The Lady of the Camellias (1981)

Original title

La storia vera della signora dalle camelie

Directed by

Mauro Bolognini

Genre

period drama film

Country

Germany, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in 19th century Paris becomes a celebrated courtesan. Her life and loves serve as the real-life inspiration for a famous novel.

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What happens

The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux camélias, Italian: La storia vera della signora dalle camelie) is a 1981 French-Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Isabelle Huppert. It tells the actual story of Alphonsine Plessis, who became a famous courtesan in Paris and the inspiration for the novel La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, which has in turn become the source for many plays, operas, ballets, and films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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