Faucher’s debut feature is the poignant story of Claire, a 17-year-old who, to hide her pregnancy from her family, runs away and finds work as an apprentice to an embroiderer for haute couturiers in Paris. The two women develop a close relationship, connected by threads of delicacy and strength. Sequins won the Critics Week Grand Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. 2004, France, color, 35mm, in French with English subtitles, 88 minutes.
Sequins (Brodeuses)
