Children of the Century, The (1999) France
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Director:Diane Kurys
Studio:Alexandre Films
Writer:Murray Head, Diane Kurys
Rating:6.5 (1,507 votes)
Date Added:2018-03-28
Genre:Biography, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
IMDb:0177746
Duration:135
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:DTS
Languages:French
LAC code:4000101048
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Diane Kurys  ...  (Director)
Murray Head, Diane Kurys  ...  (Writer)
 
Juliette Binoche  ...  George Sand
Benoît Magimel  ...  Alfred de Musset
Stefano Dionisi  ...  Pietro Pagello
Robin Renucci  ...  François Buloz
Karin Viard  ...  Marie Dorval
Isabelle Carré  ...  Aimée d'Alton
Patrick Chesnais  ...  Gustave Planche
Arnaud Giovaninetti  ...  Alfred Tattet
Denis Podalydès  ...  Sainte-Beuve
Olivier Foubert  ...  Paul de Musset
Marie-France Mignal  ...  Mme. de Musset
Michel Robin  ...  Larive
Ludivine Sagnier  ...  Hermine de Musset
Victoire Thivisol  ...  Solange (as Victoire)
Julien Léal  ...  Maurice
Summary: The only thing more outrageous than French novelist George Sand's torrid love affair with the decadent author Alfred de Musset and her affinity for wearing men's clothing, was the content of her writing. Though Sand (otherwise known as the Baroness Dudevant) smoked cigars and cross-dressed, it was the boldness of her writing on issues such as the abstinence of marriage and women's frigidity that most contributed to the scandalous reputation she earned in French literary circles. When she met Alfred de Musset, the most gifted poet of his generation, the two quickly became a public cause celebrity while their work would go on to become some of the finest examples of 19th century romanticism.