Sophie's Misfortunes (2016 film)

Sophie's Misfortunes (French: Les Malheurs de Sophie) is a 2016 French film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, based on the 1858 novel Sophie's Misfortunes by the Countess of Ségur.

Sophie's Misfortunes
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Les Malheurs de Sophie
Directed byChristophe Honoré
Written byChristophe Honoré
Gilles Taurand
Based onThe Misfortunes of Sophie
by Countess of Ségur
Produced byPhilippe Martin
David Thion
StarringCaroline Grant
Anaïs Demoustier
Muriel Robin
Golshifteh Farahani
CinematographyAndré Chemetoff
Edited byChantal Hymans
Music byAlex Beaupain
David Sztanke
Production
companies
Les Films Pelléas
France 3 Cinéma
Gaumont
Distributed byGaumont Film Company
Release dates
  • 20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) (Valenciennes)
  • 20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) (France)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$4 million[1]

Plot

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Since her castle, the little Sophie can not resist the temptation of the forbidden and what she loves most is to do stupid things with her cousin Paul. When her parents decide to join America, Sophie is delighted. A year later, she is back in France with her horrible stepmother, Mrs. Fichini. But Sophie is going to count on the help of her two friends, the little girls and their mother, Madame de Fleurville to escape the clutches of that woman.

Cast

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  • Caroline Grant as Sophie de Réan
  • Anaïs Demoustier as Madame de Fleurville
  • Golshifteh Farahani as Madame Èvelyne de Réan
  • Muriel Robin as Madame Fédora Fichini
  • Michel Fau as Father Huc
  • Céleste Carrale as Camille de Fleurville
  • Aélys Le Nevé as Marguerite de Rosbourg
  • Marlene Saldana as Madame Chantal de Rosbourg
  • Jean-Charles Clichet as Baptistin
  • David Prat as Joseph
  • Lætitia Dosch as Noémie
  • Tristan Farge as Paul d'Aubert
  • Elsa Lepoivre as Madame Florence d'Auber
  • Annie Mercier as Marianne
  • Antoine Reinartz

Production

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Filming began on 12 January 2015; the second part of this shoot was completed in summer 2015.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Les Malheurs de Sophie (2016)". The-numbers. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. ^ "Les Malheurs de Sophie : Anais Demoustier et Muriel Robin chez Christophe Honoré". Allocine.fr. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
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