“Noémie Merlant is fantastic.”
–Nathaniel Muir, AIPT
“Nearly every filmmaking choice feels like just the right one.”
–Scott Renshaw, Salt Lake City Weekly
BASED ON REAL LIFE EVENTS, THIS STEAMY PERIOD DRAMA
SET IN 19TH CENTURY PARIS, AND STARRING
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE’S NOÉMIE MERLANT,
UNSPOOLS THE STORY OF THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN
THE FRENCH POETS PIERRE LOUYS AND MARIE DE RÉGNIER
CURIOSA
Street Date: November 16, 2021
DVD/Digital: $24.95
SYNOPSIS
Paris 1895. Pierre Louÿs, a young poet on the verge of fame, is madly in love with Marie de Heredia (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire). Despite her mutual feelings for Pierre, Marie agrees to a marriage of convenience with his friend, Henri de Régnier. Driven by jealousy and regret, she returns to Pierre and enters a world of passion and desire played out in front of his camera.
Inspired by the erotic photography of its real-life subjects, CURIOSA reveals the “sizzling love affair between two famed writers who pushed the boundaries of expression and sexuality” (The Film Yap).
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, Google Play)
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 107 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Dolby 5.1/2.0 Stereo
Language: French with English Subtitles
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide including the Oscar-nominated films Theeb (2016) and Corpus Christi (2020). Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci, Ettore Scola and Luchino Visconti. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
