Synopsis
True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. But their affair falls apart during an excursion to Venice, Italy where Musset is distracted by drugs and Sand by a handsome doctor.
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Cast
- Juliette BinocheGeorge Sand / Baroness Aurore Dudevant
- Benoît MagimelAlfred de Musset
- Stefano DionisiPietro Pagello
- Robin RenucciFrançois Buloz
- Karin ViardMarie Dorval
- Isabelle CarréAimée d'Alton
- Patrick ChesnaisGustave Planche
- Arnaud GiovaninettiAlfred Tattet
- Denis PodalydèsSainte-Beuve
- Olivier FoubertPaul de Musset
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Tribune
A romance incandescent, a fiery pageant of l'amour fou. Whatever its historical transgressions, it opens up a vein and lets life and blood pour out. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
The film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth. - 75
Miami Herald
In between all the emotional seesawing, it's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures, and even the times in which they lived. But they fascinate in their recklessness. - 70
The New York Times
Though well dressed and well made, ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers. What makes them so fascinating, so representative, cannot really be shown on screen. - 63
New York Daily News
Inexplicable human bondage is a literary staple of film as well as literature, but Kurys ("Entre Nous"), usually so sure-handed with her actors, has trouble making this bond compelling. - 60
Chicago Reader
As a literary bodice ripper this is better than average, partly because of its glimpses of early-19th-century bohemianism in France and Italy but mostly because Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel manage to keep the story hot and unpredictable. - 60
Village Voice
It does best when it leaves behind hothouse literary discussions and closes in on these two legendary behemoths, battling for sexual supremacy. - 60
Film Threat
The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed, and Kurys' direction is clever and insightful. Even so, it feels very, very long.
