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About the Film

Year

2002

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Comedy

Running Time

107 MIN

Synopsis

Academy Award winners Mira Sorvino* and Sir Ben Kingsley** star in this sexy and surprising romantic comedy that is "erotic...inventive...witty!" (Peter Rainer, New York Magazine) Mira Sorvino is captivating as a Princess who has fallen head over heels in love with her sworn enemy, Agis (Jay Rodan), the rightful heir to her kingdom. Driven into exile, Agis now lives with a philosopher (Sir Ben Kingsley) and his spinster sister (Fiona Shaw) who have taught Agis to hate the Princess. Determined to win Agis' love, the Princess travels to his secluded villa. There, armed with her incomparable talents for disguise and deception, the bold and beautiful Princess spins an ever-tangling web of seduction that will leave no passion unstirred...or heart untouched. *1995 Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite **1982 Best Actor, Gandhi

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Mira Sorvino

The princess/Phocion/Aspasie

Fiona Shaw

Leontine

Jay Rodan

Agis

Ben Kingsley

Hermocrates

Ignazio Oliva

Harlequin

Rachael Stirling

Hermidas/Corine

Luis Molteni

Dimas

About the Crew

Director

Clare Peploe

Producer

Massimo Cortesi

Producer

Oliver Huzly

Producer

Reinhard Klooss

Producer

Stephan Mallmann

Producer

Kai May

Producer

Thomas Schhly

Producer

Bernardo Bertolucci

Producer

Jeremy Thomas

Writer

Clare Peploe

Based on Play By

Pierre de Marivaux

Writer

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writer

Marilyn Goldin

Music Scoring

Jason Osborn