The Dark Room (2000)
In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, traveling to Siena to bring him back.
Director: Marie-Christine Questerbert
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Caroline Ducey as Aliénor |
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Melvil Poupaud as Bertrand |
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Mathieu Demy as Thomas |
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Sylvie Testud as Azalaïs |
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Édith Scob as The widow |
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Jackie Berroyer as The king |
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Hugues Quester as Ambrogio |
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Alice Houri as Lisotta |
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Christian Cloarec as Guillaume |
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Pierre Baillot as Maître Gérard de Narbonne |
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Dimitri Rataud as Marc |
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Luis Rego as The confessor |
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Christophe Bouisse as |
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Jean-Christophe Bouvet as |
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Sandrine Blancke as |
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Capucine Daumas as Aliénor, as a child |
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Thibault de Montalembert as |
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Roch Leibovici as |
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Georges Martin Censier as The clerk of the court |
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Serpentine Teyssier as Mother superior |
| Directing | Marie-Christine Questerbert | Director |
| Writing | Marie-Christine Questerbert | Writer |
| Production | Bob Bellion | Co-Producer |
| Production | Raymond Blumenthal | Producer |
| Production | Sylvain Bursztejn | Line Producer |
| Production | Jimmy de Brabant | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Emmanuel Machuel | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Catherine Quesemand | Editor |
| Art | Laurent Allaire | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz | Costume Design |
| Art | Regine Constant | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Giovanni Boccaccio | Original Story |
| Sound | Jonathan Liebling | Foley Artist |