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The Libertine

Original title: Le libertin
  • 20002000
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 40m
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6.1/10
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The Libertine (2000)
ComedyHistory
The 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural ca... Read allThe 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural castle estate of the baron of Holbach, and prints their forbidden publication, the Encyclopé... Read allThe 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural castle estate of the baron of Holbach, and prints their forbidden publication, the Encyclopédie, drowning the noise of the presses in Jewish assistant Abraham's organ playing. Then a... Read all
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    • Gabriel Aghion
    • Gabriel Aghion
    • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Perez
    • Fanny Ardant
    • Josiane Balasko
    • Gabriel Aghion
    • Gabriel Aghion
    • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Perez
    • Fanny Ardant
    • Josiane Balasko
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    Josiane Balasko and Michel Serrault in The Libertine (2000)
    Josiane Balasko and François Lalande in The Libertine (2000)
    Josiane Balasko, Arielle Dombasle, and Michel Serrault in The Libertine (2000)
    Vincent Perez and Josiane Balasko in The Libertine (2000)
    Josiane Balasko, François Lalande, and Michel Serrault in The Libertine (2000)
    Vincent Perez, Josiane Balasko, and François Lalande in The Libertine (2000)
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    Vincent Perez
    Vincent Perez
    • Denis Diderot
    Fanny Ardant
    Fanny Ardant
    • Madame Therbouche
    Josiane Balasko
    Josiane Balasko
    • La Baronne d'Holbach
    Michel Serrault
    Michel Serrault
    • Le Cardinal
    Arielle Dombasle
    Arielle Dombasle
    • La Marquise de Jerfeuil
    Christian Charmetant
    Christian Charmetant
    • Le Marquis (Chevalier) de Jerfeuil
    Françoise Lépine
    • Madame Diderot
    François Lalande
    • Le Baron d'Holbach
    Bruno Todeschini
    Bruno Todeschini
    • Le Marquis de Cambrol
    Arnaud Lemaire
    Arnaud Lemaire
    • Le Marquis de Lutz
    Audrey Tautou
    Audrey Tautou
    • Julie d'Holbach
    Vahina Giocante
    Vahina Giocante
    • Angélique Diderot
    Yan Duffas
    • Abraham
    Véronique Vella
    • La Cousine de Jerfeuil
    Eric Savin
    Eric Savin
    • Le Chef de la police
    Thierry Nzeutem
    • Mohamed
    Kevin Felix-Lassa
    • Le fils Jerfeuil
    Jean Pommier
    • Le domestique FA#
      • Gabriel Aghion
      • Gabriel Aghion
      • Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt(dialogue) (play) (screenplay)
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      Written and performed by Boy George

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    6/10
    Diderot's impact in sheer terms of sexuality
    This movie does not really tell what Diderot was for. Everything what it contains is about the primal reactions what his ideas engineered for and how the current morals, which were supervised by the Church, did not fit into them. The real Diderot was a part of some much larger picture than just sexual morals of the French upper class. The knowledge what the 18th century philosophers wanted to represent was equally against the Upper Class as it was against over-dominant Church.

    'Le Libertin' has a good pick of French top actors, but those who want to see this only for Audrey Tautou's famous part may find that thing indifferent. The movie is full of various sexual matters but anyway it is all how it was back in the 18th century, and so every idea that is about sex in the film is also historically very accurate and well crafted indeed.
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    • Oct 28, 2006

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    • Release date
      • March 15, 2000 (France)
      • France
      • French
      • German
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    • Filming locations
      • Château de Villette, Condécourt, Val d'Oise, France
    • Production companies
      • Bel Ombre Films
      • Canal+
      • Josy Films
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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