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The Children of the Century

1999 · 135 min

A lush, emotionally turbulent period romance that immerses you in the passionate, self-destructive love of two artists.

Directed by
Diane Kurys
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Stefano Dionisi
Overview
True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. But their affair falls apart during an excursion to Venice, Italy where Musset is distracted by drugs and Sand by a handsome doctor.

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Directed by
Diane Kurys
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Stefano Dionisi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • art
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Diane Kurys
Written by
Diane Kurys, Murray Head, François-Olivier Rousseau
Starring
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard, Isabelle Carré, Patrick Chesnais, Arnaud Giovaninetti
Music
Luis Bacalov
Cinematography
Vilko Filač
Runtime
135 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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