WIDOW CLICQUOT
USA, 2024, 89 min
Director: Thomas Napper
Cast: Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley, Ben Miles …

 

The deck is stacked against Barbe-Nicole from the start. She battles poor weather and rocky financials and Napoleon’s strict trade embargo. But no hurdle proves more difficult to overcome than the fact of her gender, as men from her father-in-law to her workers to her rivals doubt her ability and challenge her authority. the question isn’t so much if she’ll succeed but how, and what it means in the big picture.  

The familiar yellow label becomes a symbol of enduring love, of female empowerment, even of cutting-edge technological advancement. this movie’s historical setting gives it the romanticism of a costume drama.

Original Language: English
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