Curiosa (2019)
Coming Out at April 3, 2019 in theaters.
Biography, Drama, History
Curiosa is drama Lou Jeunet film directed by Lou Jeunet and written by Lou Jeunet, Raphaëlle Desplechin, Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Hérédia. The film stars Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe, Camélia Jordana, Amira Casar, Scali Delpeyrat and Emilien Diard-Detoeuf.
Paris 1895. Pierre Louÿs is a Parisian dandy and poet on the verge of fame. Pierre and his friend Henri De Régnier are both madly in love with Marie de Heredia (Noemie Merlant), the cheeky daughter of their mentor. Despite her feelings for Pierre, Marie eventually marries Henri who has a better situation. Badly hurt, Pierre leaves for Algeria where he meets Zohra, a bewitching local girl with whom he shares a tumultuous relationship and a passion for erotic photography. One year later, Marie still has weak feelings for her husband and Pierre comes back to Paris with Zohra. As soon as Marie hears the news, she rushes to see Pierre and confesses that she kept herself for him. They quickly start an affair and a game of cat and mouse between many players begins, full of desire, jealousy and photography. They will build their future selves by transgressing the established codes, how far will they go?
Director: Lou Jeunet
Writers: Lou Jeunet, Raphaëlle Desplechin, Pierre Louÿs, Marie de Hérédia
Stars: Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe, Camélia Jordana, Amira Casar, Scali Delpeyrat, Emilien Diard-Detoeuf
►Cast
| Noémie Merlant | ► | Marie de Heredia |
| Niels Schneider | ► | Pierre Louÿs |
| Benjamin Lavernhe | ► | Henri de Régnier |
| Camélia Jordana | ► | Zohra |
| Amira Casar | ► | Madame de Heredia |
| Scali Delpeyrat | ► | José-Maria de Heredia |
| Emilien Diard-Detoeuf | ► | Jean de Tinan |
| Mathilde Warnier | ► | Louise |
| Mélodie Richard | ► | Hélène de Heredia |
| Damien Bonnard | ► | L’éditeur |
| Guilhem Fabre | ► | Claude Debussy |
| Alexia Giordano | ► | La bouquetière |
| Akkram Soussi | ► | Le musicien tambour |
| Manuel Senra | ► | Le dresseur d’autruches |
| Charlotte Bigeard | ► | La nourrice sur l’autruche |
| Kelly Windrestein | ► | La modèle au tub |
| Alice Lacharme | ► | La nourrice bébé ‘Tigre’ |
| Luc Petit-Jean | ► | Bébé ‘Tigre’ 1 |
| Florian Petit-Jean | ► | Bébé ‘Tigre’ 2 |
| Theo Hakola | ► | Le majordome |
| Christophe Botti | ► | Invité de Pierre Louÿs |
| Christian Sénat | ► | Invité de Pierre Louÿs |
| Lucas Monjal | ► | Le jeune télégraphiste |
