berroyer) *

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- Mme. Lescuyer *

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- Gynecologist *

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- Mme. Moutiers *

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- Butcher *François Noël - Bike Guy *

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- Nurse * Annie-Claude Sauton - Baker *

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- Round Woman *

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- Clotilde *

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- Jose Dela Cruz * 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 "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

External links

* 2004 films 2004 drama films Teenage pregnancy in film French pregnancy films 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub