Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

Directed by Claude Sautet

Produced by Les Films Alain Sarde, Prokino Filmproduktion

1995106 min7.0 / 10

A tender, melancholic exploration of an unlikely friendship between two people separated by age and circumstance, complicated by unspoken desire and the passage of time.

Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.

Questions people ask

  • Is Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

63/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity54

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise66

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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