Movie
The Children of the Century
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-09-12
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Studio Images 5, Alexandre Films, Conseil Général de l'Indre, Film4 Productions, Les Films Alain Sarde, PROCIREP, Canal+, France 2 Cinéma
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Juliette Binoche as George Sand / Baroness Aurore Dudevant
- Benoît Magimel as Alfred de Musset
- Stefano Dionisi as Pietro Pagello
- Robin Renucci as François Buloz
- Karin Viard as Marie Dorval
- Isabelle Carré as Aimée d'Alton
- Patrick Chesnais as Gustave Planche
- Arnaud Giovaninetti as Alfred Tattet
- Denis Podalydès as Sainte-Beuve
- Olivier Foubert as Paul de Musset
- Marie-France Mignal as Mme. de Musset
- Michel Robin as Larive
Crew
- Diane Kurys - Director
- Murray Head - Writer
- Diane Kurys - Writer
- François-Olivier Rousseau - Writer
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