''Sophie's Misfortunes'' (french: Les Malheurs de Sophie) is a 2016 French film written and directed by

Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma''. He started writing soon aft ...

, based on the 1858 novel ''

Sophie's Misfortunes ''Sophie's Misfortunes'' (french: Les Malheurs de Sophie) is a children's book written by the Countess of Ségur. The book was published in 1858 by the publisher Hachette. The illustrations were by Horace Castelli, a French artist. This is the f ...

'' by the

Countess of Ségur Sophie Rostopchine, Countess of Ségur, born Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina (russian: Софья Фёдоровна Ростопчина; 1 August 1799 in Saint Petersburg – 8 February 1874 in Paris), was a French writer of Russian birth and or ...

Plot

Since her castle, the little Sophie can not resist the temptation of the forbidden and what she loves most is to do stupid things with her cousin Paul. When her parents decide to join America, Sophie is delighted. A year later, she is back in France with her horrible stepmother, Mrs. Fichini. But Sophie is going to count on the help of her two friends, the little girls and their mother, Madame de Fleurville to escape the clutches of that woman.

Cast

* Caroline Grant as Sophie de Réan *

Anaïs Demoustier Anaïs Demoustier (; born Anaïs Aude Marie Michèle Demoustier; 29 September 1987) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. Personal life During the filming of ''Marguerite & Julien'', Demoustier began dating ...

as Madame de Fleurville * Golshifteh Farahani as Madame Èvelyne de Réan *

Muriel Robin Muriel Robin (born 2 August 1955) is a French actress and comedian. She won an International Emmy Award for Best Actress in 2007 and received a nomination for a César Award in 2001 and six nominations for a Molière Award. Early years Muriel ...

as Madame Fédora Fichini *

Michel Fau Michel Fau (born 1964) is a French comedian, actor and theatre director. Personal life At 18, he left his hometown for training at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1986 to 1989. He trained with Michel Bouquet, Gerard Desarthe and ...

as Father Huc * Céleste Carrale as Camille de Fleurville * Aélys Le Nevé as Marguerite de Rosbourg * Marlene Saldana as Madame Chantal de Rosbourg * Jean-Charles Clichet as Baptistin * David Prat as Joseph *

Lætitia Dosch Lætitia Dosch (; born 1 September 1980) is a French-Swiss actress, playwright and director. Her film credits include ''Age of Panic'', ''Keeper (film), Keeper'', ''Summertime (2015 film), Summertime'', ''Montparnasse Bienvenue (film), Montparnass ...

as Noémie * Tristan Farge as Paul d'Aubert * Elsa Lepoivre as Madame Florence d'Auber * Antoine Reinartz

Production

Filming began on 12 January 2015; the second part of this shoot was completed in summer 2015.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sophie's Misfortunes 2016 films 2010s French-language films 2016 comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films Films based on children's books Gaumont Film Company films Films directed by Christophe Honoré 2010s French films