The Princess of Montpensier
- sombre
- intense
Sombre, steady, measured drama / period, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
Our read · The Princess of Montpensier (2010) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · period · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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