"Binoche as Sand brings to the role her pale,
dark beauty and characteristic warmth."
Mick LaSalle – San Francisco Chronicle
"It's technically sumptuous
but also almost wildly alive."
Michael Wilmington – Chicago Tribune
"An intimate contemplation
of two marvellously messy lives."
Andrew Sarris – New York Observer
Juliette
Binoche
IN HER OWN WORDS...
I hope this film will make people go back to the source and read Sand.
I think you can really feel her through her writing. Sand was truly a generous woman."
The Irish Times - 20 Mar '99
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Starring:
Juliette Binoche
Benoît Magimel
Stefano Dionisi
Robin Renucci
A passion too great to control...
Les Enfants du Siècle (Children of the Century) features Juliette Binoche in the role of the legendary French novelist George Sand in an ambitious romance directed by Oscar nominee Diane Kurys.
The true story begins just as George Sand quits her marital home for Paris with her two young children in toe and embarks on a literary career. Meanwhile the young poet and dandy Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel) is busy making a name for himself as a womaniser and as a talented poet and critic.
Sand and Musset first meet at a literary dinner and quickly recognise in each other a like minded love of literature. At first their relationship remains platonic, but soon they embark on a turbulent affair despite the scandalous fact that he is 5 years her junior and she is a married woman.
Their desire to find inspiration leads them to embark on a hazardous journey to Venice, where his opium abuse and violence and her sickness and subsequent affair with a handsome young doctor threatens to destroy them both.
George Sand
Alfred de Musset
Pietro Pagello
François Buloz
Marie Dorval
Aimée d’Alton
Gustave Planche
Alfred Tattet
Sainte-Beuve
Paul de Musset
Mme. de Musset
Larive
Hermine de Musset
Solange (as Victoire)
Maurice
Boucoiran
Capot de Feuillide
Delacroix
Jules Sandeau
Juliette Binoche
Benoît Magimel
Stefano Dionisi
Robin Renucci
Karin Viard
Isabelle Carré
Patrick Chesnais
Arnaud Giovaninetti
Denis Podalydès
Olivier Foubert
Marie-France Mignal
Michel Robin
Ludivine Sagnier
Victoire Thivisol
Julien Léal
Pascal Ternisien
Jean-Claude de Goros
Mathias Mégard
Robert Plagnol
Directed by
Screenplay by
Produced by
Original music by
Cinematography by
Film editing by
Production design by
Art direction by
Decors by
Diane Kurys
Diane Kurys
Murray Head
François-Olivier Rousseau
Alain Sarde
Robert Benmussa
Christine Gozlan
Luis Bacalov
Vilko Filac
Joële Van Effenterre
Bernard Vézat
Maxime Rebière
Sabine Delouvrier
Philippe Turlure
Costume design by
Production manager
First assistant director
Sound by
Stills photographer
Produced by
In association with
Christian Lacroix
Anaïs Romand
Marc Baraduc
Laurent Kossayan
Jean-Louis Ughetto
Marion Stalens
Alexandre Films
Les Films Alain Sarde
Canal+
Conseil Général de l’Indre
FilmFour
France 2 Cinéma
Procirep
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Les Enfants du Siècle
a film by Diane Kurys
1999
The Children of the Century
French teaser
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French trailer with English subtitles
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US home entertainment trailer
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Japanese trailer
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German TV spot
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– Posters –
Interviews with Juliette Binoche & Benoît Magimel
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Sand & Musset featurette
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Deleted scenes & alternate ending
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"Les Enfants du Siècle" by Luis Bacalov
"L'Amour en Fuite" by Luis Bacalov
Press kit
PDF - French
1999 6.6mb
Movie card
PDF - French
1999 1.5mb
Flyer
PDF - French
1999 769kb
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