Chéri

In early twentieth-century Paris, Léa de Lonval has retired from a long and comfortable career as a courtesan. When her former colleague and rival Madame Peloux asks her to take her spoiled, inexperienced son Frédéric, known as Chéri, in hand, the arrangement turns into a love affair that lasts six years. Madame Peloux then arranges a marriage between Chéri and Edmée, the daughter of another wealthy courtesan, forcing the lovers to confront a separation neither of them wants.

Stephen Frears directed the film, the sixteenth of the twenty-three features he has made, following The Queen and preceding Tamara Drewe. Christopher Hampton wrote the screenplay, adapting the novel by Colette. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Léa and Rupert Friend plays Chéri, with Kathy Bates as Madame Peloux, Felicity Jones as Edmée, Iben Hjejle as Marie Laure and Frances Tomelty as Rose among a credited cast of twenty. The film runs 86 minutes and was a co-production of Germany, the United Kingdom and France.

Made for about 23 million dollars, Chéri took roughly 9 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.1 out of 10 from around 12,000 votes, and on TMDB it also stands at 6.1 out of 10 from 233 votes. A critics' rating of 5.9 out of 10 from 137 reviews places it close to, though slightly below, the audience scores on both sites.