Leaving

France 2009, 86 mins
Director: Catherine Corsini
Starring: Sergi Lopez, Kristin Scott Thomas, Yvan Attal

Suzanne (Scott Thomas, I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG) is a bored bourgeois housewife living in the south of France who decides to go back to work after growing tired of her monotonous middleclass life.

Her husband Samuel (Attal, MUNICH) helps her get back on track by setting up a consulting room in their back garden for her to practise her physiotherapy.

But Samuel's gesture backfires when Ivan (López, PAN'S LABYRINTH), the man hired to help set up the studio, starts to pursue Suzanne, kick starting a hot-blooded relationship that ultimately sees the family dynamic descend into violence and chaos.

French director Corsini's romantic drama is a fiery affair that will leave audiences shaken.