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Miss Bonaparte

1942 · 100 min

A stately, romantic historical drama that immerses you in courtly intrigue and doomed love, with a melancholic weight beneath its elegant surface.

Directed by
Maurice Tourneur
Genres
Drama
Starring
Edwige Feuillère, Monique Joyce, Raymond Rouleau
Overview
Cora Pearl, a demi-mondaine under the Second Empire, falls in love with a legitimist while she is the mistress of Jérôme Bonaparte, the cousin of Napoleon III.

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Directed by
Maurice Tourneur
Genres
Drama
Starring
Edwige Feuillère, Monique Joyce, Raymond Rouleau
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • class
  • power
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Maurice Tourneur
Written by
André Legrand
Starring
Edwige Feuillère, Monique Joyce, Raymond Rouleau, Guillaume de Sax, Simone Renant, Marguerite Pierry, Nina Sinclair, Aimé Clariond
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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