Fresh
In between all the emotional seesawing, it's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures, and even the times in which they lived. But they fascinate in their recklessness.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
The Children of the Century
1999 · 2h 15m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Diane Kurys
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The Children of the Century
Overview
True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. But their affair falls apart during an excursion to Venice, Italy where Musset is distracted by drugs and Sand by a handsome doctor.
Director and cast
- Diane Kurys Director
- Juliette Binoche as George Sand / Baroness Aurore Dudevant
- Benoît Magimel as Alfred de Musset
- Stefano Dionisi as Pietro Pagello
- Robin Renucci as François Buloz
- Karin Viard as Marie Dorval
- Isabelle Carré as Aimée d'Alton
- Patrick Chesnais as Gustave Planche
- Arnaud Giovaninetti as Alfred Tattet
- Denis Podalydès as Sainte-Beuve
- Olivier Foubert as Paul de Musset
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded, and both leads are up to the task.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
The film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Plays like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion spread.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
It's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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