LEAVING opens at The Clay Theatre Friday, Oct. 29 October 29, 2010

IFC Films present LEAVING, opening on October 29, 2010 at Landmark’s Clay Theatre in San Francisco, Landmark’s Albany Twin in Albany, Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, and Camera 3 in San Jose.

A riveting new drama by the prolific French filmmaker Catherine Corsini, LEAVING (PARTIR) stars Oscar-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas (I’ve Loved You So Long, The English Patient) as a woman prepared to abandon everything in pursuit of passion. A success with critics and audiences alike at the Toronto and Seattle film festivals,this elegantly told tale of intrigue is not to be missed.

Kristin Scott Thomas is Suzanne, the bourgeois wife of a successful doctor, Samuel (Yvan Attal, My Wife Is An Actress, the Interpreter), living together with their children in the south of France. Weighted down by a thrill-less lifestyle and a stale marriage, Suzanne falls for the handsome young Ivan (Sergi López, Pan’s Labyrinth, Dirty Pretty Things), an immigrant ex-con working on their property. Their affair is passionate, but Suzanne is wracked by guilt. When she confesses to her husband, his retaliation begins an ugly turn of events.

The film’s running time is 90 minutes; it is not rated. In French; fully subtitled in English