Discovering one other George Sand | EUROtoday

Cheek and expertise

Over the course of 4 freely appropriate episodes of his biography, we adopted in 1830 the irresistible ascent of a younger provincial who deserted the marital dwelling to affix Paris along with his younger lover Jules Sandeau (Aymeric Fougeron). The capital is in full swing after the July Revolution and the abdication of Charles X. This new wind serves as a springboard for the formidable younger lady who isn’t afraid of something. She doesn’t hesitate to undergo the director of Figaro Who refuses him an article on ladies relegated to the rank of submitted wives, and multiplies conferences with the personalities of his time, Balzac, Musset, Sainte-Beuve, Mérimée. Surprised by the cheek, the expertise for writing and the braveness of this transvestite troublemaker who fights for gender equality and the return of the divorce abolished by monarchy and gender equality.

Anti -conformist, braving the prohibitions, the writings of George Sand are pleas for freedom and social justice. After the publication of his first novelIndiana, which provokes the scandal however received an awesome success as a bookstore, his different works (Mauprat, 1937, The Meunier of Angibault, 1837, The pond within the satan, 1846) impose it as a significant writer of her time. The first to reside along with his pen and to put on the pants just like the painter Rosa Bonheur, because of the authorization of the prefect.

Some shortcuts within the air

Entirely turned in direction of her heroine and her commitmentsThe insurgent has all of the elements of a fiction that doesn’t keep away from historic shortcuts and imposes a sort of submit #MeToo studying of a romantic historical past with modern echoes. It is served by stunning units, the neat costumes of Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz and by a stable casting which reserves good surprises.

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The kangaroo of the day

Alongside Nine d’Urso, very comfy in her character as an excellent and obstinate character, we uncover the singer Barbara Pravi (candidate for Eurovision in 2021, editor’s be aware), who camps the merciless Marie Dorval, star of the Parisian theater and the muse of Alexandre Dumas with which the younger George Sand could have a passionate relationship. Just like that skilled with Alfred de Musset, cursed poet and fickle performed with Oscar Lesage. Finally, particular point out to Philippe Torreton within the position of the writer of George Sand, Bertrand Renault, and Jean-Luc Bideau, alias the Kératry deputy.

“La Rebelle: the adventures of the young George Sand”, minisérie in 4 episodes obtainable on France.TV and from this night, 9:10 p.m., on France 2.