Fresh
Functions swimmingly as an ambiguous study of wrongly diverted passions.
David Jenkins, Time Out
The Princess of Montpensier
Love. Conflict. Betrayal.
2010 · 2h 19m · N/A
Action, Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier
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The Princess of Montpensier
Overview
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
Director and cast
- Bertrand Tavernier Director
- Mélanie Thierry as Marie de Montpensier
- Lambert Wilson as François de Chabannes
- Gaspard Ulliel as Henri de Guise
- Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Philippe de Montpensier
- Raphaël Personnaz as Le Duc d'Anjou
- Michel Vuillermoz as Le Duc de Montpensier
- Philippe Magnan as Le Marquis de Mézières
- Florence Thomassin as La Marquise de Mézières
- Christine Brücher as La Duchesse de Montpensier
- Evelina Meghnagi as Catherine de Médicis
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Rotten
An engrossing subplot tracks the older man's chaste devotion to the young man's wife, which Tavernier parallels with his love of Christ; unfortunately the routine love triangle takes up most of the screen time.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Swords cross, blood spurts and bosoms heave in The Princess of Montpensier, French director Bertrand Tavernier's thoroughly ravishing drama.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Rotten
There is more than a trace of ennui in a story that gallops at times and plods along at others.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Fresh
How can the 16th-century heroine of a movie based on a 17th-century novella feel like such a 21st-century woman - without seeming at all anachronistic? That's the wonder of Bertrand Tavernier's "The Princess of Montpensier.''
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
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