Historical romance about French monarch Louis XV and his infatuation with Madame Pompadour..
Is this worth the time? Honestly, only if you are deep into the weeds of early 30s European cinema. If you need a fast-paced flick, stay away. This one moves at the speed of a royal carriage stuck in mud. The whole thing is basically people in fancy clothes talking about love and power. It feels very stagey, like they...
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"Is this worth the time? Honestly, only if you are deep into the weeds of early 30s European cinema. If you need a fast-paced flick, stay away. This one moves at the speed of a royal carriage stuck in mud. The whole thing is basically people in fancy clothes talking about love and power. It feels very stagey, like they forgot to take the cameras out of the theater. Anny Ahlers is trying her best, but the script is just so heavy on the melodrama. Some random notes from my notepad: The wigs are ..."
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