Lady J (2018)
- Original title
- Mademoiselle de Joncquières
- Directed by
- Emmanuel Mouret
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 292 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy widow in pre-revolutionary France plots revenge after her lover abandons her. She and an ally scheme to humiliate him through a complicated deception involving a young woman.
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What happens
Lady J (French: Mademoiselle de Joncquières) is a 2018 French period drama film written and directed by Emmanuel Mouret, based on a story in Denis Diderot's novel Jacques the Fatalist. Set in the Kingdom of France before 1789, it follows Madame de La Pommeraye (Cécile de France), an attractive widow abandoned by her bachelor lover, the Marquis des Arcis (Édouard Baer). The film had its world premiere at the Platform section of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September. It was theatrically released in France by Pyramide Distribution on 12 September, and was a box office success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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