Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Inspired by Heinrich von Kleist’s 1808 novella Die Marquise von O, Éric Rohmer’s period drama tells the story of the Marquise von O, a virtuous widow, who in 1799 finds herself pregnant while unconscious and obstinately continues to insist on the acknowledgement of her moral integrity.
Inspired by Heinrich von Kleist’s 1808 novella Die Marquise von O, Éric Rohmer’s period drama tells the story of the Marquise von O, a virtuous widow, who in 1799 finds herself pregnant while unconscious and obstinately continues to insist on the acknowledgement of her moral integrity.
