LADY J

By Emmanuel Mouret
2018, France, 1h49
Starring : Cécile de France, Edouard Baer, Alice Isaaz, Natalia Dontcheva, Laure Calamy

 

Screenplay : Emmanuel Mouret · Based on the story of Madame de la Pommeraye in Denis Diderot's Jacques le Fataliste et son maître.
Cinematography : Laurent Desmet 
Setting : David Faivre
Costumes : Pierre-Jean Larroque
Film editing : Martial Salomon
Production : Frédéric Niedermayer
Origin of the copy : Pyramide

 

Synopsis
Madame de La Pommeraye, a young widow withdrawn from the world, succumbs to the courtship of the Marquis des Arcis, a notorious libertine. After a few years of unfailing happiness, she discovers that the Marquis has tired of their union. Wounded, she decides to take revenge. Cécile de France and Edouard Baer excel in this gracefully sweet nothing.