Cast
Haley Bennett
Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquo...
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
Joseph Rapp
Priest
David Emmanuel
French Soldier
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
US
Revenue
$3,336,542
Reviews
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 Champagne.” Having inherited the business of her husband, François (Tom Sturridge), after this death,...
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 father-in-law Philippe (Ben Miles) is keen to sell to the neighbouring Mr. Moet but wit...
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