La Note bleue (1991)
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski

Drama / Music / Romance

Film Synopsis

Nohant, in the summer of 1846.  The famous writer George Sand is preparing a lavish party with her children, Maurice and Solange.  The guests include the painter Eugène Delacroix and some friends of the composer Chopin, with whom George once shared a turbulent love affair.  Solange has grown weary of her pallid fiancé Fernand and, to spite her mother, she begins flirting with Chopin...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Andrzej Zulawski
  • Script: Andrzej Zulawski
  • Cinematographer: Andrzej Jaroszewicz
  • Cast: Marie-France Pisier (George Sand), Janusz Olejniczak (Frédéric Chopin), Sophie Marceau (Solange Sand), Féodor Atkine (Eugène Delacroix), Aurélien Recoing (Auguste Clésinger), Benoît Le Pecq (Maurice Sand), Roman Wilhelmi (Adalbert Grzymala), Grazyna Dylong (Laure Czosnowska), Pavel Slabý (Jean), Gilles Détroit (Fernand de Préaulx), Redjep Mitrovitsa (Alexandre Dumas fils), Beatrice Buchholz (Augustine Brault), Serge Ridoux (Louis Viardot), Serge Renko (Ivan Tourgueniev), Théophile Sowié (Carambé), Clément Harari (Demogorgon), Bénédicte Loyen (Line), Jean-Gilles Barbier (La grande bête), Jean-Max Brua (La palefrenier), Eva Pouillat (Esprit du feu)
  • Country: France / Germany
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 135 min

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