On TV this Tuesday night: gold casting for Diane de Poitiers

Depardieu in Nostradamus

This time around, it’s another myth of French cinema bending to Dayan’s benevolence by wearing the Diane de Poitiers costume: Isabelle Adjani brings her mystery and grace to a little-highlighted historical figure.

In the royal epic of Valois-Angoulême, at the height of the Renaissance, Diane de Poitiers, an emeritus huntress whose unalterable beauty feeds rumors and legends, sows panic and discord within the royal court.

Despite his unchallenged rise over Henri (Hugo Becker), the youngest son of Francis I (Samuel Labarthe), his position at court remains fragile in the face of the powerful Anne de Pisseleu (Virginie Ledoyen), the king’s favorite, who vows fierce hatred. Wouldn’t Henri’s marriage to Catherine de Médicis definitely compromise Diane’s dreams?

The casting is completed not without a certain amount of humor on the part of Josée Dayan, since to play the role of the furious Nostradamus, he could not help but choose Gérard Depardieu.

If Isabelle Adjani has lost none of her superb, it is still surprising that she was cast for this role, given that Diane is in fact 19 years older than Henri and not 32 as an actress compared to Hugo Becker.

However, Diane de Poitiers marks the return to the small screen of the great historical frescoes. And, by placing a woman (a courtesan by the way) at the center of her plot, she makes a bold choice. The RTBF (which surprisingly broadcasts this great production on La Trois) offers a dip in the heart of the Renaissance, in flamboyant settings. A two-part series (the second will air next Monday, 11/10) which we will also be able to see on France 2 in a few weeks.

I Tre, 20.35