Friday, 1st August 2014, 6.30pm
Nous Princesses de Clèves/
Children of the Princess of Cleves
By Régis Sauder
Released in 2011
Duration: 1h09min
France
M.L Bhartia Auditorium – Alliance Française de Delhi
French version with English subtitles
Free entry – Open to all
L’action se déroule en 1558, à la cour du roi Henri II. Mademoiselle de Chartres, devenue Princesse de Clèves après son mariage, rencontre le Duc de Nemours. Naît entre eux un amour immédiat et fulgurant, auquel sa mère la conjure de renoncer. Aujourd’hui à Marseille, des lycéens s’emparent de La Princesse de Clèves pour parler d’eux.…
The scene is set in 1558, in the Court of King Henri II. Mademoiselle de Chartres became Princess of Clèves after getting married, and meets the Duke of Nemours. All of a sudden they fall in love, and Princess of Clèves’ mother summons her daughter to give up on this love. Today, in Marseille, high school students take hold of this romance to talk about themselves.
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