Movies starring François Marthouret
Biography: Has supported Ségolène Royal's 2007 presidential campaign.
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Friday, June 11th, 2010 01:06 |
 Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: France | Germany | Italy
Directors: Josée Dayan
Actors: Gérard Depardieu | Jeanne Moreau | Fanny Ardant | Virna Lisi | Katja Riemann | Claude Rich | Gert Voss | Sergio Rubini | François Marthouret | Marianne Denicourt | Gottfried John | Pascal Vannson | Hervé Briaux | Didier Lesour | Enguerran Demeulenaere
Honoré de Balzac was a man who lived to write. His life was a hard, permanent struggle, from his cold relationship with his mother who was unable to give him the love he needed, to his unsuccessful attempts to make money out of printing and publishing books. Balzac never gives up, however - even though his dissolute lifestyle keeps landing him in trouble with his creditors. To finally gain acclaim for his works and to earn enough money to survive, Balzac works like a man possessed, day and night, to the brink of exhaustion, drinking liter upon liter of coffee to keep himself awake. The passionate author also tends to go to excess in affairs of the heart - he has several woman friends at the same time, all of them very different from each other. They include the kind, caring and elderly Madame de Berny, and the egotistical, ambitious Laure d'Abrantès, who introduces Balzac to the salons of upper-class society. Balzac's heart belong to just one person alone, however: Eve Hanska, a married Polish woman living in Russia. At first she and Balzac simply have a passionate exchange of correspondence, but then they meet each other for the first time in Switzerland. On his return to Paris, Balzac is mortified to learn of the death of Madame de Berny. It comes as all the more of a shock to him because she was the only person who loved him as a man, rather than as a literary idol. Balzac then has a series of unlucky experiences in his work too: whatever he tries to do it always turns out to be a naive and unrealistic dream. Even though his new works are being well received socially, and do start to bring him a small income, Balzac's financial situation becomes ever more desperate because of his dissolute and excessive lifestyle. When Eve Hanska's husband dies, Balzac finally wants to fulfill his greatest wish, and marry the woman he has loved for so many years. Eve has a miscarriage and loses their child. Balzac is totally shaken by this event, while Eve is strangely unconcerned. Does she, too, only love him for his artistic reputation? The long-awaited marriage does finally take place in Russia, after years of delay - but Balzac doesn't have long to enjoy marital bliss. He goes blind, and dies a slow and agonizing death just four months later. His friend Victor Hugo is the only person to remain by his side until the very end...Search keywords
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010 23:06 |
 Genres: Drama | History
Countries: France
Directors: Eric Rohmer
Actors: Jean-Claude Dreyfus | Lucy Russell | Alain Libolt | Charlotte Véry | Rosette | Léonard Cobiant | François Marthouret | Caroline Morin | Héléna Dubiel | Laurent Le Doyen | Georges Benoît | Serge Wolfsperger | Daniel Tarrare | Marie Rivière | Michel Demierre
An episodic look at Grace Elliott (1760-1823) and Philippe, the Duke of Orleans, during the French Revolution. In 1790, they are friends, no longer lovers. He suggests she leave France, she warns him to quit the Revolution. In 1792, she must escape Paris on foot. Less than a month later, she returns on an errand of mercy and shows great courage saving the governor of Tuileries. The Duke in turn steps in to protect Grace. In early 1793, she demands a promise from the Duke that he vote to spare Louis's life; he does not, and Grace is furious. In April, he warns her of a search; she is arrested and brought before the committee. Orleans, too, is suspect. The guillotine awaits.
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