The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and out. He was a painter during the final decades of the French monarchy. In this story, he and his brother Cyprien (Robin Renucci), who is an early pioneer in medical anatomy (he dissected corpses and made drawings of what he found in them), have fallen in love with the same woman, Marianne (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), a laundress. This attraction has not escaped the notice of Salmon d'Anglas (Sami Frey), a conniving nobleman, who has his heart set on getting revenge on Jean-Honore (Joachim de Almeida) for refusing his patronage and becoming the darling of the French court.
Directed by Philippe Le Guay
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Cast
Joaquim de Almeida
Honoré Fragonard
Robin Renucci
Cyprien Fragonard
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Marianne
Sami Frey
Salmon d'Anglas
Jean-Louis Richard
Saint-Julien
Philippe Clévenot
Father Rudolphe
Nada Strancar
Madame Dantes
Roland Amstutz
Bourgela
Michèle Oppenot
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Pierrick Mescam
Steward
Christiane Cohendy
Dame de la Poupliniere
Sandra Faure
Antoinette
Marc Rosenstiehl
Louis-David
Jean-Pierre Bagot
Bernadette's father
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