Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between Thirteen and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway and regional theaters - continues with John Strand's The Originalist, captured live on-stage at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., Monday, March 13 at 9 p.m. on Thirteen, with an encore presentation on Sunday, March 19 at 340 a.m. The play will also air Sunday, March 26 at 10 p.m. on WLIW21. The play, directed on the stage by Molly Smith, will be available for streaming for two weeks after the broadcast.L to R Edward Gero as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Kerry Warren as Cat in The Originalist at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Credit C. Stanley Photography. Four-time Helen Hayes Award winner Edward Gero Red returned to Arena Stage as one of America's most brilliant and polarizing figures Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. When bright, liberal, Harvard...
- 3/1/2017
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Adieu au langage - Goodbye to Language
A Works Cited
Introduction
From its bluntly political opening (Alfredo Bandelli's 'La caccia alle streghe': "Always united we win, long live the revolution!") to its hilarious fecal humor and word play—with 3D staging that happily puts to shame James Cameron and every other hack who's tried their hand at it these past several years—Adieu au langage overwhelms us with a deluge of recited texts, music and images, hardly ever bothering to slow down to let us catch our breath. Exhilarating and certainly not surprising—this is the guy who made Puissance de la parole after all!
The release of a new Godard film or video means a new encounter with texts, films and music often familiar from the filmmaker's earlier work—reworked and re-contextualized—as well as new discoveries to be sorted through and identified. This life-long interest in quotation...
A Works Cited
Introduction
From its bluntly political opening (Alfredo Bandelli's 'La caccia alle streghe': "Always united we win, long live the revolution!") to its hilarious fecal humor and word play—with 3D staging that happily puts to shame James Cameron and every other hack who's tried their hand at it these past several years—Adieu au langage overwhelms us with a deluge of recited texts, music and images, hardly ever bothering to slow down to let us catch our breath. Exhilarating and certainly not surprising—this is the guy who made Puissance de la parole after all!
The release of a new Godard film or video means a new encounter with texts, films and music often familiar from the filmmaker's earlier work—reworked and re-contextualized—as well as new discoveries to be sorted through and identified. This life-long interest in quotation...
- 10/16/2014
- by Ted Fendt
- MUBI
The rock star Peter Doherty makes an inauspicious debut in this English-speaking French movie based on Alfred de Musset's semi-autobiographical novel of 1836 that was partly inspired by his affair with George Sand. He plays Octave, an aristocratic product of the Romantic era who turns from devoted lover to libertine on discovering his mistress's infidelity. But after agreeing with a cynical friend that love is an illusion, he embarks on a lengthy attempted seduction of the widowed Brigitte (Charlotte Gainsbourg) in the misty, melancholic countryside. His demeanour is more languorous than lecherous, and after much tedious talk they eventually become lovers, though no sparks of passion fly to ignite the hot air. Under the direction of a film-maker who speaks little English, Doherty and Gainsbourg give flat performances, their speech uninflected, their line readings uncertain.
DramaPete DohertyCharlotte GainsbourgPhilip French
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- 12/9/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2′s fortnight long stint at the top of the box office chart has come to an abrupt end. What big new smash hit has knocked the Vamps off top spot? I hear you cry. A little known spy flick known as Skyfall of course. Yes, after six weeks on release, Bond moves back up to the top of the pile in the very same week where it surpassed Avatar to become the highest grossing film at the UK Box Office of all time.
I don’t think anybody foresaw it being quite this succesful and hats really do need to go off to Sam Mendes and everyone involved for such an impressive feat. Skyfall has currently taken £94.28 million and you wouldn’t put it past it to be the first film to break the £100million barrier in UK cinemas. Breaking Dawn Part 2 meanwhile, despite a hefty...
I don’t think anybody foresaw it being quite this succesful and hats really do need to go off to Sam Mendes and everyone involved for such an impressive feat. Skyfall has currently taken £94.28 million and you wouldn’t put it past it to be the first film to break the £100million barrier in UK cinemas. Breaking Dawn Part 2 meanwhile, despite a hefty...
- 12/7/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Every year, a select batch of films are chosen for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, and they all come with wide-eyed hopes and dreams. But once the red carpet is rolled up, there are always a few pictures that disappear, left to the arthouse dustbin of time. "Confession Of A Child Of Century," an autobiographical tale by Alfred de Musset that tells of his affair with George Sand (the pseudonym of Baroness Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin), appears to fall into the latter category. The film stars U.K.'s favourite drug addicted, once kinda-famous, now-washed-out musician Pete Doherty, who makes his acting debut alongside Charlotte Gainsbourg. Doherty takes the lead of Octavian, who narrates the story, while Gainsbourg takes the role of Brigitte, a young widow with whom he also has a dalliance. The film is directed by Sylvie Verheyde, a name not so well known on this side of the pond,...
- 12/7/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Pete Doherty tries his best in this De Musset adaptation. Unfortunately for him he's acting opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg
It's not exactly like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs. It's more like seeing one of those dogs on the TV show That's Life! that could say "sausages". Only instead of saying "sausages", it's saying, "You understand, madam, that I am the greatest libertine in all Paris!" while wearing a top hat. Pete Doherty tries his absolute best, and in some ways isn't every bit as terrible as you might think. There's a poster quote for you. Yet any lenient bemusement vanishes on imagining the reaction of someone who had no idea who Doherty is: "Hey, who was that terrible actor playing the lead guy, the one who describes himself as a 'libertine'? Why on earth did they cast him?"
Well, the legendary singing star and Olympic-standard caner stars in this leaden period drama,...
It's not exactly like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs. It's more like seeing one of those dogs on the TV show That's Life! that could say "sausages". Only instead of saying "sausages", it's saying, "You understand, madam, that I am the greatest libertine in all Paris!" while wearing a top hat. Pete Doherty tries his absolute best, and in some ways isn't every bit as terrible as you might think. There's a poster quote for you. Yet any lenient bemusement vanishes on imagining the reaction of someone who had no idea who Doherty is: "Hey, who was that terrible actor playing the lead guy, the one who describes himself as a 'libertine'? Why on earth did they cast him?"
Well, the legendary singing star and Olympic-standard caner stars in this leaden period drama,...
- 12/7/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
★☆☆☆☆ Adapted from Alfred de Musset's 1836 autobiographical novel of the same name and premiered at Cannes, Sylvie Verheyde's Confession of a Child of the Century (2012) sees the acting debut of former Libertine Pete Doherty, who joins a long line of successful musicians and pop stars who have become truly awful actors. Mid-19th century France: the Revolution, with its exhilaration and terror, has been and gone, whilst Napoleonic conquest and defeat are likewise receding into history. Octave (Doherty) feels he has missed his moment, belonging to a generation brought up for war, at a time when all wars have been fought.
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- 12/5/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
After enjoying four years as a cult hero in France, the former Libertine is still battling with addiction and unable – or unwilling – to escape his notorious past
In a Paris attic apartment decorated like a 19th-century dandy's den, a rottweiler snores on a velvet couch and dozens of candles give out a half-light. Pete Doherty kicks an apple core round the living room rug and chats in broken French to a friend on his cracked iPhone. Balzac novels are stacked high on the window ledge.
This is Paris Pete, the rocker who now sings solo as Peter Doherty, writes poetry, paints and has made his debut as a French arthouse-cinema actor. For years, the Libertines and Babyshambles frontman was London's most notorious rock-star addict. The baby-faced, sallow-skinned, tabloid whipping-boy was kicked out of his first band, served three stints in prison for drug possession and breaking into bandmate Carl Barat's home,...
In a Paris attic apartment decorated like a 19th-century dandy's den, a rottweiler snores on a velvet couch and dozens of candles give out a half-light. Pete Doherty kicks an apple core round the living room rug and chats in broken French to a friend on his cracked iPhone. Balzac novels are stacked high on the window ledge.
This is Paris Pete, the rocker who now sings solo as Peter Doherty, writes poetry, paints and has made his debut as a French arthouse-cinema actor. For years, the Libertines and Babyshambles frontman was London's most notorious rock-star addict. The baby-faced, sallow-skinned, tabloid whipping-boy was kicked out of his first band, served three stints in prison for drug possession and breaking into bandmate Carl Barat's home,...
- 12/3/2012
- by Angelique Chrisafis
- The Guardian - Film News
The Babyshambles frontman's acting debut as a 19th-century roué has been panned by critics as 'catastrophic'. Not that he seems to mind
A rainy afternoon on the Riviera and Pete Doherty is nursing a beer. The beach is feet away, but he is preternaturally pale, and entirely in black – exactly as he is in Confession of a Child of the Century, an experimental arthouse drama about a world-weary 19th-century roué. "There were parts of his character that I didn't really have to try too hard with," Doherty says with a smile. "The loucheness, wistfulness, arrogance."
If he is aware of the critical response to the film, which competes in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, Doherty is not letting on. The reviews have been overwhelmingly negative, with Doherty's own performance deemed "catastrophic" and "calamitous". This seems unfair. In his own dreamy, minimalist way, Doherty portrays a flâneur effectively enough. He says...
A rainy afternoon on the Riviera and Pete Doherty is nursing a beer. The beach is feet away, but he is preternaturally pale, and entirely in black – exactly as he is in Confession of a Child of the Century, an experimental arthouse drama about a world-weary 19th-century roué. "There were parts of his character that I didn't really have to try too hard with," Doherty says with a smile. "The loucheness, wistfulness, arrogance."
If he is aware of the critical response to the film, which competes in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section, Doherty is not letting on. The reviews have been overwhelmingly negative, with Doherty's own performance deemed "catastrophic" and "calamitous". This seems unfair. In his own dreamy, minimalist way, Doherty portrays a flâneur effectively enough. He says...
- 5/25/2012
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- The Guardian - Film News
Pete Doherty's performance as a philosophising dandy is as catastrophic as the rest of this insufferable film
There is a long and noble British tradition of musicians becoming absolutely godawful actors. Gary Kemp gave it his best shot; Sting outdid himself. Pete Doherty, however, breaks the mould. His performance as a shambling yet sensitive libertine (geddit?) in Sylvie Verheyde's adaptation of the Alfred de Musset novel is catastrophic. Still, that does mean it's tonally of a piece with the rest of the film.
Face as pasty as porridge, feathered Hoxton hairdo intact, Doherty plays an inexplicably minted dandy whose hobbies include super-intense philosophical debate and orgies. After he breaks up with Lily Cole, who has been playing footsie with a male friend (apparently more of a deal-breaker in a debauched society than you might imagine), he has a chance encounter with Charlotte Gainsbourg and a baby goat in a wood.
There is a long and noble British tradition of musicians becoming absolutely godawful actors. Gary Kemp gave it his best shot; Sting outdid himself. Pete Doherty, however, breaks the mould. His performance as a shambling yet sensitive libertine (geddit?) in Sylvie Verheyde's adaptation of the Alfred de Musset novel is catastrophic. Still, that does mean it's tonally of a piece with the rest of the film.
Face as pasty as porridge, feathered Hoxton hairdo intact, Doherty plays an inexplicably minted dandy whose hobbies include super-intense philosophical debate and orgies. After he breaks up with Lily Cole, who has been playing footsie with a male friend (apparently more of a deal-breaker in a debauched society than you might imagine), he has a chance encounter with Charlotte Gainsbourg and a baby goat in a wood.
- 5/21/2012
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
British rocker Pete Doherty's debut role on the big screen has divided critics at the Cannes Film Festival.
The musician plays Octave in director Sylvie Verheyde's version of the Alfred de Musset classic Confession of a Child of the Century, which was unveiled at the festival in France on Sunday.
But The Libertines star's acting skills in his first movie outing have drawn a mixed reaction from critics.
A reviewer for the BBC insisted Doherty's "personality or charm" has been "sucked out of him" by the director, adding, "It is difficult to recall a less charismatic lead performance in any other film. However, to suggest it is completely Doherty's fault would do him a disservice."
A Screen Daily critic branded Doherty's role a "calamitous miscasting", blasted his "mumbled lines" and "wooden performance", and said the rocker wears a "permanently bored expression" and "looks like he'd rather be somewhere else" for much of the movie.
And a review on Cine-Vue.com concludes, "Doherty, like a sixth former (student) who hasn't learnt his lines for drama class, fidgets throughout Confession of a Child of the Century and seems constantly surprised when it is his cue."
However, The Independent writer Geoffrey Macnab insists Doherty was "perfectly cast" and "projects an air of decadence and debauchery". He adds that the Brit is "playing a 19th century version of himself" and praises his performances as "understated, sardonic (but with) a vulnerability that stops him from seeming (too) obnoxious."
A reviewer for Britain's Evening Standard adds, "He tries hard, and there are moments which work."...
The musician plays Octave in director Sylvie Verheyde's version of the Alfred de Musset classic Confession of a Child of the Century, which was unveiled at the festival in France on Sunday.
But The Libertines star's acting skills in his first movie outing have drawn a mixed reaction from critics.
A reviewer for the BBC insisted Doherty's "personality or charm" has been "sucked out of him" by the director, adding, "It is difficult to recall a less charismatic lead performance in any other film. However, to suggest it is completely Doherty's fault would do him a disservice."
A Screen Daily critic branded Doherty's role a "calamitous miscasting", blasted his "mumbled lines" and "wooden performance", and said the rocker wears a "permanently bored expression" and "looks like he'd rather be somewhere else" for much of the movie.
And a review on Cine-Vue.com concludes, "Doherty, like a sixth former (student) who hasn't learnt his lines for drama class, fidgets throughout Confession of a Child of the Century and seems constantly surprised when it is his cue."
However, The Independent writer Geoffrey Macnab insists Doherty was "perfectly cast" and "projects an air of decadence and debauchery". He adds that the Brit is "playing a 19th century version of himself" and praises his performances as "understated, sardonic (but with) a vulnerability that stops him from seeming (too) obnoxious."
A reviewer for Britain's Evening Standard adds, "He tries hard, and there are moments which work."...
- 5/21/2012
- WENN
Exclusive: Cohen Media Group has acquired the Sylvia Verheyde-directed Confession of a Child of the Century, a relationship drama that stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and British singer Pete Doherty in his first lead film role. Doherty plays a carefree man whose life is forever altered when he witnesses his lover being unfaithful. Devastated by the betrayal and distraught over the death of his father, he heads to the countryside, where he meets a young widow, played by Gainsbourg. He is plagued by the paranoid notion that she will eventually cheat on him. Verheyde adapted the film from Alfred de Musset’s 1836 autobiographical novel La Confession d’un Enfant du Siècle. The film is produced by Bruno Berthemy and also stars Lily Cole, August Diehl and Josephine de La Baume. “The adaptation of a novel is no easy art, but Verheyde has brought a unique and sympathetic perspective to this story and...
- 9/10/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
This wispy French-Canadian comedy has an epigraph by Alfred de Musset: "The only truth is love beyond reason." It's mostly about what strange magic attracts members of the same sex and opposite sexes to each other, usually reluctantly and rarely happily. The articulate characters, all well-heeled students in Montreal, discuss it over coffee and across the dinner table. Marie, the heroine, talks about it post-coitally with a succession of boyfriends, and she becomes part of a triangle. The other members of the chaste ménage are her best friend Francis, a somewhat callow gay man (played by the film's talented young writer-director, Xavier Dolan), and the androgynous Nicolas, whom someone calls an Adonis. Together they make up a Jules et Jim trio, but with the narcissistic Nicolas as the obscure object of the others' desire. The style is nouvelle vague but more Godard than Truffaut, and it's likeable enough, though...
- 5/28/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The former Libertines frontman was reportedly 'literary and sincere' on the set of Confession of a Child of the Century
Pete Doherty is a man of many talents, some more dubious than others. First there was Doherty the singer, then Doherty the druggie wastrel, Doherty the jailbird and Doherty the boyfriend of model Kate Moss.
Now the enfant terrible of British rock has reincarnated once again as Doherty the actor. The singer has just finished shooting his first film in France, where he has attained cult status, not just as a musical star but as a poète maudit, a tragic literary figure and tortured soul.
In Confession of a Child of the Century, Doherty, 32, stars opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of British-born Jane Birkin and her late partner, Gallic bad boy Serge Gainsbourg, to whom many French fans believe Doherty bears more than a passing resemblance.
The Babyshambles and Libertines frontman plays Octavian,...
Pete Doherty is a man of many talents, some more dubious than others. First there was Doherty the singer, then Doherty the druggie wastrel, Doherty the jailbird and Doherty the boyfriend of model Kate Moss.
Now the enfant terrible of British rock has reincarnated once again as Doherty the actor. The singer has just finished shooting his first film in France, where he has attained cult status, not just as a musical star but as a poète maudit, a tragic literary figure and tortured soul.
In Confession of a Child of the Century, Doherty, 32, stars opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of British-born Jane Birkin and her late partner, Gallic bad boy Serge Gainsbourg, to whom many French fans believe Doherty bears more than a passing resemblance.
The Babyshambles and Libertines frontman plays Octavian,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
Producers Crowdsourcing Funding To Help Finish The Film Yep, believe it or not, Brit rocker bad boy Pete Doherty is taking his rugged charm to the big screen and he will have Charlotte Gainsbourg at his side to steer him in the right direction. First announced late last year, "The Confession Of A Child Of The Century" will find the pair firmly in period pic costuming and Cinema Teaser has some first look pictures as well as a behind the scenes video from the film's production. Based on the autobiographical tale by Alfred de Musset, the film tells the story…...
- 3/25/2011
- The Playlist
"The only truth is love beyond reason" goes the quote from French poet Alfred de Musset that opens Xavier Dolan's moody dreamy French Canadian film Heartbeats. That sounds beautiful in theory, sure, but living it is messier. Immediately the film cuts to a funny frank series of talking head interviews from people who have been unlucky in love. One woman compares herself to Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction and describes panicking at her computer, waiting for emails that never come.
If somebody died every time I hit refresh, there'd be nobody left alive.
Poetic idealized notions of love clashing with humiliating darkly comic reality? It's a pretty apt way to introduce and describe this arguably slight but beautiful film...
Read the rest at Towleroad
Heartbeats is currently available in select theaters from IFC and On Demand. I'll have an interview with one of the actors shortly after Oscar weekend wraps up.
If somebody died every time I hit refresh, there'd be nobody left alive.
Poetic idealized notions of love clashing with humiliating darkly comic reality? It's a pretty apt way to introduce and describe this arguably slight but beautiful film...
Read the rest at Towleroad
Heartbeats is currently available in select theaters from IFC and On Demand. I'll have an interview with one of the actors shortly after Oscar weekend wraps up.
- 2/25/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Wild Bunch came to the European Film Market (Berlin) this year with another mouth-watering sales slate and among the items they've got early images we find Sylvie Verheyde's Confession of a Child of the Century, which pits rocker Pete Doherty against musician and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. Also cast in the period piece are young thesps Lily Cole and August Diehl. The picture (currently in production) should be ready fall fest circuit events such as Locarno/Venice/Tiff. Here are a trio of pics and the official synopsis. Adapted from Alfred de Musset’s “La confession d’un enfant du siècle ”. The Napoleonic Wars are over. Octave (Doherty) is young and beautiful and loves his mistress Elise - until he witnesses her being unfaithful. Despair leads to decadence. Influenced by his friend Desgenais, Octave becomes the perfect libertine, although this new life fails to satisfy his thirst for the absolute.
- 2/15/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Here are the first pictures of troubled troubador Pete Doherty on the set of his big screen debut - the French film Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle. The Babyshambles bad-boy stars opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg as a 1930s Parisian dandy and French aristocrat in the story of poet Alfred de Musset. “My character must display natural grace and poise – as was expected of a young aristocrat and dandy of 1830s French society," Doherty revealed.
- 1/14/2011
- Sky Movies
Pete Doherty has been added to the cast of a French movie set in the 19th Century. The Guardian reports that the film, as of yet untitled, is a biopic based on the life of French poet and dramatist Alfred de Musset. Speaking of the role, Doherty said: "The story is a love triangle, so it's pretty intense and romantic. I don't know if I'm a good (more)...
- 12/15/2010
- by By Paul Delamore
- Digital Spy
Stunt casting is always a surefire way to get your independent movie some attention, so kudos to the makers of a new biopic of 19th Century French poet and dramatist Alfred de Musset, who have scored Pete Doherty for their cast. He's apparently set to star opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg.If rock star and comedian Doherty has been off your radar recently, it might be because he's decamped to France, following a court ruling banning him from living in London. There he's picked up something of a following: his poetry ("Frowns and Pouts in Paris and London"), tunes and general demeanour drawing comparisons with Charlotte's bad-boy father Serge.Little has yet come to light about the film itself, but de Musset was both a celebrated literary figure and a notorious dandy, so on paper at least, does seem like some sort of fit for the Libertines and Babyshambles frontman (assuming he's...
- 12/15/2010
- EmpireOnline
Pete Doherty of Libertines, Babyshambles, and drug loving fame has signed on to play the lead role in the upcoming biopic of Alfred de Musset, the celebrated 19th century French poet. The film, scheduled to begin shooting in Paris on December 27th, will be a low-budget French production and will mark the musician's silver screen debut, reports the French Tribune. The English tabloid mainstay will star alongside fellow musician/actor Charlotte Gainsbourg.
The troubled singer expressed reticence concerning his acting capability, admitting, "I don't know if I'm a good actor but they say I am." De Musset's career was cut tragically short at the age of 46 due to heart conditions complicated by alcoholism, an arena where Doherty's personal experience is sure to make up for his lack of acting expertise.
The picture, untitled as of yet, will be based on de Musset's autobiography 'The Confession of a Child of the...
The troubled singer expressed reticence concerning his acting capability, admitting, "I don't know if I'm a good actor but they say I am." De Musset's career was cut tragically short at the age of 46 due to heart conditions complicated by alcoholism, an arena where Doherty's personal experience is sure to make up for his lack of acting expertise.
The picture, untitled as of yet, will be based on de Musset's autobiography 'The Confession of a Child of the...
- 12/13/2010
- by Theo Spielberg
- Huffington Post
He was in The Libertines! He was in Babyshambles! He was in Kate Moss! And now rocker/hot mess/male Amy Winehouse-before-Amy-Winehouse, Mr. Pete Doherty, is trying to get his sh*t together. Sort of, we think.
Doherty is probably best known for his struggle with hard drugs and his rocky, sex-and-coke fueled relationship with Moss, but now he's adding another notch to the belt in his super-low rise black jeans: acting. He's making his screen debut in a biopic of 19th century French poet and dramatist Alfred de Musset, starring opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Apparently the casting is due to Doherty's rep in France "as a troubled, accursed but romantic poetic figure," proving once again that the French have their priorities straight and are excellent judges of character.
Doherty is probably best known for his struggle with hard drugs and his rocky, sex-and-coke fueled relationship with Moss, but now he's adding another notch to the belt in his super-low rise black jeans: acting. He's making his screen debut in a biopic of 19th century French poet and dramatist Alfred de Musset, starring opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Apparently the casting is due to Doherty's rep in France "as a troubled, accursed but romantic poetic figure," proving once again that the French have their priorities straight and are excellent judges of character.
- 12/13/2010
- by Anna Breslaw
- Filmology
He was in The Libertines! He was in Babyshambles! He was in Kate Moss! And now rocker/hot mess/male Amy Winehouse-before-Amy-Winehouse, Mr. Pete Doherty, is trying to get his sh*t together. Sort of, we think.
Doherty is probably best known for his struggle with hard drugs and his rocky, sex-and-coke fueled relationship with Moss, but now he's adding another notch to the belt in his super-low rise black jeans: acting. He's making his screen debut in a biopic of 19th century French poet and dramatist Alfred de Musset, starring opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Apparently the casting is due to Doherty's rep in France "as a troubled, accursed but romantic poetic figure," proving once again that the French have their priorities straight and are excellent judges of character.
Doherty is probably best known for his struggle with hard drugs and his rocky, sex-and-coke fueled relationship with Moss, but now he's adding another notch to the belt in his super-low rise black jeans: acting. He's making his screen debut in a biopic of 19th century French poet and dramatist Alfred de Musset, starring opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Apparently the casting is due to Doherty's rep in France "as a troubled, accursed but romantic poetic figure," proving once again that the French have their priorities straight and are excellent judges of character.
- 12/13/2010
- by Anna Breslaw
- Celebsology
Musician Pete Doherty will make his acting debut opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg in "The Confession of a Child of the Century" reports Allocine via The Playlist.
An adaptation of Alfred de Musset's autobiographical 1836 work, the story follows Musset's affair with Baroness Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin who used the alias George Sand. Doherty plays the narrator Octavian, Gainsbourg stars a young widow named Brigitte.
Sylvie Verheyde ("Stella") directs and shooting kicks off in Paris, the Alps and Germany staring December 27th.
An adaptation of Alfred de Musset's autobiographical 1836 work, the story follows Musset's affair with Baroness Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin who used the alias George Sand. Doherty plays the narrator Octavian, Gainsbourg stars a young widow named Brigitte.
Sylvie Verheyde ("Stella") directs and shooting kicks off in Paris, the Alps and Germany staring December 27th.
- 12/13/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Pete Doherty a.k.a the frontman for the rock band The Libertines, is set to star in his first feature film opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg in an adaptation of the 1836 work The Confession of a Child of the Century by Alfred de Musset. Anyone not familiar with the indie rock band may know Pete Doherty has the ex-lover of Kate Moss, a fashion model and/or a drug addict who’s found every way possible to make headlines for his misbehaviour.
The autobiographical tale by Musset tells the tale of his celebrated love affair with George Sand (the pseudonym of Baroness Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin), which lasted from 1833 to 1835. The story which is told from his point of view has already been made into a feature film titled La Confession d’un Enfant du Siècle (Children of the Century) by director Diane Kurys.
Here is a summary of the actual...
The autobiographical tale by Musset tells the tale of his celebrated love affair with George Sand (the pseudonym of Baroness Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin), which lasted from 1833 to 1835. The story which is told from his point of view has already been made into a feature film titled La Confession d’un Enfant du Siècle (Children of the Century) by director Diane Kurys.
Here is a summary of the actual...
- 12/12/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Babyshambles singer, hailed as 'the new Serge Gainsbourg', will take lead role opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg
It could have been the details of his £250-a-day drug addiction, or the pictures of his crack pipe in the tabloids. It could have been the many appearances he made in court, or the ones he failed to make on stage. Whatever the cause, one thing's for sure: between Britain and Pete Doherty, it's been over for some time.
But, as he may say now: tant pis. For Doherty has found a new love – and this time the feeling's mutual. Across the Channel, the shambolic singer is greeted not with snorts of derision but with murmurs of awe. In France, Doherty has found his spiritual home.
Last week, in a sign that France has decided Doherty belongs in its pantheon of Renaissance men, it was announced that he is to make his acting debut...
It could have been the details of his £250-a-day drug addiction, or the pictures of his crack pipe in the tabloids. It could have been the many appearances he made in court, or the ones he failed to make on stage. Whatever the cause, one thing's for sure: between Britain and Pete Doherty, it's been over for some time.
But, as he may say now: tant pis. For Doherty has found a new love – and this time the feeling's mutual. Across the Channel, the shambolic singer is greeted not with snorts of derision but with murmurs of awe. In France, Doherty has found his spiritual home.
Last week, in a sign that France has decided Doherty belongs in its pantheon of Renaissance men, it was announced that he is to make his acting debut...
- 12/12/2010
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
Hipsters, prepare to freak out.
According to AlloCine (via The Playlist), Charlotte Gainsbourg is set to team up with Libertines leader and drug addled rock star Pete Doherty, in a new take on the 1836 Alfred de Musset piece, The Confession Of A Child Of The Century.
Read more on Pete Doherty joining Charlotte Gainsbourg in The Confession Of A Child Of The Century…...
According to AlloCine (via The Playlist), Charlotte Gainsbourg is set to team up with Libertines leader and drug addled rock star Pete Doherty, in a new take on the 1836 Alfred de Musset piece, The Confession Of A Child Of The Century.
Read more on Pete Doherty joining Charlotte Gainsbourg in The Confession Of A Child Of The Century…...
- 12/11/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
The NME is gonna love this. Libertines rocker, Kate Moss ex-lover, fashion model, drug addict and a total mess Pete Doherty is set to make his acting debut opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg in an adaptation of the 1836 work "The Confession of a Child of the Century" by Alfred de Musset. The autobiographical tale by Musset tells the story of his affair with George Sand (the pseudonym of Baroness Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin). Doherty will take the the lead of Octavian, who narrates the story, while Gainsbourg will play Brigitte, a young widow with whom he also has a dalliance. The…...
- 12/10/2010
- The Playlist
Pete Doherty’s always acted the spoiled movie star with his bad boy ways and notorious public fights with celebrity girlfriend Kate Moss. According to London’s “Independent,” the former Babyshambles and Libertines front man finally made the big-screen leap via a starring role opposite French actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg. Doherty joined the art-house film project in the leading male role; an adaptation of French author Alfred de Musset’s autobiographical work “La Confession d’un Enfant du Siècle (“The Confessions of a Child of this Century”).
- 12/10/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Pete Doherty’s always acted the spoiled movie star with his bad boy ways and notorious public fights with celebrity girlfriend Kate Moss. According to London’s “Independent,” the former Babyshambles and Libertines front man finally made the big-screen leap via a starring role opposite French actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg. Doherty joined the art-house film project in the leading male role; an adaptation of French author Alfred de Musset’s autobiographical work “La Confession d’un Enfant du Siècle (“The Confessions of a Child of this Century”).
- 12/10/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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