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Marquise

  • 19971997
  • 2h
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5.9/10
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Marquise (1997)
The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
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The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.3K
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    • Véra Belmont
  • Writers
    • Jean-François Josselin(story)
    • Véra Belmont(story)
    • Marcel Beaulieu(story)
  • Stars
    • Sophie Marceau
    • Bernard Giraudeau
    • Lambert Wilson
    • Véra Belmont
  • Writers
    • Jean-François Josselin(story)
    • Véra Belmont(story)
    • Marcel Beaulieu(story)
  • Stars
    • Sophie Marceau
    • Bernard Giraudeau
    • Lambert Wilson
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    • 12User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Christine Joly
    • Madeleine Béjart
    Beatrice Palme
    • Geneviève
    • (as Béatrice Palme)
    Francisco Casares
    • Gorgibus
    • (as Paco Casares)
    Guillermo Antón
    • Charles
    Eric Boucher
    • Brécourt
    • (as Éric Boucher)
      • Véra Belmont
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      • Jean-François Josselin(story)
      • Véra Belmont(story)
      • Marcel Beaulieu(story)
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    • Trivia
      Sophie Marceau created the controversy at the end of the film by refusing to support it: "This shoot was a hell, I kept one of the worst memories of my life, I did not get along with Véra Belmont ( ...) Sincerely, I do not want to defend the film. " To which the director replied: "She loves me one day, the next day she hates me, I think she does not like to be run by a woman. She saw the Marquise much more petty-bourgeois than I can imagine her, she's the kind of actress, when you disturb her in what she's decided to do on the set, she hates you. "
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 25 mins) When a couple of bottles are knocked over and tumble to the ground, they don't shatter and you can clearly hear from the sound that they are made of plastic.
    • Crazy credits
      The title appears twice in the opening credits. First thirty seconds in after the names of the main actors and then again about 3 minutes and 25 seconds in just before Véra Belmont's director credit.
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      L'amour médecin
      Written by Jean-Baptiste Lully

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    7/10
    "Acting is easy, you only have to die each night"
    Full of "cultural one-liners" like this, probably more common back then, in those times rules by language, than nowadays', this film is both for history and luxury buff as for those interested in social and class distinctions, the poor role of artists in the royal court, etc.

    "Mharek" from Montréal writes: "one of the rare history movie that isn't done from a celebrity point of view".

    This film is obviously a feast for Sophie Marceau lovers. We learn she dances quite well, for instance. Female director Véra Belmont drools on her figure as much as on royalty's excesses. As the Brazilian reviewers aptly puts it: "Sophie shines in all takes". But unlike later films starred by her like "L'âge de raison", in this film the plot is good, photography and music are superb, so you get carried away by the action, not just her looks.

    Of course a stellar cast helps: the superb Bernard Giraudeau, a likable Patrick Timsit, a royally hateable Thierry Lhermitte, heartthrob Lambert Wilson, beautiful Marianne Basler and Polish rising star "Estelle Skornik".

    Jordi Savalls performs the best period piece you could imagine. You get to see Versailles and Vaux-le-Vicomte in a new light, not as easy at it seems. There are some moving & emotional scenes, it's not only a "postcard movie" technically speaking.

    As the NZ IMMB reviewer writes: "no one can make them like the French....". Showing both the grandeur and decadence, as the scholarly reviewer "dbdumonteil" writes on this site. side by side, as in real life, the French know what they're talking about when they do films about kings.

    My favourite scenes have to do with water: the "public bath" of the Sun King and Marquise, and her dancing while it starts to rain in the beginning, shot like a TV publicity but effective.

    Maybe a tad too long, and the ending may disappoint, but absolutely worthy watching!

    PS: Some reviewers and plot summaries on this site do suggest the ending, so, dear reader, you're friendly warned :) .
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    • Release date
      • September 12, 1997 (United States)
      • France
      • Italy
      • Spain
      • Switzerland
      • Stéphan Films (France)
      • French
      • Latin
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    • Filming locations
      • Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Seine-et-Marne, France
    • Production companies
      • Stéphan Films
      • France 3 Cinéma
      • AMLF
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