Les Deux Fragonard

112 minutes

4/19/1989

Overview

The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and out. He was a painter during the final decades of the French monarchy. In this story, he and his brother Cyprien (Robin Renucci), who is an early pioneer in medical anatomy (he dissected corpses and made drawings of what he found in them), have fallen in love with the same woman, Marianne (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), a laundress. This attraction has not escaped the notice of Salmon d'Anglas (Sami Frey), a conniving nobleman, who has his heart set on getting revenge on Jean-Honore (Joachim de Almeida) for refusing his patronage and becoming the darling of the French court.

Cast List

Joaquim de Almeida
as Honoré Fragonard
Robin Renucci
as Cyprien Fragonard
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
as Marianne
Sami Frey
as Salmon d'Anglas
Jean-Louis Richard
as Saint-Julien
Philippe Clévenot
as Father Rudolphe
Nada Strancar
as Madame Dantes
Roland Amstutz
as Bourgela
Michèle Oppenot
as « La Poicard »
Pierrick Mescam
as Steward
Christiane Cohendy
as Dame de la Poupliniere
Sandra Faure
as Antoinette
Marc Rosenstiehl
as Louis-David
Jean-Pierre Bagot
as Bernadette's father
François Chattot
as Anatomist
Judith Magre
as Anatomist
Christine Fersen
as Tragedian
Isabelle Nanty
as Lisette
Josiane Stoléru
as Aristocrat
Joséphine Fresson
as Washerwoman
Jean-Jacques Scheffer
as Anatomist
Gérard Hardy
as Anatomist
Diane Pierens
as Young actress
Véronique Choquet
as Tavern girl
Christine Vézinet
as Tavern girl
Nathalie Bécue
as Washerwoman
Frédérique Charbonneau
as Washerwoman
Marianne Groves
as Washerwoman
Claire-Marie Magen
as Washerwoman
Céline Samie
as Washerwoman
Caroline Simonet
as Washerwoman
Max Roire
as Picture dealer
Louis-Marie Taillefer
as Mandrin
Marief Guittier
as Aristocrat
Vincent Filliozat
as Juggler from the Plume circus
Bernard Kudlak
as Juggler from the Plume circus
Michele Sigal
as Dying woman