A daughter of the people who became the favorite of Louis XV (Jeanne du Barry), a figure of 19th century gastronomy
(the Passion of Dodin Bouffant), a portrait of the last wife of Henry VIII, the famous Bluebeard (Firebrand)… the film in costume is doing well for this 76th Cannes Film Festival. It is true that the genre is often promising escape and spectacle. This is what certainly explains its recurring presence at the opening of the festival with, in the past, works such as Ridiculous, Moulin Rouge or
Gatsby the magnificent. However, these journeys into history often intend to offer more than pleasant entertainment. The young and less young filmmakers who take up the genre intend to “dust it off”, to free themselves from the academicism that sometimes weighs down period films.
Pair of 18th century Converse and shoes
It was precisely in Cannes that Sofia Coppola shook up conventions with her Marie Antoinette in competition in 2006: we have fun, flirt and dance to the sound of pop and punk music, a pair of Converse is displayed without complex in the middle of the shoes of the 18th century and
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