''Catherine, il suffit d'un amour'' was a French television series produced by ''Antenne 2'' in 1986 and based on the ''Catherine'' novels written by best-selling French author

Juliette Benzoni Juliette Benzoni (30 October 1920 – 7 February 2016) was a French author and international bestseller in several genres, including historical romance, historical fiction, mystery fiction, mystery and screenplay, screenwriting. In 1998, at th ...

. The adaptation remained similar to the original text of Juliette Benzoni's story about Catherine and her adventures in France during the

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. The screenplay was written by Benzoni with Jean Chatenet, and directed by

Marion Sarraut Marion Sarraut (13 August 1938 – 12 July 2021) was a French film and theatre director. Biography Born in Saigon in French Indochina, Marion was the granddaughter of former Prime Minister Albert Sarraut. She studied at the for three years, an ...

. Sarraut had previously directed another of Benzoni's best-selling novel series ''

Marianne Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed i ...

'' with Corinne Touzet who starred in the leading role.

Plot summary

The story takes place in the time of the Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War, a conflict which occurred during a lull in the

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John the Fearless John I (french: Jean sans Peur; nl, Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 137110 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his death in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during ...

, Duke of Burgundy, is locked in a struggle against the Armagnacs who support the future King Charles VII. During the Parisian riots of 1413, Catherine Legoix, the 13-year-old daughter of a goldsmith living on the

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, tries to save a young

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knight, 16-year old Michel de Montsalvy. He is to be executed because he spat at Duke John and called him a traitor. Catherine hides Michel in the family's cellar, but he and her father are murdered by a paternal cousin. Catherine and her mother flee to

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

to the home of her maternal uncle, Mathieu Gautherin. They are accompanied by Sara the Black, a young gypsy who hid the women in a slum area of Paris. Catherine's attempt to save Michel de Montsalvy has changed her life. At the age of twenty-one, she is a beautiful woman. At this point, she meets a wounded knight, the noble Arnaud de Montsalvy who is one of

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...

's captains and the late Michel de Montsalvy's younger brother. After Catherine and Arnaud fall in love, Arnaud discovers that one of Catherine's family members killed his older brother. He wishes to avenge his brother's death by killing Catherine, but tells her he will not do so because she is a woman. Her beauty attracts the attention of Duke

Philip the Good Philip III (french: Philippe le Bon; nl, Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonge ...

who desires her. He orders his treasurer, Garin de Brazey, to marry Catherine so she can be received at court despite her low birth. Because Catherine believes Arnaud is to marry Isabelle de Sévérac, she agrees to be the mistress of the powerful Duke who showers her with titles and riches. At the Duke's courts in Dijon and

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, Catherine meets important historical figures such as Flemish painter

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, Jean Lefèvre de Saint-Rémy,

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, and

Yolande d'Aragon Yolande of Aragon (11 August 1384 – 14 November 1442) was Duchess of Anjou and Countess of Provence by marriage, who acted as regent of Provence during the minority of her son. She was a daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Violant ...

. After Catherine's four-year-old son Philippe de Brazey dies, she discovers Arnaud de Montsalvy never married. Because is still in love with him, she travels to the beleaguered city of

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...

are fighting against the English. In Orléans, Catherine's life is saved by Joan of Arc after Catherine has been condemned to death for treason. After enduring many dangerous adventures, Catherine finds happiness. She becomes the beloved wife of Arnaud de Montsalvy, Lord of the Châtaignerie in

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and Captain in the service of King Charles VII.

Cast

Main characters

* Claudine Ancelot : Catherine Legoix / Catherine de Montsalvy * Pierre-Marie Escourrou : Michel de Montsalvy / Arnaud de Montsalvy * Pascale Petit : Black Sara *

Nicole Maurey Nicole Maurey (20 December 1925 – 11 March 2016) was a French actress, who appeared in 65 film and television productions between 1945 and 1997. Life and career Born in Bois-Colombes, a northwestern suburb of Paris, Maurey was originally ...

: Isabelle de Montsalvy * Anne Lefébure : Jacquette Legoix *

Henri Guybet Henri Guybet (born 21 December 1936) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1964. Guybet started his career in dinner theater in the Café de la Gare, alongside Coluche and Miou-Miou in late 1960s. Gérard Oury g ...

: Gaucher Legoix *

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: Mathieu Gautherin *

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: Barnaby of the Cockleshell *

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: Duke Philip of Burgundy *

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: Garin de Brazey / Spanish monk *

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: Ermengarde de Châteauvillain *

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: Brother Étienne *

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: Abou-al-Khayr *

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: Queen

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* Philippe Murgier :

Supporting characters

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* Pierre Deny :

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* Benoît Brione :

* Georges Montillier : Bishop Cauchon *

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: Mathilde Boucher * Jacques Brucher : Jacques de Roussay * Daniel Tarrare : Jean de Luxembourg * François Brincourt :

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* Stéphane Fey :

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* Michel Duplaix :

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* Christian Rauth : Fero, Gypsy Lord * Philippe Caroit :

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* Michel Peyleron :

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* Lena Grinda : Catherine de la Trémoille *

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: Anne de Sillé * Sylvain Lemarié : Abbot Bernard * Rebecca Potok : Gauberte Cairou *

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: Fortunat * Hervé Pauchon : Gauthier de Chazay * Hugues Profy : Bérenger de Roquemaurel * Virginie Pradal : Margot * Anne-Marie Scieller : Marie de Comborn * Bernard Ortega :

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: Sir Hugh Kennedy of Ardstinchar * Patrice Alexsandre : Robert Ier de Sarrebruck-Commercy * Jean-Claude Aubé : King René d'Anjou * Julie Odekerken Sarraut :

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* Bénédicte Sire : Azalaïs the lacemaker * Corinne Touzet : Princess Zobeïda * Marc Samuel : Josse Rallard *

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: Maître Gaspard Cornelis * Philippe Auriault : Landry Pigasse * Serge Marquard : Simon Caboche * Sylvie Folgoas : Michelle de France

Production

The television series was a co-production involving

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(succeeded by

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) and

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within its producer of the series was Henri Spade. After following the success of the ''

'' series – which aired on 21 November 1983 – Spade supported the new project ''Catherine, il suffit d'un amour''.

Conception and development

In the press review in 1983 for ''Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon'', Benzoni writes: "Thanks go to

, director after my heart... provided with a heart, sensibility and talent, a great artistic sense and an astonishingly safe flair to choose interpreters". In the weekly television listings magazine '' Télé Star'' said: "I do not want a director other than Marion". Sarraut and Benzoni had a great admiration both for each other as well as Jean Chatenet wrote the screenplay. Filming began in 1985 of ''Catherine, il suffit d'un amour'' after only two years of preparation under the direction by Sarraut. The production had a total of 200 actors, 1,500 costumes, 45 technicians and 130 horses. The horses were trained by Mario Luraschi, horse trainer and stuntman both for French and international cinema.

Casting

For the male leading role, Sarraut said that Pierre-Marie Escourrou did not correspond at first to the idea of the personality she had in mind – however after his audition she knew that she had found the perfect Arnaud de Montsalvy. The yet unknown young actress Claudine Ancelot was the perfect Catherine de Montsalvy. As a special bonus, popular French actors and actresses were engaged to play cameo roles in ''Catherine''. The cast was joined by

of the

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, Pascale Petit and

Filming

The shooting of the television series lasted for 15 months. The indoor scenes were shot at the Buttes-Chaumont SFP studios in

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, and the outdoor scenes were filmed on location in

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, Villefranche-de-Conflent, and Le prieuré de Marcevol. The oldest quarters of the city at Castelnou in the

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served as

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, the home of Catherine and Arnaud. Scenes set at the

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were shot at the castle of the

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Music

The music was composed by Robert Viger who had already composed several soundtracks such as '' Les Amours romantiques''Les amours romantiques, Music by Robert Viger
/ref> for a French television series. In 1983, Viger had composed the television soundtrack for the successful ''Marianne''. Juliette Benzoni's ''Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon'' (six books) was the first of the novel series filmed for

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Critical reception

On 19 March 1986, ''Catherine, il suffit d'un amour'' was proclaimed "the largest

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ever created in France". It was broadcast at 13:30

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each afternoon during the week. Several critics praised the lavish scale of the production, comparing it to popular American television soaps such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. The daily newspaper ''

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'' wrote: "A soap opera? Certainly! But with panache. It is clear that the actors really go for broke. And it's contagious… why not?" In

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, the 1986 television series was shown on

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from 2 April to 9 July 1989. It was known as the

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title ''

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'', and it contained a total of 15 episodes which ran approximately 90 minutes each.

Home media

In December 2007, the French book sales club

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released the entire series on

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with the complete collection consisting of five boxes in ten discs. The covers of the DVD boxes displayed images from the 1986 television series, but there were no

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, special features, nor extra elements included. Eventually, the DVD version of the television series – originally consisting of 60 episodes and 26 minutes – were reduced to 30 episodes of 52 minutes each.

References

External links

* Website dedicated to the television series Catherine, il suffit d'un amour en/f

* Website dedicated to film location Catherin

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