Widow Clicquot
There is hope, however unpredictable.
After her husband's death, Madame Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of their wine business, defying her critics and ultimately revolutionizing the champagne industry, establishing her as one of the world's first great businesswomen.
- 6.7
- 2024
- Released
- 1h 31m
Haley Bennett
Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot
Tom Sturridge
François Clicquot
Sam Riley
Louis Bohne
Leo Suter
Georges
Ben Miles
Phillipe Cliquot
Anson Boon
Edouard Werle
Paul Rhys
Droite
Chris Larkin
Muller
Natasha O'Keeffe
Anne
Ian Conningham
Paquet
Cecily Cleeve
Clementine
Nicholas Farrell
Jean-Remy Moet
Christopher Villiers
Nicolas Ponsardin
Cara Seymour
Jeanne-Marie Ponsardin
Phoebe Nicholls
Marie-Catherine Clicquot
David Emmanuel
French Soldier
Released
en
$3,336,542.00
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- #entrepreneur
- #death of husband
- #women entrepreneur
- #inspirational
- #winemaking
Reviews
Haley Bennett turns in a reasonable effort here as the eponymous lady who has to keep control of her late husband's vineyards at a time in history when Napoleon's wars were raging throughout Europe - and France wasn't doing so well, by this point - and his laws prohibited women from managing so much as a dinner party. The death of François (Tom Sturridge) has left her a property that her former fa
Combining all of the elements that go into making a fine film and blending the various ingredients in just the right proportions is akin to the practice of crafting a fine wine – and quite an irony here given the subject matter of this engaging cinematic biography of Barbe Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (1777-1866) (Haley Bennett), the French winemaker who became better known as “the Grand Dame of Cham