Marguerite

Marguerite (2015)

Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.

Date of release
2015-09-16
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (299)
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
Director
Xavier Giannoli

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Marguerite is a 2015 French-language comedy-drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli and written by Giannoli and Marcia Romano, loosely inspired by the life of Florence Foster Jenkins. The film is an international co-production among France, the Czech Republic, and Belgium. Marguerite received eleven nominations at the 41st César Awards, winning for Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, and Best Production Design.

Production

The film was shot in Prague from mid-September to early December 2014 (from September 15 to November 19).

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