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Balzac: A Life of Passion
(1999)
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Balzac: A Life of Passion
(1999)
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| Gérard Depardieu | ... | ||
| Jeanne Moreau | ... |
Charlotte-Laure
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| Fanny Ardant | ... | ||
| Virna Lisi | ... |
Madame de Berny
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| Katja Riemann | ... |
Laure d'Abrantès
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Claude Rich | ... |
Maitre Plissoud
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Gert Voss | ... | |
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Sergio Rubini | ... | |
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François Marthouret | ... |
Docteur Nacquart
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Marianne Denicourt | ... | |
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Gottfried John | ... |
Count Hanska
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Pascal Vannson | ... |
Paradis
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Hervé Briaux | ... |
Charles Sedillot
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Didier Lesour | ... |
Surveillant Bossu
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Enguerran Demeulenaere | ... |
Balzac Enfant
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Honoré de Balzac was a man who lived to write. His life was a hard, permanent struggle, from his cold relationship with his mother who was unable to give him the love he needed, to his unsuccessful attempts to make money out of printing and publishing books. Balzac never gives up, however - even though his dissolute lifestyle keeps landing him in trouble with his creditors. To finally gain acclaim for his works and to earn enough money to survive, Balzac works like a man possessed, day and night, to the brink of exhaustion, drinking liter upon liter of coffee to keep himself awake. The passionate author also tends to go to excess in affairs of the heart - he has several woman friends at the same time, all of them very different from each other. They include the kind, caring and elderly Madame de Berny, and the egotistical, ambitious Laure d'Abrantès, who introduces Balzac to the salons of upper-class society... Written by Anonymous
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