Project Detail

The Triumph of Love

Synopsis

Leonide Princess of Sparta, sits on a throne usurped by her father which rightfully belongs to Agis. Leonide had spied Agis swimming in a lake and fallen deeply in love with him; she therefore schemes to conquer the young man's heart, marry him and give back what is due to him by right of birth.

Agis has been brought up, secretly, in a villa protected by solid walls, by the philosopher Hermocrates and his sister Leontine, according to the principles of the enlightenment philosophy. Devoted to reason, they despise emotions and feelings and distrust what is mysterious and inexplicable. They have taught the young Agis to hate the princess.

Leonide and her maid Corine, disguised as male students, Phocion and Hermidas, sneak into the villa. They appear anxious to drink deep from the fountain of Hermocrates' Knowledge and are assisted, at a price, by the servants Arlequin and Dimas. Weaving a tangled web of emotions, the two girls put into effect a cunning and sensual plan. The outcome of which provides the wherewithal for love to triumph.

Details

Year: 2002
Type of film: Features
Running time: tbc
Format: 35mm
Director: Clare Peploe
Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Massimo Cortesi, Reinhard Kloos, Thomas Schuhly
Editor: Jacopo Quadri
Screenwriter: Clare Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci, Marilyn Goldin
Director of Photography: Fabio Cianchetti
Sound: Maurizio Argentieri
Music: Jason Osborn
Principal cast: Mira Sorvino, Ben Kingsley, Fiona Shaw, Jay Rodan

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Navert Film

Contact: Lucinda Agar
Via Delle Mantellate SA
Rome 00165
Italy

T 00 39 6 6813 6386

navert.film@caltanet.it

Sales Company

Hanway

Contact: Jonathan Lynch-Staunton
24 Hanway Street
London W1T 1UH
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7290 0750

info@hanwayfilms.com

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www.hanwayfilms.com

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