Marguerite (film)
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| Directed by | Xavier Giannoli |
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| Starring | Catherine Frot |
| Music by | Ronan Maillard |
| Cinematography | Glynn Speeckaert |
| Edited by | Cyril Nakache |
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128 minutes[1] |
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| Language | French |
| Box office | $8.5 million[2] |
Marguerite is a 2015 comedy and drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli and written by Giannoli and Marcia Romano, loosely inspired by the life of Florence Foster Jenkins. Set in the Golden Twenties, the film stars Catherine Frot as a socialite and aspiring opera singer who believes she has a beautiful voice. The film is an international co-production between France, the Czech Republic, and Belgium.[3] Marguerite received eleven nominations at the 41st César Awards, winning for Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, and Best Production Design.[4]
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Cast
- Catherine Frot as Marguerite Dumont
- André Marcon as Georges Dumont
- Denis Mpunga as Madelbos
- Michel Fau as Atos Pezzini / Divo
- Christa Theret as Hazel Klein
- Sylvain Dieuaide as Lucien Beaumont
- Aubert Fenoy as Kyrill Von Priest
- Sophia Leboutte as Félicité La Barbue
- Théo Cholbi as Diego
Production
The film was shot in Prague from mid-September to early December 2014.[5]
Release
Marguerite was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.[6][7]
Critical response
The film was well received by the critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 96% of 26 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 7.4/10. [8]
Screendaily described the film as "original, funny and touching".[9] Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film "offers up an amusingly entertaining portrait of fortune, infamy and severe melodic dysfunction".[10] Cineuropa gave the film a positive review, and said that the director "has brought together the best of his sensitivity and attraction to characters that are passionate and obsessive to the extreme, to paint the portrait of an unusual woman, who Catherine Frot plays with stunning dramatic and comical genius".[11]
Accolades
| Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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| César Awards[12] | Best Film | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Xavier Giannoli | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Catherine Frot | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Michel Fau | Nominated | |
| André Marcon | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Xavier Giannoli | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Glynn Speeckaert | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Cyril Nakache | Nominated | |
| Best Sound | François Musy and Gabriel Hafner | Won | |
| Best Costume Design | Pierre-Jean Larroque | Won | |
| Best Production Design | Martin Kurel | Won | |
| Louis Delluc Prize[13] | Best Film | Nominated | |
| Lumières Awards[14] | Best Film | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Xavier Giannoli | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Catherine Frot | Won | |
| Best Screenplay | Xavier Giannoli | Nominated | |
| Magritte Awards[15] | Best Foreign Film in Coproduction | Nominated | |
| Venice International Film Festival | Golden Lion | Nominated | |
| P. Nazareno Taddei Award | Won |
See also
- Florence Foster Jenkins, a 2016 British-French film starring Meryl Streep as Jenkins.
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Marguerite at IMDb
- Marguerite at Rotten Tomatoes
- Marguerite at Cohen Media Group (U.S. Distributor)
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