Félix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugénie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a favourable view of the handsome suitors who rush to ask for his daughter’s hand. Nothing should damage the colossal fortune he hides from everyone. The sudden arrival of Grandet’s nephew, a ruined, orphaned Parisian dandy, turns the young girl’s life upside down.
"In breathing cinematic life into the pages of a feminist classic director Marc Dugain gambles and wins…"
Eugénie Grandet
Edinburgh - Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Newington, Edinburgh, United KingdomEugenie Grandet
Richmond - Station Cinema Richmond Station, Station Yard, Richmond, United KingdomEugenie Grandet
Welwyn Garden City - Campus West Campus West The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United KingdomEugenie Grandet
Welwyn Garden City - Campus West Campus West The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United KingdomEugenie Grandet
Richmond - Station Cinema Richmond Station, Station Yard, Richmond, United KingdomEugenie Grandet
Poole - Lighthouse (Centre for the Arts) Poole's Centre For The Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole, United KingdomEugenie Grandet
Poole - Lighthouse (Centre for the Arts) Poole's Centre For The Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole, United KingdomSubscribe to the French Film Festival UK newsletter
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