Marguerite & Julien (2015)

An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality.

Director:

Valérie Donzelli

Writers:

Valérie Donzelli (screenplay), Jérémie Elkaïm (screenplay)

Stars:

Anaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Frédéric Pierrot

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anaïs Demoustier	...	Marguerite de Ravalet
Jérémie Elkaïm	...	Julien de Ravalet
Frédéric Pierrot	...	Jean de Ravalet
Aurélia Petit	...	Madame de Ravalet
Catherine Mouchet	...	Jacqueline
Raoul Fernandez	...	Lefebvre
Sami Frey	...	Abbé de Hambye
Geraldine Chaplin	...	La mère de Lefebvre
Bastien Bouillon	...	Philippe de Ravalet
Esther Garrel	...	La meneuse orphelinat
Alice de Lencquesaing	...	Nicole, la bonne
Ela Minart-Winterman	...	Marguerite enfant
Léo Lorléac'h	...	Julien enfant
Wilfred Benaïche	...	Père Marigny
Maxime Dambrin	...	Marigny

Storyline

Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion. Scandalized by their affair, society hounds them until, unable to resist their feelings, they flee. A contemporary fairytale about desire, passion, hope, love and death.

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Plot Keywords:

death | born out of incest | incestuous sex | pregnant by incest | baby | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 February 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marguerite & Julien

Filming Locations:

Château des Ravalet, Tourlaville, Manche, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$123,918

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rectangle Productions, Wild Bunch, Orange Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was originally written for François Truffaut, but it never went into production.

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Soundtracks

O K. Noll (Mr Knoll)
(from the album "Gioconda's Smile")
Composed and Performed by Manos Hatzidakis
© Seed Point Music Publishing
(P) 2004 Minos -EMI SA
With permission of Universal Music Vision.

User Reviews

A surprisingly true story

While watching the movie, I was thinking the unassuming and uneventful details seemingly resembled to the realities of possible life story. To my own curiosity , I did some diggings online and found out it was a true story. If it would have been fictional, more dramas would be added to entice audiences.

However, following the history of the story without changing the period would be my preference. The reason I said so because the subject is hard to be glorified into a undying romance like Romeo and Julia no matter under any circumstances. Incest happened most likely in some unusual circumstances. This one happened to be in an abusive marriage which might win audience's empathy and understanding instead of appalling which would be the likely response. The ridiculous scene with the helicopter should be cut. It was confusing with modern and 17 century surrounding interchanged. It might be a better idea just following the event historically and presenting this human tragedy to audiences truthfully.

Real story should be told as it is to respect its facts.