A Common Thread

A Common Thread (Brodeuses) is a 2004 French film directed by Éléonore Faucher. The film is known as Sequins in the United States. The film won "Critics Week Grand Prize" and "SACD Screenwriting Award" at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the main prize at the New Horizons Film Festival. It is also nominated for "European Discovery of the Year" at the 2004 European Film Awards. Plot When Claire (played by Lola Naymark) learns that she is five months pregnant at the age of seventeen, she decides to keep the baby and not to tell the father (who seems to be married). Instead, she quits her current job at a local supermarket and goes to work as an assistant for Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), an embroiderer for haute couture. Mélikian has just lost her only son in a motorcycle accident. Claire shows her willingness in taking her duties, as well as taking over Mélikian's private order when she is treated in the hospital. Cast Lola Naymark - Claire Moutiers Ariane Ascaride - Mme. Mélikian Marie Félix - Lucile Thomas Laroppe - Guillaume Arthur Quehen - Thomas Jackie Berroyer - M Lescuyer (as Jacky Berroyer) Anne Canovas - Mme. Lescuyer Marina Tomé - Gynecologist Elisabeth Commelin - Mme. Moutiers Christophe Hatey - Butcher François Noël - Bike Guy Yasmine Modestine - Nurse Annie-Claude Sauton - Baker Nathalie Kirzin - Round Woman Ludivine Morissonaud - Clotilde Mark Valladolid - Jose Dela Cruz Maria Aiza Nares - Sisang