This movie gives a great portrayal of eighteenth-century court intrigues and culture. Many people don't know just how insane life could be during that time, especially for the upper classes. Seeing this film will give one a clue as to how French courtiers lived in the days before the Revolution. I suggest starting with this film, then moving on to other, more esoteric works if you want to begin a journey into eighteenth-century France. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Charles Berling - Jean Rochefort - Fanny Ardant Director(s): Patrice Leconte DVD Release Date: Released the 13 January 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This sumptuous film follows the story of a marriage caught in the turmoil of social change. The beautiful Emmanuelle Béart portrays Pauline, wife of the heir to a prosperous porcelain industry. In 1900, when first she meets her future husband, Jean Barnery (Charles Berling), he's a Protestant minister unhappily married to another woman (Isabelle Huppert). After a scandalous divorce, Jean and Pauline marry and move to Switzerland, where they live a briefly idyllic existence, but Jean is drawn back into the family business, which is rocked by the rise of unions, the brutality of World War I, and the economic depression that followed. Throughout, Pauline fights to retain some semblance of their original love. Les Destinées manages to be both intimate and epic, every scene... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Emmanuelle Béart - Charles Berling Director(s): Olivier Assayas DVD Release Date: Released the 12 August 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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