Marquise

My favorite era is that of Louis V & VI. The costumes in this were not as refined - in fact, they were rather garish. Don't expect to see the breathtaking costumes from, "Dangerous Liaisons"! Some of the humor and language was crude. The lead character (Marquise) wasn't that interesting or beautiful. None of the actors were very attractive or captivating. I wouldn't watch it again.

I like period pieces but expected more from this film. I do not think the storyline was compelling enough. I would recommend instead a film such as Molière (2007) which is set in the same time period.

I loved this movie. Sophie Marceau is wonderful. Whomever the reviewer is that says she isn't that attractive needs their eyesight checked. And, her charisma takes over the movie....much like the real life Marquis.

Even a cute 18 year old Sophie couldnt redeem this awful screenplay. Save your time and money

Good historical period movie...

the movie was different from preview

Very good video I love it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:The world of 1660's French Theatre and the prevailing reign of King Louis X1V are magnificently and stunningly recreated in MARQUISE, a sumptuous retelling of events in the life of one young beauty whose rise from from anonymity and poverty to be the queen of the stage results in the truest of tragedies.The cutthroat and competitive world of French Theatre was dominated by three towering figures,Moliere,Jean Racine and Peter Corneille.The music world was controlled almost exclusively by the famed Jean-Baptiste Lully.All of these men were at the beck and call of The Sun King,Louis Quatorze.It is into this world of rivalries and thespians comes a beautiful,yet quite poor Marquise,whose beauty and exquisite and alluring dancing abilities have been exploited by her parents in order that they all might survive.Marquise is discovered by the great comic author,Jean-Baptiste Poquelin,known worldwide as Moliere, and in a hastily elaborated farce to avoid arrest,Marquise is married off to Moliere's friend and France's favourite "fat comic" Gros-Rene.Marquise is brought into Moliere's company to be used as a "filler" between acts of Moliere's plays.She wows the audience,as Marquise always has,but her true desire has been to act.She is given a chance,but positively freezes on stage.Moliere is commissioned to speedily pen a play in two days for the King's birthday.He uses Marquise solely as a dancer this time.Marquise captivates the King who is stunned and flushed when she does a cartwheel in front of him exposing her lack of underpants.This comic gesture sets the stage for Marquise' rise to fame.Rival author,Jean Racine,primarily a writer of tragedies has also had his eye on Marquise,as a lover and also as an aspiring actress to advance his works in the King's eyes.Marquise gets what she is looking for in Racine, and fame becomes hers through her portrayal of Andromaque,the widow of Hector,in Racine's tragedy ANDROMAQUE.Fame,for all though,comes at a most costly and dangerous price,and the rest of this incredible film concerns itself with the lust and betrayal that is both comic and tragic at the same time in real life for Marquise,Racine,Moliere,Gros-Rene and Lully.The sets,the costumes,the cinematography,acting and screenplay are all first rate.The soundtrack,though,under the direction of Jordi Savall,is truly a work of genius in interpretation of the era.(The soundtrack can only be puchesed through Amazon France as of now,but it is so worth it!)What makes this Vera Belmont directed period film is the amount of well researched history that will leave you wanting to learn more about this most interesting and colourful era of life and the stage under the whim of King Louis.The film is in French with English subtitles.There is also a "dubbed" German version available.Great companion films to MARQUISE would be ALL THE MORNINGS OF THE WORLD,STAGE BEAUTY and 2007's MOLIERE (see my review at Amazon).

Very good film would have been even better with English subtitles!!

MARQUISE è un film di livello discreto, peccato che la regia NON valorizzi al meglio la recitazione di Sophie Marceau ; la pressochè totale ambientazione in interni-quasi sempre poco illuminati- toglie - in senso letterale e simbolico- luminosità al film. ... e la ' proiezione' avviene a schermo ridotto...peccato. peccato...BDL

Lo mostro puntualmente ai miei alunni (insegno francese), affinchè si rendano conto delle magiche atmosfere del teatro classico francese e dell'ambiente della corte di Sua Maestà Louis XIV. Assolutamente stupendo e Sophie Marceau è di incomparabile bravura interpretativa! Lo consiglio a tutti, per il diletto di vedere un buon film e il piacere di acculturarsi su un momento assolutamente "magico" della creatività letteraria francese.

Sehr schöner Historienfilm mit einer wundervollen & bezaubernden Sophie Marceau.

Ein Film, der auf Gerüchten beruht. Gewiss, die du Parc war 1667 die Geliebte von Racine.Der Rest ist Gerücht. Hat Racine andere, denen die Marquise du Parc gewogen sein wollte, vergiftet, ist sie an den Folgen einer Abtreibung gestorben ?Alles blieb im Dunkel.Deswegen kann der Film eine pittoreske Geschichte entwickeln. Ein Frau will zur Bühne. Sie entrinnt dem Schicksal einer Dirne, gewinnt einen ihr sehr gewogenen Ehemann, der sie zu Molière bringt, der in Paris damals eine wichtige Rolle spielte - das ist Kino, nicht die wahre Geschichte der du Parc.Molière förderte sie nicht ausreichend, da traf es sich gut, dass der ehrgeizige Racine sich in diese Frau verliebte und ihr einen Platz auf der Bühne sicherte- eine Hauptrolle, mit seinem Stück Andromache hatte sie und er, als Autor,seinen Durchbruch.Wie auch der Film " Molière" von Ariane Mnouchkine zeigt dieser die ungeheure Prachtentfaltung am Hofe des Sonnenkönigs. Dieser wohl noch drastischer das öffentliche Leben dieses Potentaten- öffentliches Ankleiden umfasst eben auch öffentliche Notdurft.Anders als der Film von Mnouchkine wird das Zeremonielle dieser Zeit nicht so deutlich. Die Rolle des Herrscherhauses, auch gegenüber der Kirche, ist bei Mnouchkine interessanter gezeichnet. Aber sie hat sich auch mehr Zeit genommen, und bei ihr steht Molière und die Zeit im Vordergrund, hier das Leben der du Parc.Ein fascinierendes Leben- eine Frau mit Kraft und Witz, hervorragend gespielt von Sophie Marceau.Eine Frau, die durch ihre eigenen Fähigkeiten einen erheblichen Aufstieg in dieser so hierarchischen Gesellschaft machen konnte.Würde ich den Film der Ariane Mnouchkine nicht kennen, wäre dieser einer grösseren Wertschätzung sicher. Aber so.Ansehenswert allerdings ist er allemal.