Curiosa (2019)

A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th-century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.

Director:

Lou Jeunet

Writers:

Raphaëlle Desplechin, Lou Jeunet

Stars:

Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noémie Merlant	...	Marie de Heredia / Henri's wife
Niels Schneider	...	Pierre Louÿs / Marie's lover
Benjamin Lavernhe	...	Henri de Régnier
Camélia Jordana	...	Zohra / Nude model
Amira Casar	...	Madame de Heredia / Marie's mother
Scali Delpeyrat	...	José-Maria de Heredia
Emilien Diard-Detoeuf	...	Jean de Tinan
Mathilde Warnier	...	Louise / Marie's sister
Mélodie Richard	...	Hélène de Heredia
Damien Bonnard	...	L'éditeur
Guilhem Fabre	...	Claude Debussy
Alexia Giordano	...	La bouquetière / The florist
Akkram Soussi	...	Le musicien tambour
Manuel Senra	...	Le dresseur d'autruches
Charlotte Bigeard	...	La nourrice sur l'autruche

Storyline

Paris 1895; Pierre is a Parisian dandy and poet on the verge of fame. He and his poet friend Henri are both madly in love with Marie, the cheeky daughter of their mentor, Franco-Cuban poet José-Maria de Heredia. Although she loves Pierre, obeying her father she marries Henri to pay off her father's debt and in search of a better social position. Thereupon Pierre decides to flee to Algeria and there meets Zohar, with whom he shares a passion for erotic photography. Returning to Paris with her two years later, he finds Marie again, who confesses that he is the one she loves. They start a case against the backdrop of Paris's erotic photography, in a cat-and-mouse game with people who involve their lives and breaking the codes set by society which will will make them one of the best-known writers and poets of 19th-century France.

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Plot Keywords:

inspired by true events | nude model | paris france | erotic photography | erotism | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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User Reviews

Artistic erotic film!

Curiosa is an interesting erotic film about a woman's love and her sexuality, feminism crashing with machismo, a strange relationship about a free soul married woman who sometimes is a submissive object for love to a casanova photographer. The music score is amazing and the performances are correct, great filming locations, costumes and cinematography. The erotic scenes are perfectly filmed. Negative points are that sometimes the script is very slow and repetitive.

A good erotic art film based on true events, but it could be much better, something is missing.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Réalisateur cherche voiture pour un film.

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

3 April 2019 (France)

Also Known As:

Curiosa

Filming Locations:

Île-de-France, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$199,647

Company Credits

Production Co:

Curiosa Films, Memento Films International, Memento Films Distribution

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1