A young noblewoman is torn between passion, duty, companionship and ambition, each quality personified by a different man, in compelling period drama the princess of montpensier. The princess of montpensier is a 2010 french period romance film directed by bertrand tavernier, inspired by a. There are a couple of short and excellently directed battle scenes, but most of the film consists of the characters discussing philosophy, the nature of love, the duties of marriage, etc. Bertrand tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage catholicprotestant wars that ripped france apart in the 16th century. The violence of the battlefield, magnificently depicted, is replicated in the violent passions that the beautiful princess arouses and feels herself.
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