| Actors: Michèle Mercier, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey, Robert Hossein, Claude Giraud Director: Bernard Borderie Genres: Classics, Drama Sub-Genres: Classics, Drama Studio: Lions Gate Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen - Subtitled DVD Release Date: 04/29/2008 Release Year: 2008 Run Time: 8hr 38min Screens: Color,Full Screen Number of Discs: 3 SwapaDVD Credits: 3 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Edition: Box set MPAA Rating: Unrated Languages: French, English, English Subtitles: English, Spanish |
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  | Angelique Collection Actors: Michèle Mercier, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey, Robert Hossein, Claude Giraud Director: Bernard Borderie Genres: Classics, Drama UR 2008 8hr 38min In seventeenth century Paris, a poor country nobleman's daughter marries a controversial scientist and endures persecution from the crown; now living |
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Movie ReviewsMichéle Mercier lights up the screen in lavish historical ro Byron Kolln | the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood | 01/05/2010 (4 out of 5 stars) "Somewhere between the pomp and ceremony of the Romy Schneider "Sissi" trilogy, and a series of four Barbara Cartland telemovies in the late 1980's, there is ANGELIQUE. Based on the bestselling book series written by Anne and Serge Golon, we follow Angelique (played by breathtaking French actress Michéle Mercier) through several continents and five movies filled with adventure, bodice-ripping romance, and more than a dash of royal intrigue.
A sprawling saga covering many years and a great sweep of historical events, Angelique (Mercier) is a headstrong young girl, virtually "sold" into marriage to the much older Count Joffrey de Peyrac ("Love on a Pillow"'s Robert Hossein). Covered in facial scars and walking with a limp, Angelique is horrified by her husband, but in true "Beauty and the Beast" fashion soon finds a compassionate heart underneath his less than thrilling exterior. Their happiness is short-lived however, when Joffrey is arrested on charges of sorcery, and Angelique's life is similarly endangered (having overheard a royal assassination plot). And this is only the first movie! The other four titles ("The Road to Versailles", "Angelique and the King", "Untamable Angelique" and "Angelique and the Sultan") follow Angelique's quest, across several continents and a string of lovers, to re-claim her wealth, place in society, and her missing husband. The "Angelique" titles, churned out in quick succession between 1964-68, were highly successful in their day and still have the potential to thrill audiences with their spellbinding mix of period romance and adventure. It's a total mystery--to me at least--why Michéle Mercier never became a bigger international star, because she certainly had the necessary talent and camera personality. She's perfect as Angelique; her close-ups are stunning. The DVD boxset is a strictly no-frills affair, but at least all five titles can again be enjoyed by fans old and new. Recommended." |
