2023 · drama · history · romance
Jeanne du Barry
Directed by Maïwenn1h 57m2023
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Our read: Jeanne du Barry (2023) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · history · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- tender
- twisty
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