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A moving, beautifully modulated adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's novel, in which a young noblewoman copes with the loss of ideals.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Overview
Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man. Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.
Director and cast
- Stéphane Brizé Director
- Judith Chemla as Jeanne Le Perthuis des Vauds
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Le baron Simon-Jacques Le Perthuis des Vauds
- Swann Arlaud as Julien de Lamare
- Yolande Moreau as La baronne Adélaïde Le Perthuis des Vauds
- Nina Meurisse as Rosalie
- Clotilde Hesme as Gilberte de Fourville
- Alain Beigel as Georges de Fourville
- Olivier Perrier as L'abbé Picot
- Finnegan Oldfield as Paul de Lamare
- François-Xavier Ledoux as L'abbé Tolbiac
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