Cheri (2009)

Dangerous Liaisons director Stephen Frears (The Queen, My Beautiful Laundrette) and screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Atonement, The Quiet American) reunite for this sumptuous period drama. Set against the backdrop of high society in pre-First World War Paris, Cheri stars Michelle Pfeiffer (Scarface, Stardust) as Lea: a courtesan who has been having an illicit frisson with the Cheri (Rupert Friend--Pride and Prejudice and The Young Victoria), the son of her rival, Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates--Misery, About Schmidt). When Madame Peloux sets in motion a plan for Cheri to be married to the aristocratic Edmee (Felicity Jones--Brideshead Revisited), the couple soon realise how daunting a future could be without one another...