Projeto Première Acessível: Extensão, Ensino e Pesquisa em Legendagem

Original title: Nelly & Mr. Arnaud
Year: 1995
Director: Claude Sautet
Country of origin: France

Although the film builds on a recurring trope in French cinema, the relationship between an older man and a young woman, “Nelly and Mr. Arnaud” distances itself from the typical narratives about male fetishes and seems to revolve around the question: what are relationships made of? The spaces here are the coffeehouses, parties and well-furnished residences of a distinctly bourgeois Paris, in which the relationships of its various characters develop in a way in which nothing is wasted, not a single word, gesture or touch seems meaningless. The film has a cast made up of well-known names in French cinema, such as Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault and Michael Lonsdale. It won Best Actor and Best Director at the César Awards, the main French film awards.