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Binding: DVD
EAN: 9771517409693
Format: Import, NTSC
Label: LW Editora
Manufacturer: LW Editora
Publisher: LW Editora
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 39219
Studio: LW Editora
Theatrical Release Date: 1988
Features:- Uncut Version
- Audio in English.
- Cover in Portuguese.
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Based on the novel by Marion Meade, this costume drama retelling of the doomed 12th century romance of Abelard and Heloise was directed by Clive Donner. Abelard (Derek de Lint) is a philosophy professor at the cathedral school of Notre Dame. Considered the greatest teacher in Paris at a time when professors of philosophy are required to be chaste, Abelard is a champion of reason and a man of the people. Despite what it could mean to his career and standing, however, Abelard falls in love with a student, Heloise (Kim Thomson), an upper class teenage girl raised in a convent and possessing an insatiably curious intellect, along with a rebellious attitude toward the second-class status of women in her society. When word of the relationship begins to filter out, Heloise's ambitious uncle Fulbert (Denholm Elliott), who had hoped to marry her off to a wealthy gentlemen, schemes to end the romance, as does the bishop of Paris (Bernard Hepton).
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - historical romance
Enchanting 12th century Parisian history filmed in Yugoslavia. Steamy
sex scenes make watching with anyone you are not intimate with (like parents or mixed AA group) an experience. Portuguese box disc is in English and has the bonus of "My Life" with Michael Keaton on the backside
(also an excellent movie). Bon apetite.
Rating: - Terrific for mature adults
The 12th century love letters of Abelard and Heloise are among the treasures of literature. This film explores the historical figures and says little of their love letters per se. The photography is beautiful, the acting is excellent, the sound is good. Their love affair as presented here in a romanticized version is ten times more tragic than the story of Romeo and Juliette. The more historically accurate story was pretty darned tragic in any event.
The film is quite moving but it ... Read More
Rating:  - Buyer beware
This version is advertised as "all regions" but it's actually the Region 4 Brazilian DVD. It will not play in US DVD players. Until there's a US DVD, you're better off looking for the uncut VHS version.
Rating: - A classic forbidden love story ....
Considering this is a true story, its an even greater tragedy knowing so. The story of young Heloise meeting her soul partner in mature and established Abelard whose career as a philosopher and teacher requires him to be celibate in life makes this forbidden love so heart wrenching to watch. Their obstacles were those even ahead of their time with an out of wedlock pregnancy and escaping the "evil uncle" who when discovers this affair had begun under his own roof takes matters into a wicked extreme ... Read More
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