AFFF25 The Divine Sarah Bernhardt

AFFF25 The Divine Sarah Bernhardt

AFFF25 The Divine Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt, la divine


Sumptuous, rapturous, and full of drama, Sarah Bernhardt’s life is here to be experienced in all its theatrical glory – just as La Divine intended.

Sarah Bernhardt (Sandrine Kiberlain, November, AF FFF23) is larger than life and a cyclone of contradictions. The original theatre diva, her world is blinding stage lights, opulent wealth, and delicious scandals. Ruled by fleeting fancies and sweeping emotions, she even holds court from her sickbed. And what better time to revisit her groundbreaking 19th-century stardom than in recovery from surgery?

Guillaume Nicloux’s decadent biopic is an experience like no other: from exotic menageries to consuming affairs, La Divine is as showstopping as she is capricious. Patron to Alphonse Mucha, friend to Victor Hugo, and “little star” to Alexandre Dumas, Sarah Bernhardt defied societal expectations, adored dramatic death scenes and scandalised her convent with a lizard’s funeral. Nicloux’s film vividly recounts Bernhardt’s tempestuous story and is a dazzling chronicle of a chameleonic actress who defined her generation.

Uncover the life of the world’s first celebrity in THE DIVINE SARAH BERNHARDT.

Rating: MA15
Runtime: 98 mins

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas
Fri, Mar 21:
18:00

Mon, Mar 24:
20:30

Sun, Mar 30:
11:00

Fri, Apr 4:
18:00

Wed, Apr 9:
20:30

Sun, Apr 13:
18:45

Tue, Apr 15:
18:00

Fri, Apr 18:
13:30

Sat, Apr 19:
16:10

Wed, Apr 23:
18:10

Prospect Cinemas
Mon, Mar 24:
15:45

Thu, Mar 27:
16:00

Mon, Mar 31:
13:30

Fri, Apr 11:
18:00

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