Nichola McAuliffe

The ravishing Lea, famed courtesan to the rich and famous in pre-World War I Paris, is contemplating her retirement when her arch rival asks Lea to teach her spoiled nineteen-year-old son Cheri about women.

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of preWorld War 1 Paris starring award winners Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathy Bates. The ravishing Lea, famed courtesan to the rich and famous, is contemplating her retirement, when her archrival (Bates) as her to teach her spoiled 19 year old son Cheri about women. It's an adventure that becomes a heated and passionate affair that results in power struggles over sex, money, age, and society and unexpectedly, love itself as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever.

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of pre- World War I Paris.

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of pre- World War I Paris.

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of pre- World War I Paris.

Indulge in Cheri, the seductive and provocative drama about a scandalous love affair, set during the opulent decadence of pre- World War I Paris.

It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris' most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates), who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19-year-old son - a bon vivant nicknamed "Cheri" (Rupert Friend) - a thing or two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over sex, money, age and society - and, unexpectedly, love itself - as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever. Director Stephen Frears ("The Queen") and screenwriter Christopher Hampton ("Atonement") reunite ("Dangerous Liaisons") to playfully bring Colette's unconventional romance, CHERI, to the screen.

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