Realistic biography of the famous french painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This time, the focus is not on his work or his life at the Moulin Rouge (like in the John Huston's movie of the same title) but on the life of Lautrec himself, espacially his love relation with his model Suzanne (played with great talent by the marvelous Elza Zylberstein). Like in Minnelli's Van Gogh biography (Lust for life, 1957), movie director Planchon makes painting with the camera, especially in the firt hour. The times and the soul of the period (end of the XIXe century) is well respected. Beautiful movie!

她复活了一项19世纪的传统：为人提供朗诵服务。瘫痪少年、瞎眼遗孀、离异商人、退休法官和缺少母爱的幼女，都是她的客户。他们不能或者不愿意自己看书，只用耳朵听。她为他们读托尔斯泰、莫泊桑，也读波德莱尔和杜拉斯，读《爱丽丝漫游仙境》，也读《所多玛120天》，甚至包括马克思、高尔基和列宁。她时而是现实中的康斯坦丝，时而是虚构人物玛丽。她马不停蹄地填补着别人生命中的破洞，简直又是80年……

法国一个宁静的小镇，某个夜晚搬来了布莱克一家：男主人弗莱德、妻子麦姬以及他们的儿女瓦伦和贝尔。他们看似与其他的美国人没什么两样，然而一系列出格的举止却不得不让人对他们刮目相看。原来弗莱德的真实身份是历史悠久的黑手党家族曼佐尼的一员，为躲避追杀他在FBI探员罗伯特·斯坦菲尔德的安排下多次搬家。 看似惬意舒适的隐居生活危机四伏，背负着背叛家族罪名的弗莱德终将迎来夺命杀手的拜访……

January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeship of royal power. He must face the intrigues of the great ones of the kingdom who lead La Fronde, the agreements and the betrayals of those close to him. He is helped in this by his mother Anne of Austria and by the Cardinal Mazarin.