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Les Deux Fragonard (1989)
Directed by Philippe Le Guay
Overview
The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and out. He was a painter during the final decades of the French monarchy. In this story, he and his brother Cyprien (Robin Renucci), who is an early pioneer in medical anatomy (he dissected corpses and made drawings of what he found in them), have fallen in love with the same woman, Marianne (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), a laundress. This attraction has not escaped the notice of Salmon d’Anglas (Sami Frey), a conniving nobleman, who has his heart set on getting revenge on Jean-Honore (Joachim de Almeida) for refusing his patronage and becoming the darling of the French court.
Length 112 minutes
Actors
Joaquim de Almeida | Robin Renucci | Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu | Sami Frey | Jean-Louis Richard | Philippe Clévenot | Nada Strancar | Roland Amstutz | Michèle Oppenot | Pierrick Mescam | Christiane Cohendy | Sandra Faure | Marc Rosenstiehl | Jean-Pierre Bagot | François Chattot | Judith Magre | Christine Fersen | Isabelle Nanty | Josiane Stoléru | Joséphine Fresson | Jean-Jacques Scheffer | Gérard Hardy | Diane Pierens | Véronique Choquet | Christine Vézinet | Nathalie Bécue | Frédérique Charbonneau | Marianne Groves | Claire-Marie Magen | Céline Samie | Caroline Simonet | Max Roire | Louis-Marie Taillefer | Marief Guittier | Vincent Filliozat | Bernard Kudlak | Michele Sigal