2000/05/17 (US) | Drama, History, Romance
Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.
Yves Thomas
Screenplay
Patricia Mazuy
Screenplay
Patricia Mazuy
Director
Isabelle Huppert
Madame de Maintenon
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Louis XIV
Jean-François Balmer
Racine
Nina Meurisse
Lucie de Fontenelle
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Morgane Moré
Anne de Grandcamp
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Bernard Waver
l'abbé Gobelin
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Jeanne Le Bigot
Lucie de Fontenelle jeune
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Released
Ludo Troch
Editor
Gerda Diddens
Casting
Jérémy Rochigneux
Producer's Assistant
John Cale
Original Music Composer
Diana Elbaum
Co-Producer
Helga Bähr
Co-Producer
Denis Freyd
Producer