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The only thing more outrageous than French novelist George Sand's torrid love affair with the decadent author Alfred de Musset and her affinity for wearing men's clothing, was the content of her writing. Though Sand (otherwise known as the Baroness Dudevant) smoked cigars and cross-dressed, it was the boldness of her writing on issues such as the abstinence of marriage and women's frigidity that most... See Full Description
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Art/Foreign, Drama, Romance and Biopic |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 17 min. |
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| Release Date: |
September 13, 2002 (NY) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$54,912 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B-
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BBC, Michael Thomson
"...tends towards filmed conversation and staginess, during which your eyes wander around the lovely interiors." more...
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B- |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"The lead actors are superb." more...
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A- |
E! Online,
"...an example of real life translating into bad drama." more...
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C |
Film Journal International, Doris Toumarkine
"...has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism." more...
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B |
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