Cheri DVD
From the award-winning filmmakers of The Queen and Atonement, comes the seductive romance Cheri. Including an outstanding cast of Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend and Kathy Bates, Cheri is an indulgent and seductive love story set in 1920’s Paris, and is yours to own and rent on DVD from 21 September 2009 from Pathé Distribution Limited.
Director Stephen Frears (The Queen, Mrs Henderson Presents) and script writer Christopher Hampton (Atonement, The Quiet American) have reunited 20 years after their international blockbuster Dangerous Liaisons, to give us this beautifully filmed period piece Cheri, the adaptation of the 1920’s novel Chéri by classic French author Collette.
Set in pre-first World War Paris, Cheri is the story of the love affair between Léa de Lonval (Pfeiffer; Stardust, I am Sam), a famed courtesan on the verge of retirement, and Chéri (Friend; The Young Victoria, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), the 19-year-old playboy son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux (Bates; Revolutionary Road, Titanic).
At the request of Madame Peloux, Léa agrees to spend a few weeks with her spoilt and callow son Chéri, and to educate him in the ways of love. However, their liaison unexpectedly grows into a full-blown romance which goes on for six years.
The infuriated Perloux takes her revenge and secretly arranges a marriage for Chéri and Edmée (Felicity Jones; Brideshead Revisited, The Secret Diary of Anne Frank), the daughter of another wealthy courtesan. Léa and Chéri try to come to terms with their separation and do whatever they can in their power to get back with each other.
Cheri is released on DVD 21st September.