Synopsis
The South of France - Autumn 1654. Eloïse is a boarder in the convent to which her illustrious father had earlier entrusted her and, of course, her young blood courses with honor, loyalty , love for the poor and a lust of life. She watches helplessly as the Mother Superior is put to death for trying to protect a desperate slave on the run from the clutches of the odious Duc de Crassac and his evil muse, the Woman in Red. Very much her father's daughter, Eloïse is overcome with anger. A passionate, romantic young woman, full of the spirit of adventure, she suspects the killing to be part of a murky plot against the future King Louis, a plot to which she thinks she has the key. Determined to avenge her adopted mother's death, she takes the road straight to Paris, finds her father and tries to convince him that the Crown is in danger. But despite the support of Quentin the Miserable, a poet who has fallen instantly and hopelessly in love with the young lady, D'Artagnan remains deaf to her...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (35)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Ciby 2000
- Co-productions : TF1 Films Production, Little Bear
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (16)
- Adaptation : Jean Cosmos, Michel Leviant
- Screenwriters : Riccardo Freda, Michel Leviant, Eric Poindron, Bertrand Tavernier
- Director of Photography : Patrick Blossier
- Editor : Ariane Boeglin
- Sound Recordist : Michel Desrois
- Costume designer : Agnès Evein
- Original idea : Riccardo Freda
- Line Producer : Frédéric Bourboulon
- Sound Assistant : Jean-Michel Chauvet
- Assistant Operator : Nathalie Durand
- Production managers : Renato Santos, Véronique Bourboulon
- Press Attaché (film) : Dominique Segall
- Production Designer : Geoffroy Larcher
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
- Sound Mixer : Gérard Lamps
- Still Photographer : Étienne George
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
Box-office & releases
News & awards
Selections (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1995
Best Supporting Actor : Claude Rich
Best Original Music : Philippe Sarde