Is that when this movie is set? If so, all the aristocracy featured in this story will be facing the (gulp!) guillotine.

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Camelot_2000 — 11 years ago(October 14, 2014 09:26 PM)

Is that when this movie is set? If so, all the aristocracy featured in this story will be facing the (gulp!) guillotine. That is, if they escape the mob in time.

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jh66 — 11 years ago(December 23, 2014 10:01 AM)

Close's character says in the film "the century is drawing to a close" and the French Rev was 1789, so it must have been close?
We see the village scene of poor people and Azalan says you can 'find this everywhere'?

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furienna — 11 years ago(January 23, 2015 08:26 AM)

The novel was written in 1782, which was seven years before the revolution started.
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noirgirl — 10 years ago(June 26, 2015 09:01 PM)

I think it had to be earlier, judging from the clothes, more La Pompadour style, with ladders, lower hair and less powder. Maybe 1750s?

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Trax-3 — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 05:24 AM)

When they go to the opera in the beginning, Gluck's Iphignie en Tauride is performed, so, not before 1779. But the truth is, when it comes to films set so far in the past, the costume designers etc, usually don't try to hit specific year or decade. We're lucky if they don't go for a complete fantasy look.

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axl7 — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 08:34 AM)

The book is set in the 80s, but judging from the costumes, the film is set in the 50s /early 60s. They are absolutely perfect for that time frame.
Interesting about the Iphigniethere is a mistake then
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