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Original title: Destinées sentimentales, Les
Release Date
Apr 5, 2002 (USA - Limited)
• UK: 8 Dec 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 29, 2002
Official Website:
Sentimental Destinies Website
Running Time
3 hours, 0 minutes
Country France, Switzerland
Studio Arcade, Arena Films, CAB Productions, Canal Plus, Cinema National de la Cinématographie, Cofimage 11, Procirep, TF1 Films
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Other Titles
• Sentimental Destinies (2001)
• Les Destinées sentimentales
• Les Destinées (2002)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Love, Period Piece, Marriage
Plot: From Olivier Assayas, the director of IRMA VEP and L'EAU FROIDE, comes LES DESTINÉES, a tender and sophisticated period piece starring Emmanuelle Béart and Charles Berling. Based on the novel by Jacques Chardonne, this epic film takes place in France from 1900 to the '30s. Focusing on the life of Jean Barnery (Berling), the film is divided into three 60-minute chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to Jean's first wife Nathalie (an icey Isabelle Huppert) and the scandal that causes him to abandon his career as a pastor in the insular village of Barbizac. The next chapter centers on his second wife and true love, Pauline (Béart), for whom he gives up his family fortune so that they may live a simple romantic life in a chalet nestled in the Swiss Alps. The third chapter, which explores with philosophical curiosity the effects of war and economy on community and industry, focuses firmly on Jean's primary love, porcelain. With beautiful period costumes, touching dialogue, and a convincing display of the passage of time, LES DESTINÉES features some unforgettable sequences. At a Barbizac ball, the camera lingers in the chandelier as dancers swirl in a dizzying waltz below. In the Swiss Alps, Jean paddles an exquisite wooden rowboat as Pauline swims in azure water. Later, the film
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Read My Lips, Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré, Celle qui reste | | André Marcon
Late August, Early September, The Pornographer, The Promised Life | Alexandra London
Bonheur est dans le pré, Le, Maris, les femmes, les amants, Les, Pourquoi pas moi? | |
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