Drama

WIDOW CLICQUOT

2024
1 HR, 29 min
AUG 30 → SEP 12

Details

Released July 19, 2024, United States

Drama

1 hour, 29 minutes

Vertical

None

Starring

Haley Bennett
Tom Sturridge
Sam Riley
Anson Boon
Leo Suter
Paul Rhys
Natasha O'Keeffe and Ben Miles

Director

Thomas Napper

Film Information

Widow Clicquot is based on the true story of the “Grande Dame of Champagne,” Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (1777–1866) who, at the age of 20, became Madame Clicquot after marrying the scion of a winemaking family. Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole (Haley Bennett) and her unconventional, erratic husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After her husband’s untimely death, Barbe-Nicole flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her critics and revolutionizes the champagne industry to become one of the world’s first great entrepreneurs.

Full Cast

Haley Bennett

Tom Sturridge

Sam Riley

Anson Boon

Leo Suter

Paul Rhys

Natasha O'Keeffe and Ben Miles

Additional Credits

Thomas Napper Director

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Reviews

“There was enough story here for an epic, but Napper chose to make a poem-like movie, one that sustains a tone of mystery and wonder from start to finish.”

Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

“Bennett lifts the story up just like the bubbles in the veuve’s own delicious champagne, showing us the brilliance in this biopic drama.”

Therese Lacson

Collider

“A radical feminist story set in a stunning locale, with an exciting, Barry Lyndon-esque score, and Bennett’s magnetic presence, the TIFF favourite about early, dangerous feminism and the brave soul who abided is unusual and welcome.”

Anne Brodie

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