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The Libertine (2000)
Not Rated
100 min | Comedy, History

The Libertine (2000)

Not Rated

100 min | Comedy, History

The 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural castle estate of the baron of Holbach, and prints ...See moreThe 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural castle estate of the baron of Holbach, and prints their forbidden publication, the Encyclopédie, drowning the noise of the presses in Jewish assistant Abraham's organ playing. Then arrives Madame Therbouche, a flirtatious painter, from the Prussian metropolis Berlin, and convinces Diderot to pose for her more daring then his idol fellow-philosopher Voltaire in Berlin: in the nude, leading to an animated row with his wife Antoinette, still naked except for a very unsteady sheet, all over the estate's park. Worse, the saucy scene is witnessed by a feared visitor, Holbach's brother the Cardinal, who is hunting for the illegal Encyclopaedia printers; to divert him, the baroness confesses her real and imagined sins since years and next sends in every female to do the same, later joined spontaneously by chevalier (marquis in the end credits) de Jerfeuil, who got a livelier show the he bargained for when accepting to be shown two inseparable marquis's 'sabre collection' which proves not of the military variety. The baroness also treats her guests to (then) most exotic foods and naughty pictures, yet even for her the freedman Turkish hamam eunuch Mohamed takes hospitality for female guests too far into intimate massage to their taste. His personal experience keeps changing Diderot's ideas, and therefore the article he is writing on 'morale' (morality). Secrets end up getting out, both the portraitist's true agenda and what goes on in the chapel, which the Cardinal finally gets into to 'recollect himself' after hearing so many unsettling lustful sins... Written by KGF Vissers See less

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Vincent Perez Denis Diderot Denis Diderot See fewer	Alone in Berlin (2016)
Fanny Ardant Madame Therbouche Madame Therbouche See fewer	8 Women (2002)
Josiane Balasko La Baronne d'Holbach La Baronne d'Holbach See fewer	French Twist (1995)
Michel Serrault Le Cardinal Le Cardinal See fewer	Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Arielle Dombasle La Marquise de Jerfeuil La Marquise de Jerfeuil See fewer	X Femmes (2008)
Christian Charmetant Le Marquis (Chevalier) de Jerfeuil Le Marquis (Chevalier) de Jerfeuil See fewer	Grégoire Moulin contre l'humanité (2001)
Françoise Lépine Madame Diderot Madame Diderot See fewer	Very First Time (2003)
François Lalande Le Baron d'Holbach Le Baron d'Holbach See fewer	Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Bruno Todeschini Le Marquis de Cambrol Le Marquis de Cambrol See fewer	His Brother (2003)
Arnaud Lemaire Le Marquis de Lutz Le Marquis de Lutz See fewer	La Défense 3D (2011)
Audrey Tautou Julie d'Holbach Julie d'Holbach See fewer	Amélie (2001)
Vahina Giocante Angélique Diderot Angélique Diderot See fewer	Lila dit ça (2004)
Yan Duffas Abraham Abraham See fewer	Coco Before Chanel (2009)
Véronique Vella La Cousine de Jerfeuil La Cousine de Jerfeuil See fewer	Hard Off (1999)
Eric Savin Le Chef de la police Le Chef de la police See fewer	Tell No One (2006)
Thierry Nzeutem Mohamed Mohamed See fewer	My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
Kevin Felix-Lassa Le fils Jerfeuil Le fils Jerfeuil See fewer	AKA (2023)
Jean Pommier Le domestique FA# Le domestique FA# See fewer	Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)
Eric Barthes Cocher de Madame Therbouche Cocher de Madame Therbouche See fewer	The Libertine (2000)
Gaëlle Vincent Première domestique turque Première domestique turque See fewer	Arsène Lupin (2004)
Micheline Massin Deuxième domestique turque Deuxième domestique turque See fewer	The Libertine (2000)