Synopsis
Passion destroys everything.
In The Princess of Montpensier, acclaimed filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier ('Round Midnight') directs a spectacular cast in a riveting, lush romantic drama set in the high court's of 16th Century France. Against the backdrop of the savage Catholic/Protestant wars, Marie de Mezieres (Melanie Thierry, Babylon A.D., The Legend of 1900), a beautiful young aristocrat, finds herself married to a young prince (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Love Songs) she does not love, haunted by a rakish suitor (Gaspard Ulliel, Hannibal Rising, A Very Long Engagement) from her childhood, and advised by an aging noble man (Lambert Wilson, Of Gods And Men), harboring his own forbidden desire for her. The Princess of Montpensier must struggle passionately to stay alive in the intrigue of this corrupt political and romantic web of duty, passion, religion and war.
Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet
• Melanie Thierry
• Florence Thomassin
• Lambert Wilson
• Gaspard Ulliel
• Michel Vuillermoz
• Jean Cosmos
• Philippe Magnan
Writers:
• Jean Cosmos
Directors:
• Bertrand Tavernier
