Le fabuleux destin de Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (2015)

A renowned painter and a free-thinker, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is still considered ahead of her time. Follow the artist's adventures over the course of her nearly 90-year life in this captivating docudrama.

Director:

Arnaud Xainte

Writers:

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (memoirs by) (as Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun), Jean-Frédéric Thibault

Stars:

Stéphane Ronchewski, Xavier Salmon, Katharine Baetjer

Cast

Credited cast:
Stéphane Ronchewski	...	Narrator (voice)
Xavier Salmon	...	Himself, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Katharine Baetjer	...	Herself, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Joseph Baillio	...	Himself, author of book 'Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, 1755-1842'
Geneviève Haroche-Bouzinac	...	Herself, author of biography 'Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun'
Danièle Bloch	...	Herself, art historian
Juliette Trey	...	Herself, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Françoise Pitt-Rivers	...	Herself, author of 'Biographie de Madame Vigée-Lebrun'
Gwenola Firmin	...	Herself, conservator, Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
Jérôme Dorival	...	Himself, musicologist
Alexandre Stroev	...	Himself, professor of literature science, Université de Paris
Marlène Goulard	...	Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun jeune
Julie Ravix	...	Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun âgée
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chiara Vergne	...	Julie Vigée Lebrun

Storyline

A renowned painter and a free-thinker, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is still considered ahead of her time. Follow the artist's adventures over the course of her nearly 90-year life in this captivating docudrama.

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Plot Keywords:

reenactment | portrait painter | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama | History

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

3 October 2015 (France)

Also Known As:

Drottningens målare

Company Credits

Production Co:

Illégitime Défense

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 103 min (total run time) (in two parts)

Color:

Color

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