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Director:
Clive Donner
Writers:
Chris Bryant (writer)
Marion Meade (novel)
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Genre:
Drama | History | Romance more
Plot:
Abelard, a respected philosopher and teacher in 12th-century Paris, is hired to tutor the intelligent and beautiful Heloise... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Derek de Lint ... Abelard

Kim Thomson ... Heloise
Denholm Elliott ... Fulbert
Bernard Hepton ... Bishop
Kenneth Cranham ... Suger
Patsy Byrne ... Agnes
Cassie Stuart ... Petronilla
Philip Locke ... Poussin
Victoria Burgoyne ... Prostitute
Antonia Cutic ... Landlady
Diana Belinic ... Girl in street
Davor Fejzagic ... Boy in street
Mark Jax ... Jourdain
Timothy Watson ... François (as Tim Watson)
Andrew McLean ... Gerard
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:108 min | USA:115 min (uncut version) | Yugoslavia:115 min
Country:
Yugoslavia | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
UK:15 (cut) | USA:R

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John Quarmby and Edmund Kente were on the possibles list for Poussin. more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
See the film / read the novel / read the historical sources, 18 July 2001
10/10
Author: Suzanne Cooke (sucook) from San Antonio TX

Rarely does a period piece follow so faithfully it's sources. This film brings Marion Meade's novel to life with amazing precision. Based heavily on the letters of Heloise to Abelard after they both took holy orders, the story encapsulates the warring philosophies of the era against the backdrop of the religious fervor of the middle ages.

If you have read the "Letters" of Heloise, you will be drawn into this faithful characterization. If you haven't read them - you'll want to! Beware though - her letters are hot and "smutty". Lanwench's description of this movie as a "bodice ripper" just reveals that s/he's never read the historical sources.

The drawback to this film is that the character of Abelard is drawn mostly from Heloise's point of view without the tempering of his own letters. He comes off quite more romantic than his letters reveal.

The sets and costuming are in period with so few anachronisms that even a medieval scholar can sit back and enjoy the film.

One of my all-time favorites

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