The Dark Room (2000)
Overview
In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, traveling to Siena to bring him back.
Cast
Caroline Ducey
Aliénor
Melvil Poupaud
Bertrand
Mathieu Demy
Thomas
Sylvie Testud
Azalaïs
Édith Scob
The widow
Jackie Berroyer
The king
Hugues Quester
Ambrogio
Alice Houri
Lisotta
Pierre Baillot
Maître Gérard de Narbonne
Dimitri Rataud
Marc
Luis Rego
The confessor
Christophe Bouisse
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Sandrine Blancke
Thibault de Montalembert
Roch Leibovici
Serpentine Teyssier
Mother superior