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A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the
Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper
classes which ended only as the First World War erupted. (It is NOT set
in 1920s as the IMDb synopsis says. After the war the social
environment was quite, quite different.) Costumes, set pieces,
cinematography all embrace the delicious and beautiful in this story of
courtesans of a certain age whose lives, now more concerned with grown
children and investments in oil rather than in men, live in great
luxury and wealth. When (still ravishing) Pfeiffer becomes reacquainted
with her erstwhile friend's 19 year son, (also incredibly ravishing),
the two begin an often haunting, life long journey steeped in love,
lust, jealousy and desire. They are soul mates and their story bites
deep into the tragic and the hilarious.
Direction, script and acting, by all major players and even the minor
ones, are all first rate. Tastefully sexy and sensual, sad and lovely
and funny all at once, a film to capture awards and hearts worldwide.
It
is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is
underfoot. The tale begins as the ravishing Lea contemplates retirement
from her renowned stature as Paris's most envied seductress to the rich
and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former
courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux,
who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19 year-old son a thing or
two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over
sex, money, age and society -- and unexpectedly, love itself -- as a
boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she
cannot stay young forever. [D-Man2010] |
