A Common Thread
6.9
French drama, the debut film from writer-director Eléonore Faucher. Teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) discovers she is pregnant and decides to keep it a secret. Abandoning her dead-end supermarket job, she is taken on as an apprentice by couturiere Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), who is grieving over the death of her own child. As the two women work together, they soon develop a supportive and fam
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Lola Naymark
Claire Moutiers
Known for
Monsieur Ibrahim
Army of Crime
Marie Félix
Lucile
Also in
Sleep Tight
Time Has Come
Michael Galasso
Éléonore Faucher
Alain Benguigui
Thomas Laroppe
Guillaume
Also in
Frig
Demented
Gaëlle Macé
Audrey Tondre
Joële Van Effenterre
Arthur Quehen
Thomas
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Bertrand Van Effenterre
Pierre Cottereau
Éléonore Faucher Director · Gaëlle Macé Writer Michael Galasso Composer
Worldwide gross $1.8M · Budget $16M · United States release May 27, 2005
Box office
Budget
$16,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,818,293
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
StudioCanal
Production
Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes
Production
Département de la Charente
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La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
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Région Poitou-Charentes
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Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Production
Sombrero Films
Production
Sombrero Productions
Production
France
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Original title
Brodeuses
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 14, 2004
Theatrical
United States · May 27, 2005
Theatrical
Argentina
March 13, 2005 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
February 20, 2005 · Adelaide Film Festival
Austria
September 16, 2005
Belgium
October 9, 2004 · Flanders International Film Festival
Canada
September 16, 2004 · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
August 25, 2006
Germany
May 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
November 20, 2004 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hungary
December 5, 2004 · European Film Week
Indonesia
December 7, 2004 · Jakarta International Film Festival
Israel
June 23, 2005
Italy
May 27, 2005
Japan
June 18, 2004 · French Film Festival
Mexico
November 19, 2004 · Festival de Cine Franco-Mexicano
Netherlands
September 11, 2004 · Film by the Sea Film Festival
Poland
May 6, 2005
Portugal
April 7, 2005
Russia
May 23, 2009 · TV premiere
Serbia
March 4, 2006 · Belgrade Film Festival
Spain
January 13, 2006
Sweden
October 29, 2004
Switzerland
February 10, 2005 · German speaking region
Thailand
February 19, 2006 · Bangkok International Film Festival
United Kingdom
May 20, 2005
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