Jun 16

Movie Thursday - The Children of the Century

The only thing more outrageous than French novelist George Sand's torrid love affair with the decadent author Alfred de Musset and her affinity for wearing men's clothing, was the content of her writing. Though Sand (otherwise known as the Baroness Dudevant) smoked cigars and cross-dressed, it was the boldness of her writing on issues such as the abstinence of marriage and women's frigidity that most contributed to the scandalous reputation she earned in French literary circles. When she met Alfred de Musset, the most gifted poet of his generation, the two quickly became a public cause celebrity while their work would go on to become some of the finest examples of 19th century romanticism.

Duration : 135min

Directed by Diane Kurys

Stars: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel

Type: Drame, Romance, Historique 

The movie will be screened in French with English subtitles.

Alliance Française de Toronto

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Alliance Française de Toronto
(416) 922-2014

24 Spadina Road
Toronto ON M5R 2S7
Canada

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[ Add to Calendar ] 2016-06-16 23:30:00 2016-06-16 23:30:00 Movie Thursday - The Children of the Century <p><em>The only thing more outrageous than French novelist George Sand's torrid love affair with the decadent author Alfred de Musset and her affinity for wearing men's clothing, was the content of her writing. Though Sand (otherwise known as the Baroness Dudevant) smoked cigars and cross-dressed, it was the boldness of her writing on issues such as the abstinence of marriage and women's frigidity that most contributed to the scandalous reputation she earned in French literary circles.</em></p>

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