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Directed by | Clare Peploe |
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Based on | The Triumph of Love by Marivaux |
Produced by | Bernardo Bertolucci |
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Distributed by | Paramount Classics |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Languages | English and French |
The Triumph of Love is a 2001 romantic comedy film based on the 18th-century French play of the same name by Pierre de Marivaux. The film was directed by Clare Peploe, produced by her husband Bernardo Bertolucci, who co-wrote the script, and stars Mira Sorvino, Ben Kingsley, and Fiona Shaw.
In an unidentified country in 18th century Europe, a usurper's daughter (Mira Sorvino) has inherited the throne and feels guilty about her family's crimes. She learns that the Queen gave birth to a prince and the rightful heir, Agis (Jay Rodan), who was secretly sent to live with the great philosopher Hermocrates. Agis has been taught to hate her and the entire female sex, and to reject all love. After gaining information from one of Hermocrates' servants, she goes to see Agis for herself and finds him bathing in a lake in the forest. She falls in love with him at first sight, but he is kept in seclusion by Hermocrates (Ben Kingsley) and his sister Leontine (Fiona Shaw) to protect him from her. She wishes to gain Agis' love in return and marry him so that they may share the throne, but to get close enough to Agis, she must embark on a series of bribes, deceptions, and seductions.
Roger Ebert's review found that Peploe, with this film "once again (she) show(ed) a light-hearted playfulness." [1]
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