La fille de d'Artagnan (1994)

The story begins on the autumn of 1654 in South France. Eloise lives in a cloister. Her famous father left her there. The young lady is enthusiastic about honour, faithfulness, affection to... See full summary »

Director:

Bertrand Tavernier

Writers:

Jean Cosmos, Riccardo Freda (idea),

Stars:

Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sophie Marceau	...	Eloïse d'Artagnan
Philippe Noiret	...	D'Artagnan
Claude Rich	...	Duke of Crassac
Sami Frey	...	Aramis
Jean-Luc Bideau	...	Athos
Raoul Billerey	...	Porthos
Charlotte Kady	...	Eglantine de Rochefort
Nils Tavernier	...	Quentin la Misère
Gigi Proietti	...	Mazarin (as Luigi Proietti)
Jean-Paul Roussillon	...	Planchet
Pascale Roberts	...	Mother Superior
Emmanuelle Bataille	...	Sister Félicité
Christine Pignet	...	Sister Céline
Fabienne Chaudat	...	Sister Frédégonde
Josselin Siassia	...	Slave

Storyline

The story begins on the autumn of 1654 in South France. Eloise lives in a cloister. Her famous father left her there. The young lady is enthusiastic about honour, faithfulness, affection to the poor people, and life of course. She seems powerless when the leader of the nuns is executed because she tried to save an unlucky servant who escaped from odious Crassac and his evil Muse, the Red Lady. Eloise is seized with a fit of temper.

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Plot Keywords:

cloister | nun | opening action scene | adventure hero | warrior | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality/nudity

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

24 August 1994 (France)

Also Known As:

Revenge of the Musketeers

Filming Locations:

Château de Biron, Biron, Dordogne, France

Box Office

Gross:

$311,922 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, CiBy 2000, Little Bear

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was to be the first film to be directed in 14 years by Riccardo Freda. Freda, then 84, was fired from the project and his credit was removed. It was his last directing assignment.

User Reviews

Still entertaining, but could have been better

This film started very promising: great actors like the wizened Philippe Noiret and the charming Sophie Marceau, an experienced director like Tavernier, and an interesting storyline: the daughter of D'Artagnan breathes some of the old spirit back into her aged heroes. Both of the usual opposite parties are investigating about a supposed conspiracy - each based on entirely misunderstood "secret messages".

Unfortunately, the screenplay lets everything down a bit. First, it doesn't explain the characters' motivation as much as necessary (that goes especially for "supposed dead" Athos, the irresolute would-be politician King Louis and also the young "poet", who falls in love with Sophie before he's even seen her from less than 10 yards distance - I guess he was just introduced because she needed help in the tavern brawl). Second, the screenplay doesn't find convincing solutions to its own conspiracies and just lets the movie end in a huge battle... dead people don't need to explain things anymore. Well, one isn't quite as dead as he seems, but I have to leave a little surprise for you at the end!

So, what you get is two hours of good entertainment if you like this kind of adventure movie, but don't expect something as brilliant as Richard Lester's classic "The Three Musketeers" from 1973.