Widow Clicquot at Laemmle Theatres
Film
Laemmle Theatres
Based on the true story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century.
After her husband’s untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (Haley Bennett) flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her critics and revolutionizes the champagne industry to become one of the world’s first great entrepreneurs.
Directed by Thomas Napper
With Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley
Screenplay by Erin Dignam and Christopher Monger
Based on the book The Widow Clicquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo
US distributor Vertical
Shot in some wonderful locations across the French regions, from Reims in Grand Est to Chablis in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, with Peninsula Film as the Production Services Company and VFX by the French studio MPC teams.
It benefitted from the Tax Rebate for international productions and the advice and guidance from the French film commissions Bureau des images Grand Est and BUREAU D’ACCUEIL DES TOURNAGES BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE, part of the Film France CNC network.
Watch the trailer here!