THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER
synopsis
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. The focal point of La Fayette’s work is the love Mlle de Mézières feels since a child for the duke de Guise and how she feels forced to marry the prince of Montpensier despite still being in love with the duke.
international title: | The Princess of Montpensier |
original title: | La Princesse de Montpensier |
country: | France |
sales agent: | StudioCanal |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Bertrand Tavernier |
film run: | 139' |
release date: | FR 11/03/2010, BE 10/11/2010, UK 08/07/2011 |
screenplay: | Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Cosmos, François-Olivier Rousseau |
cast: | Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel, Louis Garrel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Raphaël Personnaz |
cinematography by: | Bruno de Keyzer |
film editing: | Sophie Brunet |
art director: | Guy-Claude François |
music: | Philippe Sarde |
producer: | Marc Silam, Eric Heumann |
production: | Paradis Films, StudioCanal, France 3 Cinéma, Pandora Filmproduktion |
backing: | Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), MEDIA Programme |
distributor: | StudioCanal, United International Pictures Belgium, StudioCanal |