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is busy making a name for himself both as a womaniser and a talented poet and critic. Sand and Musset first meet at a literary dinner and quickly recognise in each other a like-minded love of literature. At first their relationship remains platonic, but soon the pair embark on a tumultuous affair
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The film was released in two versions with different running times. The long version as released in France on September 22, 1999, has a running time of 135 minutes. It begins as Sand abandons her husband and arrives in revolution-torn Paris and Musset's father dies of
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giving it a score of 43% based on 42 reviews and an average rating of 5.2 out of 10. The site's consensus states: "This romance is more soapy than historically compelling."
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leaves her marital home and arrives in Paris with her two children. Meanwhile, the young poet and dandy
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in September and October 2000, followed by a conventional cinematic run starting on April 6, 2001.
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that will lead them to Venice and the creation of their finest works of literature.
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ring and jewel-encrusted dagger. Musset's account of the affair, in his book
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The soundtrack album to accompany the film was released by
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Two books were published in conjunction with the film:
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The film was released under the English-language title
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made its world premiere out of competition at the 1999
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Study from life of Juliette Binoche as George Sand by
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1999. (collection Mrs. Fran Robinson, Yorkshire, UK.)
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Index


Diane Kurys
Murray Head
François-Olivier Rousseau
Alain Sarde
Juliette Binoche
Benoît Magimel
Luis Enrique Bacalov
Studio Canal
Koch Lorber Films
Film Four
Alliance Atlantis
TIFF
French
Diane Kurys
George Sand
Juliette Binoche
Alfred de Musset
Benoît Magimel
George Sand
Alfred de Musset
Juliette Binoche
George Sand
Benoît Magimel
Alfred de Musset
Robin Renucci
François Buloz
Stefano Dionisi
Karin Viard
Marie Dorval

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