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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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Gabriel Aghion | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (dialogue) (play) (screenplay)
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Mar 15, 2000 (Belgium)

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21 cast members
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Vincent Perez
Denis Diderot Denis Diderot   See fewer
Fanny Ardant
Madame Therbouche Madame Therbouche   See fewer
Josiane Balasko
La Baronne d'Holbach La Baronne d'Holbach   See fewer
Michel Serrault
Le Cardinal Le Cardinal   See fewer
Arielle Dombasle
La Marquise de Jerfeuil La Marquise de Jerfeuil   See fewer
Christian Charmetant
Le Marquis (Chevalier) de Jerfeuil Le Marquis (Chevalier) de Jerfeuil   See fewer
Françoise Lépine
Madame Diderot Madame Diderot   See fewer
François Lalande
Le Baron d'Holbach Le Baron d'Holbach   See fewer
Bruno Todeschini
Le Marquis de Cambrol Le Marquis de Cambrol   See fewer
Arnaud Lemaire
Le Marquis de Lutz Le Marquis de Lutz   See fewer
Audrey Tautou
Julie d'Holbach Julie d'Holbach   See fewer
Vahina Giocante
Angélique Diderot Angélique Diderot   See fewer
Yan Duffas
Abraham Abraham   See fewer
Véronique Vella
La Cousine de Jerfeuil La Cousine de Jerfeuil   See fewer
Eric Savin
Le Chef de la police Le Chef de la police   See fewer
Thierry Nzeutem
Mohamed Mohamed   See fewer
Kevin Felix-Lassa
Le fils Jerfeuil Le fils Jerfeuil   See fewer
Jean Pommier
Le domestique FA# Le domestique FA#   See fewer
Eric Barthes
Cocher de Madame Therbouche Cocher de Madame Therbouche   See fewer
Gaëlle Vincent
Première domestique turque Première domestique turque   See fewer
Micheline Massin
Deuxième domestique turque Deuxième domestique turque   See fewer
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