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Based on a famous novel by Jean Giono, this French language film takes place amid the harsh beauty of the mountains of Haut-Provence. Therese (Laeticia Casta), a passionately ambitious serving girl rises to respectability under the patronage of a wealthy local couple (John Malkovich and Arielle Dombasle). When her benefactors are destroyed as a consequence of their generosity, she resolves never again to rely upon charity. Using her fierce beauty, showing no mercy to the men drawn to her, Therese becomes a woman who will stop at nothing to determine her own destiny. Directed with visual grace and scope by noted filmmaker Raoul Ruiz, the story spans sixty years, from the 1880s to the 1940s, exploring the cold calculation of a soul turned savage by pure force of will.
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Drama |
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TBD 2002 |
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Paramount Classics
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