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Little Chaos (A)
- Director: Alan Rickman
- Writer: Jeremy Brock; Alison Deegan
- Producer: Andrea Calderwood; Ray Cooper
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This is akin to a pleasant walk through...Versailles...followed by some tea and crumpet.
What could have been a debauched foray into the excesses of court life - the 'Sun King' was renowned for his extravagances...instead, a genteel, buxom, somehwhat bitchy smorgasbord of camp.
Rickman's King is - perhaps - a little too mundane...when compared to his brother, Stanley Tucci rides on the crest of a great big frilly wave...they don't come much foppier than this...the direction lends a certain delicacy and tenderness to the character that elicits a comforting warmth...culminating in a particularly lovely touch right at the very end of the film.
There is just enough humour and drama to keeps things trotting along at an even pace...there is a building crescendo...but, alas, it never quite explodes. Feisty as Kate Winslet is, she's never really allowed to let go...
A safe, admirable film that could have been enhanced with a few more risques...and explosions.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A romantic drama following Sabine, a talented landscape designer, who is building a garden at Versailles for King Louis XIV. Sabine struggles with class barriers as she becomes romantically entangled with the court's renowned landscape artist, André Le Nôtre.
This period drama about the female contractor hired by King Louis XIV to design and build an element of the gardens of Versailles included two minor gay characters, the King’s ineffectual brother Duke Philippe d’Orleans and his aide/lover. Philippe’s wife is aware of the relationship between the men and is accepting of it, though there is obvious tension between her and the Marquis. The characters were neither good nor bad, instead serving no real purpose. This lack of substance remains standard for the majority of LGBT characters.
What a load of bollocks...not every film has to be about the LGBT-ers...just be thankful that they are referenced...and, done so with a broad stroke of loveliness.
Seriously...what planet do you inhabit?!?
Cast & Characters
Thomas Allam as Louis Alexander;
Alan Rickman as King Louis XIV;
Hope Hancock as Francoise Marie;
Isabella Steinbarth as Louise Francoise;
Hal Hewetson as Philippe;
Carolina Valdes as Queen Marie-Therese;
Eleanor Montgomery as Royal Nurse;
Matthias Schoenaerts as Andre Le Notre;
Danny Webb as Moulin;
Kate Winslet as Sabine De Barra;
Cathy Belton as Louise;
Steven Waddington as Thierry Duras;
Adrian Scarborough as Daniel Le Vielle;
Adrian Schiller as Jean Risse;
Ben Fox as Monsieur Mauve