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Haley Bennett bundled up in the cold in Widow Clicquot
The Big Picture The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival featured some of the most celebrated films to come out over the past year. Beyond the event, a few films stood out, as Alexander Payne's throwback darling The Holdovers earned widespread praise and Oscars consideration, Richard Linklater's Hit Man became a crowdpleaser on Netflix for its silly and sexy premise starring Glen Powell, and The Zone of Interest deeply haunted viewers.
Widow Clicquot is based on the true story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, better known as Madame Clicquot upon marrying into a prominent wine-making family. Set during the Napoleonic Wars from 1797 to 1807 and taking inspiration from the best-selling biography The Widow Clicquot, the film tells the heart-wrenching love story between her and her dear, eccentric husband François, embodied by The Sandman's Tom Sturridge.
The footage shows one such person who resisted Madame Clicquot. Played by Maleficent alum Sam Riley, the man expresses an almost hollow admiration for her by praising how well she's run things "as a woman." The two have very different ideals, as Clicquot follows her late husband's model of collaboration to build up their business.
'Widow Clicquot' Made the Most Out of a Limited Location and Budget Napper directed Widow Clicquot from a screenplay penned by Erin Dignam and Christopher Monger. To bring the story of Veuve Clicquot to life, collaborative effort and creative thinking were required to keep costs down while not sacrificing quality. Part of that was accomplished by limiting the film to the vineyards, which added to the character of Clicquot and created an air of dread amidst an age plagued by war.
"So after I read the book I knew that I had to will this film into existence, and it had to be made. I could see it, I could smell it, we could taste it – much like the Veuve Clicquot herself. So, that kind of tenacity is something that you need in this industry, specifically in any industry as a woman, and to get a film made, especially. So we had to work a lot on the script to make it economical.
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