Films like Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe
When French painter Pierre Bonnard met Marthe de Méligny, he didn’t know this self-proclaimed aristocrat would become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, she became more than just a muse for the “painter of happiness”, appearing in more than a third of his wor...
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Angelique and the King
Film · 1966 · also history and romanceSoon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. Howeve...
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Angelique
Film · 1964 · also history and romanceIn 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So...
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Untamable Angelique
Film · 1967 · also history and romanceAngelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.
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The Hunchback of Paris
Film · 1959 · also historyDuke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an...
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Angelique and the Sultan
Film · 1968 · also history and romanceAngélique is in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. She refuses to be bedded as her captors try to beat sense into her. She finall...
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To Have and Have Not
Film · 1945 · also romanceA Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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Jealousy
Film · 2013 · also romanceThe professional and emotional cross-currents between two romantically entwined theater actors played by the director’s son Louis and Anna Mouglalis.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Film · 1982 · also romanceDuring the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the gu...
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Scaramouche
Film · 1952 · also romanceIn 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
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The Pride and the Passion
Film · 1957 · also history and romanceDuring the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British...
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