Near the beginning of Colette's novel Cheri, she gives her young lover a necklace with 49 pearls. We can imagine there is one pearl for every year of her age. Her lover is 24 years younger than she. Therefore, 25. Six years pass....read the complete Cheri (2009) review at Chicago Sun-Times
The reteaming of director Stephen Frears, writer Christopher Hampton and star Michelle Pfeiffer, 20 years after their garlanded work on Dangerous Liaisons, proves a potent and heady mix in this tale of an ageing courtesan and her much younger lover....read the complete Cheri (2009) review at Boxoffice Magazine