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The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Geoffrey Streatfeild
- Sebastian
- (as Geoffrey Streatfield)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe story is inspired by the life of Marie Corelli.
- Quotes
Angel Deverell: [from trailer] Everyone told me my dreams were lies. All I wanted was to make it true.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The New Girlfriend (2014)
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Ozon seems to have missed the point
What a disappointment. It's hard to know what attracted Ozon to Elizabeth Taylor's fantastic source novel as his adaptation is misjudged on a number of levels. Although he slavishly sticks to Taylor's plot, Ozon has real problems with - or chooses to ignore - the very things that are at the heart of the novel. Taylor's ironic, often cruel wit is missing. Characters are softened in the way one would expect of Hollywood, but not of French cinema. He doesn't seem able to master Taylor's irony at all - the audience at last night's London Film Festival screening were very confused about where and when they should laugh. It was impossible to know what the director felt about the characters. Almost entirely missing was Taylor's exceptional portrait of class - one of the major themes of the novel. The film felt like a classic Europudding - rootless in an implausible world. There was very little sense of being in Edwardian Britain.
The film is overwrought and out of control. If I hadn't already read the novel, I would have been completely puzzled by what I was watching and how I was supposed to respond or feel.
The film is overwrought and out of control. If I hadn't already read the novel, I would have been completely puzzled by what I was watching and how I was supposed to respond or feel.
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- rosiehallett
- Nov 1, 2007
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- Also known as
- Paradise
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- Budget
- €14,900,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,835,903
- Runtime2 hours 14 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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