The Earrings of Madame de...
“It was her vanity that destroyed her.”
DramaRomanceHistory
In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts; she claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, & her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
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A devastatingly elegant and melancholic waltz through doomed romance. This film feels like a whispered confession, a beautiful tragedy unfolding with exquisite grace and a sense of inevitable heartbreak.
melancholicelegantwistfultragicslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseromanticcinematiclovedeceitclassloss
italiancountessdebtearring19th century
