The memoirs of Brantôme, published in 1740, certainly gave an admirable picture of the general court-life of the time, with its unblushing and undisguised profligacy. There is not an homme illustre or a dame galante in all his gallery of portraits who hasn't engaged in what Medieval Christian prescriptions as well as the Victorian society would regard as sexual immorality; and yet the whole is narrated with the most complete unconsciousness that there is anything objectionable in their conduct.
Comedy
1990
1 hr 39 min
Unrated
Starring
Richard Bohringer, Isabella Rossellini, Marie-Christine Barrault
