It was once the job of Madame Agathe-Sidonie Laborde to read books aloud to Marie-Antoinette. Now exiled in Vienna, she looks back twenty-one years to...
...perceptions, illicit desires and inevitable betrayal; however it is fiction, not fact, that largely informs his efforts. Adapting Chantal Thomas’ 2002 novel of the same name, Jacquot and his co-scribe Gilles Taurand (Sister) urgently ponder the...
...Dumas p�re, Andr� Schwarz-Bart, the Andr� Gorz of Letter to D. fame, cultural critic Paul Virilio, Jacques Ranci�re, Chantal Thomas, Hubert Damisch and many more. She is best-known these days for her critically acclaimed translation of Victor...
...Yup, everything looks perfectly normal here. FAREWELL, MY QUEEN – Cohen Media Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, Léa Seydoux stars as one of Marie Antoinette’s(Diane Kruger) ladies-in-waiting, seemingly an innocent but quietly...
...is subtle yet engrossing, thanks to memorable performances from the actresses. The film, based on a novel by Chantal Thomas, excels in its sense of realism, even amid the fairy-tale setting. And while Marie Antoinette?s fate is widely known, the film...
...is subtle yet engrossing, thanks to memorable performances from the actresses. The film, based on a novel by Chantal Thomas, excels in its sense of realism, even amid the fairy-tale setting. And while Marie Antoinette's fate is widely known, the film...
...voice, and is perfectly suited to play the unscrupulous charlatan responsible for the comic action. Add to this Chantal Thomas's effective set designs, Joel Adam's mood-setting lighting and some spirited playing from the orchestra under Bruno...
...royals learned that the pesky peasants were rebelling? A bit of royal gossip based on the novel by Chantal Thomas. Diane Kruger plays Queen Marie Antoinette. In French with English subtitles. R (100 min.) "CHASING MAVERICKS" Surf's up, via this...
...a royal audience, and you start to get the picture. The script was adapted from a novel by Chantal Thomas and it takes in the last four days of Louis XVI's reign but the king himself remains a distant, if affable, figure caught up in a last-ditch attempt...
...a royal audience, and you start to get the picture. The script was adapted from a novel by Chantal Thomas and it takes in the last four days of Louis XVI's reign but the king himself remains a distant, if affable, figure caught up in a last-ditch attempt...
...whether she's nuzzling confidentially up to Sidonie or collapsing in grief. Freely adapting a prize-winning novel by Chantal Thomas, Jacquot remains one of the most skilful craftsmen in French cinema; he expects a comparable level of intelligence from...
...a royal audience, and you start to get the picture. The script was adapted from a novel by Chantal Thomas and it takes in the last four days of Louis XVI's reign but the king himself remains a distant, if affable, figure caught up in a last-ditch attempt...
...whether she's nuzzling confidentially up to Sidonie or collapsing in grief. Freely adapting a prize-winning novel by Chantal Thomas, Jacquot remains one of the most skilful craftsmen in French cinema; he expects a comparable level of intelligence from...
...whether she's nuzzling confidentially up to Sidonie or collapsing in grief. Freely adapting a prize-winning novel by Chantal Thomas, Jacquot remains one of the most skilful craftsmen in French cinema; he expects a comparable level of intelligence from...
...whether she's nuzzling confidentially up to Sidonie or collapsing in grief. Freely adapting a prize-winning novel by Chantal Thomas, Jacquot remains one of the most skilful craftsmen in French cinema; he expects a comparable level of intelligence from...