Sophie Marceau plays a 17th century dancer in Vera Belmont’s film released in 1997. But behind the scenes, the actress was not kind about her experience.
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Marquise is a comedy drama by Véra Belmont released in 1997. Retracing the journey of the Marquise du Parc, dancer and prostitute finally noticed by Molière which will seduce Racine and be noticed by Louis
Attractive on paper, Marquise will, however, bear the brunt of a conflict between the main actress and the director at the time of the film’s release. Near the Parisian, Sophie Marceau refuses to defend the feature film: “This filming was hell. I kept one of the worst memories of my life.” To justify this hatred of the project, she says she “absolutely did not get along with Véra Belmont”, the director.
For her part, Véra Belmont brushed aside Sophie Marceau’s reaction during an interview with France Inter, judging that the actress “Sophie Marceau does this at the release of all her films, with all her directors”. “One day she loves me, the next she hates me.” “I think she doesn’t like being led by a woman,” she declared at the time, believing that artistic differences may have fueled Sophie Marceau’s resentment: “she saw the Marquise as much more petty-bourgeois than I didn’t imagine it. She’s the type of actress, when you disturb her in what she decided to do on set, she hates you.”
Remember that, subsequently, Sophie Marceau filmed under the direction of other directors, such as Lisa Azuelos (LOL), Diane Kurys (I stay), Laure Dithilleul (See you tonight)Van Marina (Don’t turn around) or Tonie Marshall (You want or you don’t want).
Synopsis – Evocation of the life of the Marquise du Parc, a young dancer noticed by Molière on a Lyon market. In Paris, she will end up dancing at Versailles on the arm of Louis XIV. She will become the mistress of Racine, who will write the play out of love for her. Andromache…