Marguerite & Julien

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Marguerite & Julien

Released Feb 26, 2016

1h 43m

Romance

Drama

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The love between two aristocratic siblings grows even as they mature. When it boils over into voracious passion, Julie and Marguerite de Ravalet must flee a society that offers no tolerance for their love.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

An overheated but haunting, strangely involving tale inspired by the doomed romance between real-life aristocratic French siblings circa 1600.

Mar 3, 2016

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

The excruciating experience of "Marguerite & Julien" need only be endured by viewers with an obsessive interest in the least constructive aesthetic currents in contemporary French cinema.

Feb 26, 2016

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Susan Wloszczyna

RogerEbert.com

The wan narrative at hand fails on several levels, including an annoying amount of intentional anachronistic details that detract rather enhance.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 26, 2016

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Lucía Ros Serra

Espinof

'Marguerite & Julien' is eccentric and outdated, although its overwhelming personality can make the comprehension about it change over time. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 14, 2020

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Charles Ealy

Austin American-Statesman

It's just downright odd and doesn't work.

Dec 27, 2016

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Benjamin Mercer

Brooklyn Magazine

If it's too misbegotten to fall head over heels with, it's also too sensitively wrought to dismiss outright.

Nov 29, 2016

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Donzelli doesn't seem to have any idea what to do with this incestuous Romeo & Juliet story and creates the worst kind of melodramatic soap opera, apparently thinking that it is super cool to make use of gratuitous anachronisms, pretentious tableaux vivants and corny "meaningful" glances.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Valérie Donzelli's alternative style signature.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Director

Anaïs Demoustier

Marguerite de Ravalet

Jérémie Elkaïm

Julien de Ravalet

Frédéric Pierrot

Jean de Ravalet

Aurélia Petit

Madame de Ravalet

Raoul Fernandez

Lefebvre

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Synopsis

The love between two aristocratic siblings grows even as they mature. When it boils over into voracious passion, Julie and Marguerite de Ravalet must flee a society that offers no tolerance for their love.

Director: Valérie Donzelli
Producer: Edouard Weil, Alice Girard
Screenwriter: Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Framboise Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Rectangle Productions, Orange Studio, Wild Bunch, Scope Pictures
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 26, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 43m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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