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The Children of the Century

1999-2h 15min
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5.9 / 10 41

True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. But their affair falls apart during an excursion to Venice, Italy where Musset is distracted by drugs and Sand by a handsome doctor.

Directed by Diane Kurys

Writers Murray Head Diane Kurys François-Olivier Rousseau

Stars Juliette Binoche Benoît Magimel Stefano Dionisi

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Juliette Binoche

George Sand / Baroness Aurore Dudevant
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Benoît Magimel

Alfred de Musset
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Stefano Dionisi

Pietro Pagello
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Robin Renucci

François Buloz
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Karin Viard

Marie Dorval
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Isabelle Carré

Aimée d'Alton
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Patrick Chesnais

Gustave Planche
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Arnaud Giovaninetti

Alfred Tattet
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Denis Podalydès

Sainte-Beuve
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Olivier Foubert

Paul de Musset
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Marie-France Mignal

Mme. de Musset
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Michel Robin

Larive

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