It would be very easy to ruin this story with biased filmmaking, but this adaptation keeps a nice distance from the narrative and lets us form our own sympathies. I liked the production values, the costumes and the actors. Worth watching!
5.7Plot summary
There is nothing we can do against the call of love. Amiens, 1713. Des Grieux is a noble young student, wise for his years, who's preparing to become a knight of the Order of Malta. With a fine future as a teacher of rhetoric ahead of him, he meets a young commoner, Manon Lescaut, a candle maker's daughter. It's love at first sight.
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