Les Destinees Sentimentales
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- Synopsis
- Jean Barnery is a former priest who divorces his first wife and marries a younger woman named Pauline. Jean soon takes over Pauline's family business, porcelain manufacturing, and comes to reflect on the profound changes in his life....
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- Director(s)
- Olivier Assayas
- Distributor(s)
- Wellspring
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 108 min.
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The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites
Like a good novel, Les Destinées is many things: a family chronicle, a series of psychological portraits, a sumptuous re-creation of the past. But the film is also a pointed tribute to the French tradition of quality and distinction, a tradition in which it clearly includes itself.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites
Assayas has made a great film from Jacques Chardonne's classic novel. Although far different in tone, time, place and temperament, it brings to mind "Gone With the Wind" in its depth and scope and in its love story, which unfolds over a turbulent era.Read the full review
Variety | David RooneyAdd Critic to Favorites
A massive undertaking and an accomplished piece of filmmaking in a solid tradition of intelligent, meticulous literary adaptations.Read the full review
