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The Princess of Montpensier (French: La Princesse de Montpensier) is a 2010 French period romance film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, inspired by a short story of the same name published anonymously by Madame de La Fayette in 1662.
Nov 3, 2010 · A historical drama based on a novel by Mme de Lafayette, about a noblewoman's love and political intrigues in 16th-century France. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more on IMDb.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 2010-11-03
The Princess of Montpensier is a short novel by Madame de La Fayette which came out anonymously in 1662 as her first published work. It is regarded not only as one of the first modern novels in French, but also as both the prototype and a masterpiece of the historical novel.
Jul 4, 2011 · Acclaimed filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier (Round Midnight, Life and Nothing But) brings us The Princess of Montpensier a full-blooded tale of passion, romance a...
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- StudiocanalUK
Henri de Guise comes back into her life, and so does the powerful Duc d'Anjou ( Raphael Personnaz ). She makes it clear she's drawn to both. Her husband becomes a monster of jealousy, and one night during a masked ball, she unwisely confides in the wrong masked figure.
During the French Wars of Religion, heiress Marie (Mélanie Thierry) finds that her father, the Marquis de Mézières (Philippe Magnan), has arranged for her to marry the Prince of Montpensier ...
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- History, Drama, Romance, Action
May 16, 2010 · Adapted from a short story by Madame de La Fayette (published in 1662), La Princesse de Montpensier is a tale of the passions and tragic fate of a princess, a rich heiress of a French kingdom under threat in the wars of religion of 1562.
