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Overview

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Director:
James Lapine
Writer:
Sarah Kernochan (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Music more
Plot:
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Hugh Grant
 (From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 7:57 PM, PST)

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Delightful more (33 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Judy Davis ... George Sand / Aurora

Hugh Grant ... Frederic Chopin

Mandy Patinkin ... Alfred De Musset

Bernadette Peters ... Marie D'Agoult

Julian Sands ... Franz Liszt

Ralph Brown ... Eugene Delacroix

Georges Corraface ... Felicien Mallefille
Anton Rodgers ... Duke D'Antan

Emma Thompson ... Duchess D'Antan
Anna Massey ... George Sand's Mother

David Birkin ... Maurice
Nimer Rashed ... Didier
Fiona Vincente ... Solange
John Savident ... Buloz
Lucy Speed ... Young Aurora
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Additional Details

Runtime:
107 min
Country:
UK | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
C.L.G. Films more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Baroness Laginsky: I knew your father when he was young.
George Sand: Really?
Baroness Laginsky: Oh, yes. We girls were enraged when we heard he'd married that dancer, or whatever she was.
George Sand: You mean my mother?
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Movie Connections:
Version of La note bleue (1991) more

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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Delightful, 28 November 2000
9/10
Author: Wendy Darling from Atlanta, GA

This film is a little different than most "period" films in that its characters, although known historical figures, are real people and certainly not above swearing, throwing fits, drinking, smoking or carousing. A wonderful comedy romance with an outstanding performance by Judy Davis as George Sands.

It is also interesting to note how closely the plot of this movie resembles that of Renoir's classic "Rules of the Game": 1) group of romantically and socially inbred cityfolk go to the country, 2) romantic and social inbreeding continue in the country, 3) people slipping from room to room, 4) mistaken identity, 5) hunting in the woods, 6) big hunting scene, 7) gender-bending, 8) poking fun at the upper classes, and 9) climactic theater performance chock full of satire and causing some conflict. This similarity can be no accident.

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