Marguerite Intro by Delphine Selles-Alvarez
Winner of four 2016 César awards, including Best Actress for Catherine Frot!
Xavier Giannoli, 2015. Color. 127 min. DCP.
With Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Aubert Fenoy, Christa Théret. In French with English subtitles.
1921, the beginning of the Golden Twenties. Not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont’s castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. Marguerite sings, wholeheartedly, but terribly out of tune. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to truly believe in her talent.
Catherine Frot stars as Marguerite, a character loosely inspired by the life and singing career of American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, a child prodigy pianist who became an amateur operatic soprano, known and ridiculed for her lack of rhythm, pitch and tone. Jenkins restricted her performances to clubs and the Grand Ballroom of New York City hotels including the Waldorf Astoria and Ritz-Carlton. Her final performance in October of 1944 at Carnegie Hall, sold out in just two hours. Jenkins died one month later.
Marguerite was selected for the Venice & Telluride International Film Festivals 2015.
“Cover your ears and open your hearts.”—Variety
In select theaters starting March 11, 2016.
Xavier Giannoli, 2015. Color. 127 min. DCP.
With Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Aubert Fenoy, Christa Théret. In French with English subtitles.
1921, the beginning of the Golden Twenties. Not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont’s castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. Marguerite sings, wholeheartedly, but terribly out of tune. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to truly believe in her talent.
Catherine Frot stars as Marguerite, a character loosely inspired by the life and singing career of American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, a child prodigy pianist who became an amateur operatic soprano, known and ridiculed for her lack of rhythm, pitch and tone. Jenkins restricted her performances to clubs and the Grand Ballroom of New York City hotels including the Waldorf Astoria and Ritz-Carlton. Her final performance in October of 1944 at Carnegie Hall, sold out in just two hours. Jenkins died one month later.
Marguerite was selected for the Venice & Telluride International Film Festivals 2015.
“Cover your ears and open your hearts.”—Variety
In select theaters starting March 11, 2016.
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Short film