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{{short description|2003 film by Anne Fontaine}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Nathalie...
| image = Nathalie... poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Anne Fontaine]]
| producer = [[Alain Sarde]]
| screenplay = Anne Fontaine [[Jacques Fieschi]] [[François-Olivier Rousseau]]
| based_on = {{Based on|An original idea|[[Philippe Blasband]]}}
| starring = [[Fanny Ardant]] [[Gérard Depardieu]] [[Emmanuelle Béart]]
| music = [[Michael Nyman]]
| cinematography = [[Jean-Marc Fabre]]
| editing = [[Emmanuelle Castro]]
| studio =
| distributor = [[BAC Films|Mars Distribution]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2003|09|11|[[2003 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto]]|2004|01|07|France|2005|05|20|Spain}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = France Spain
| language = French
| budget = $7.4 million{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
| gross = $8.7 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathalie (2004) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1125 |website=www.jpbox-office.com |publisher=JPBox-Office |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
'''''Nathalie...''''' is a 2003 French [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Anne Fontaine]], and starring [[Fanny Ardant]], [[Emmanuelle Béart]], and [[Gérard Depardieu]]. The screenplay concerns a woman who discovers that her husband is cheating on her.

==Plot==
Catherine, a [[gynaecologist]] in her forties, accidentally learns that her husband Bernard, a businessman, has cheated on her.<ref name="Slant Magazine">{{cite web |last=Schager |first=Nick |title=Review: Nathalie… |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/nathalie/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/nathalie/ |publisher=Slant Magazine |access-date=15 December 2019 |date=7 April 2006}}</ref> She hires an upmarket prostitute, who works as a hairdresser, to seduce her husband and tell her the details of their meetings. She asks the girl to play a character for this and to be called Nathalie.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |title=Nathalie ... {{!}} Reviews |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1261936,00.html |website=www.theguardian.com |access-date=15 December 2019 |date=16 July 2004}}</ref> Nathalie accepts and a very ambiguous relationship is created between the two women. Nathalie uses very crude words to describe her meetings with Bernard.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cavagna |first=Carlo |title=Nathalie... (2003) |url=http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/n/nathalie.htm |website=www.aboutfilm.com |access-date=15 December 2019 |date=December 2004}}</ref> Many times the contract between the two women is broken (because it goes too far or because Catherine is no longer sure of what she wants) but each time Catherine relaunches the relationship.

The two women get so close that when Nathalie finds herself homeless, Catherine finds her new accommodation, she also introduces Nathalie to her mother. The relationship is complicated when Nathalie, still playing her role, announces to Catherine that Bernard wants to live with her. Catherine asks for explanations from her husband who swears that he has no other woman in his life. Perplexed, Catherine leads Bernard into the [[bistro]] which is her meeting place with Nathalie. When Nathalie enters the establishment and sees the couple, she flees. Nathalie then confides in Catherine that she made everything up and that she never had an intimate relationship with Bernard. Catherine decides to "forgive and forget".<ref name="Slant Magazine" />

==Cast==
* [[Fanny Ardant]] as Catherine
* [[Gérard Depardieu]] as Bernard
* [[Emmanuelle Béart]] as Nathalie / Marlène
* [[Wladimir Yordanoff]] as François
* [[Judith Magre]] as Catherine's mother

The role of Nathalie was initially to be played by [[Vanessa Paradis]], but the actress had to decline the role because of pregnancy.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 71% based on reviews from 24 critics. The website's consensus reads, "A seductive French import that portrays adult issues of jealousy and betrayal with strong lead performances and considerable French charm."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|1158404-nathalie|Nathalie...}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 69% based on reviews from 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Metacritic film|title=Nathalie...}}</ref>

Derek Elley of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "An intellectual-cum-sexual teaser whose twist is apparent far too early on."<ref>{{cite web |date=1 October 2003 |last=Elley |first=Derek |title=Nathalie . . . |url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117922005 |website=Variety }}</ref> Kirk Honeycutt of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' called it "An unconvincing psychosexual drama that tries to reconfigure the classic romantic triangle but winds up looking like a preposterous pretzel."<ref name="Honeycutt">{{cite web |date=September 23, 2003 |author=Kirk Honeycutt |author-link=Kirk Honeycutt |title=Nathalie ... |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1984463 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031005181154/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1984463 |archive-date=5 October 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Remake==
Director [[Atom Egoyan]] [[Film remake|remade the film]] in 2009 under the title ''[[Chloe (2009 film)|Chloe]]''.<ref name="Weizmann">[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/03/26/2010-03-26_atom_egoyans_chloe_starring_jullianne_moore_is_a_tacky_fatal_attraction_for_the_.html "Atom Egoyan's 'Chloe,' starring Julianne Moore, is a tacky 'Fatal Attraction' for the lesbian set"] by Elizabeth Weizmann</ref> The film stars [[Julianne Moore]], [[Liam Neeson]], and [[Amanda Seyfried]]. Elizabeth Weizmann of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' contrasting the original with the remake says Egoyan "Having adapted a film—via Erin Cressida Wilson's screenplay—from an erotic French drama called ''Nathalie'', Egoyan appears convinced that he's creating a suspenseful work of art, rather than a mildly kinky bit of arthouse exploitation."<ref name="Weizmann" /> In his self-promotion, the director of the remake, Egoyan, described ''Chloe'' as more [[Eroticism|erotically]] charged than ''Nathalie...''<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/616607 'Heroic' Neeson helped ready ''Chloe'' for TIFF], by Peter Howell</ref>

Fontaine said that she was interested in Egoyan's take on it. Fontaine also said that she was not happy with ''Nathalie...'' because the two lead actresses of the film objected to her original intention for a [[lesbian]] relationship to develop between their characters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/egoyan-s-chloe-a-reinvention-of-sexy-french-drama-1.847165 |title=Egoyan's Chloe a reinvention of sexy French drama |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=September 15, 2009 |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604191455/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tiff/story/2009/09/14/egoyan-chloe-press-conference.html |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0348853|Nathalie...}}
* {{mojo title|nathalie|Nathalie...}}

{{Anne Fontaine}}

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