The most remarkable thing about “Marguerite” is the effect it produces. It’s the story of a rich woman who fancies herself an opera singer, but she can’t sing at all. She can’t stay in tune or hit a ...

Imagine the worst opera singer ever. Now imagine that she's determined to perform in public. That's the premise of an award-winning French satire that's based on a true story. It's called Marguerite, ...

There’s a line in “Marguerite” — a strangely moving story of a wealthy heiress whose passion to sing opera is matched only by her profound tone-deafness — that put me in mind, ever so briefly, of a ...

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French actress Catherine Frot gives a touching, masterful performance as the title character in director Xavier Giannoli’s tragicomic MARGUERITE. The lavish 1920s costume film centers on a wealthy ...

Questions surround the character of “Marguerite,” surname Dumont, a wealthy woman in 1920s France who devotes her life to singing opera, even though her voice is ferociously off-key. Is she delusional ...

If only love were all! Then loving what you live for — for Ed Wood, it was the cinema — would make you an interpretive artist of the highest order. In “Marguerite,” the title character is working on a ...