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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)

May 30, 2010

Set in Paris 1912, this is the first movie about the intrepid and adventurous young journalist and novelist Adèle Blanc-Sec. We first see her in Egypt trying to find a particular mummy that she needs to bring her sister alive, victim of an accident when she was younger. At the same time in Paris, a [...]

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More about The Princesse de Montpensier

May 18, 2010

A few weeks ago we talked about Bertrand Tavernier’s new movie, The Princess de Montpensier. The movie was presented a couple of days ago at Cannes and earned many positive reviews becoming one of the favorites for the “Palme d’Or”. The release date in France is scheduled for the 10th November and meanwhile we wanted to share some [...]

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The Princess de Montpensier

April 25, 2010

Adapted from a short story by Madame Lafayette, La Princesse de Montpensier is set in France during the War of Religions in 1562. This is the story of Mademoiselle de Mézières who, despite her love for the duke of Guise, was forced to marry the prince de Montpensier. Soon the beautiful young woman becomes the love [...]

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The Countess

April 18, 2010

The Countess is the story of the Hungarian Elizabeth (Erzebet) Bathory, the renowned countess who supposedly killed and tortured thousands of young virgins to maintain her beauty. This movie completely escaped our attention in 2009 but in Paris, right now, there’s movie posters everywhere so we thought to post some trailers for those, like us, [...]

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More about Adèle Blanc-sec

March 4, 2010

  The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-sec is one of this year’s upcoming movies we are curious about, so we wanted to share another teaser until the release of the movie in April.

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L’autre Dumas

February 9, 2010

France, 1948. Alexandre Dumas is a widely admired writer. During 13 years he and his collaborator Auguste Maquet wrote together many successeful novels as D’Artagnan, Queen Margot or even The Count of Monte Cristo. When Maquet meets the young and pretty Charlotte, he wants to make an impression and lies to her presenting himself as Dumas. After a confrontation, the [...]

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

January 28, 2010
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1912, Paris. The young Adèle Blanc-Sec is an intrepid journalist always after an unusual story. This time a mysterious creature is terrorizing Paris! When all those who saw the animal suddenly disappear, Adèle is convinced she needs to seek the truth behind this incredible story. Directed by Luc Besson, the movie is adapted from a [...]

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La Fille de D’Artagnan / D’Artagnan’s Daughter (1994)

May 28, 2009
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We saw this movie years ago when we were big fans of Musketeers movies (actually, we still are!) and after re-watching it a couple days ago we thought that a review was absolutely necessary. The story begins in 1654 in a convent of the South of France where Eloïse, daughter of the musketeer d’Artagnan, lives [...]

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