Enfants du siècle (Les). Dir. Diane Kurys (1999)

Frédéric DELORD

Reference (explicit)

1. Film data

Enfants du siècle (Les)
Film
Director(s) : Diane Kurys
Cast : Juliette Binoche (George Sand), Benoît Magimel (Alfred de Musset)
Script : Diane Kurys, François-Olivier Rousseau, Murray Head
Cinematography : Vilko Filac
Editing : Joëlle Van Effenterre
Music : Luis Bacalov
Design : Bernard Vézat
Costumes : Anaïs Romand, Christian Lacroix
Producer(s) : Alain Sarde, Diane Kurys
Production : Diane Kurys & Alain Sarde
Running time : 100 min.
Country(ies) : France
Year : 1999
Color
Language(s) : French
Video publisher : Studio Canal, 2007
Medium(s) : DVD

English Synopsis

Based in part on Alfred de Musset’s work La confession d’un enfant du siècle (Confessions of a Child of the Century), the film details the fraught love affair that took place between two great French literary figures: George Sand (Juliette Binoche), who was known for her cross-dressing and other taboo-breaking behaviour, and Musset (Benoît Magimel), a writer, poet, and dramatist. The film tracks the development of their relationship, including their meeting at a literary salon and their eventual migration to Venice, as well as their intellectual collaboration.

Résumé en français

Partiellement basée sur l’œuvre d’Alfred de Musset, La confession d’un enfant du siècle, le film raconte l’histoire d’amour de deux grandes figures littéraires françaises : George Sand (Juliette Binoche), et Musset (Benoît Magimel). Le film fait la chronique du développement de leur relation, leur rencontre dans un salon littéraire, leur fuite à Venise et leur collaboration intellectuelle.

3. Analysis

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