LA PRINCESSE DE 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.
| DIRECTOR | Bertrand Tavernier |
| YEAR | 2010 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Cannes 2010 in competition |
| CAST | Mélanie Thierry Lambert Wilson Gaspard Ulliel Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Raphael Personnaz Michel Vuillermoz Philippe Magnan Florence Thomassin |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Paradis Films - Studiocanal in coproduction with France 2 Cinema - France 3 Cinema Pandora Filmproduktion Canal+ Cinécinéma France Televisions |
| SUPPORTED BY | Sofica Cinémage4 Banque Postale Image 3 Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication CNC FFA |
| WORLD SALES | Kinopwelt StudioCanal |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Kinowelt |
| LENGTH | app. 120 min |
| FORMAT | 35mm colour CS Dolby SRD |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | France |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | french |
| PRODUCERS | Eric Heumann (producer) Laurent Bronchand & Marc Sillam (associate producers) Raimond Goebel (co-producer) Frédeéric Bourboulon (executive producer) |
| WRITERS | Jean Cosmos - Francois Olivier Rousseeau - Bertrand Tavernier |
| CASTING | |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Bruno de Keyzer (BSC) |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | |
| EDITING | Sophie Brunet |
| MUSIC | Philippe Sarde |
| SOUND | Olivier Schwob Elisabeth Paquotte Olivier Do Huu |
| ART DIRECTION | Guy-Claude Francois |
| COSTUMES | Caroline de Vivaise |
| MAKE UP HAIR | |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
| LINKS | n/s |
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