As autumn cloaks the world with her customary melancholia, as cold mists descend and browning leaves fall from quivering trees onto the sodden ground, a solitary woman looks back on her past life beside an open fire...
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In the late 18th century, Joseph Balsamo, alias the Count of Cagliostro, finds fame throughout Europe as a magician, alchemist and fortune teller...
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Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, lives alone in his ruined castle. One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive at his door and ask for shelter for the night...
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Married to a wealthy baron, Irène de Rysbergue leads a privileged life but she still sees herself as a carefree ingénue, attending parties and generally have a good time...
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The hand of a carved wooden mannequin holds a pair of dice, as if to remind us of Stéphane Mallarmé's words: 'A throw of the dice will never abolish chance'...
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It is a fine Sunday morning and already the exodus has begun - from the oppressively dreary streets of Paris to the leafy riverside suburb of Nogent-sur-Marne...
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Suzanne Verrier's dreams of becoming a star ballerina with the Paris Opéra ballet company are encouraged by her wealthy patron, Count Montoire-Grandpré...
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France, 1562. Catherine de Medici rules as regent for her son, the 12 year-old Charles IX. Though nominally Catholic, Catherine seeks to maintain peace between the rival Catholic and Protestant factions...
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One night, a man sharpens his cut-throat razor before using it to slice open a young woman's eye... Eight years later, the same woman invites a man into her apartment...
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