The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming... Read allThe story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
- Count Fernando D'Aillieres
- (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
- Hitchcock
- (as Roger Ashton Griffiths)
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- TriviaIn January 2013, more than a year before the release of this movie, Grace Kelly's children Prince Albert, Princess Caroline, and Princess Stephanie of Monaco, issued a joint statement saying they had no association with the production. The family added that this movie contains major historical inaccuracies, and that Director Olivier Dahan ignored their requests for changes.
- GoofsOn the map Russia's Baltic seaport is named "St. Petersburg." From 1924 to 1991, the city's name was "Leningrad."
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Francis Tucker: [in a letter] Long after I'm gone, long after the House of Grenaldie has fallen, the world is going to remember your name, your Highness. You are the fairytale, the serenity to which we all aspire. And peace will come when you embrace the roles you have been destined to play: devoted mother, loyal wife, compassionate leader. Up against a task larger than yourself, you will overcome your fears. Those that preceded you will be forgotten. Those that follow you will be inspired by your strength and endurance. For no matter where you are in years to come, they will continue to whisper your name, the Princess Grace.
- Alternate versionsAccording to the Trivia section: There are three different versions of this movie: One cut from Director Olivier Dahan that premiered at Cannes in 2014, another cut by Writer and Producer Arash Amel at the behest of the North American distributor The Weinstein Company, and a third cut that was shown on Lifetime in May 2015.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film '72: Episode dated 5 March 2014 (2014)
- SoundtracksTime Flows Like Tears
by Fox
Performed by Fox
Drums: Vincent Taeger
Acoustic Guitar and Bass: Ludovic Bruni
Piano and Synths: Vincent Taurelle
Additional Guitars: Philippe Almosnino
Music Producer: Renaud Letang, assisted by Thomas Moulin
It isn't. Not quite.
Described as a fictional story based on true events, Grace of Monaco looks at Grace Kelly's (Nicole Kidman) struggle to maintain her own identity as her marriage to Monaco's Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth) bounces around the rocks while her husband's subjects reject her and his staff resent her. Add to that Charles De Gaulle's impending invasion and the principality's nosedive into economic ruin, and all was not happy in Grace's life. Allegedly.
Grace of Monaco is a long way from Dahan's 2007 biopic triumph, La Vie en Rose. It is far too long, far too dull, with questionable 'truth' and rather too much melodrama. Dahan repeatedly cuts to lingering ECUs of Kidman's eyes, vainly hoping that soft focus shots of her regal visage will imbue his film with serenity and beauty. It doesn't. It merely serves to increase the boredom and slow the pace still further.
No matter how good Kidman and Roth are, they cannot raise Grace of Monaco above the status of star Sunday afternoon matinée to the magnificent period piece it desperately wants to be. Both actors are pleasant to watch here with Grace's relationship with Frank Langella's Father Tucker a highlight that allows Kidman to scratch under the veneer of the princess. Likewise, Roth is more than adequate as the overbearing monarch who occasionally remembers to show he cares about his wife, but it lacks the truth of his sensitive and truthful performance in last year's fantastic Broken.
When Roger Ashton Griffiths waddles onto the screen as Hitchcock aiming to seduce Grace Kelly back to Hollywood, the teeth begin to rattle as memories of Toby Jones pouring out the definitive depiction of Hitch in The Girl diminish anything that Ashton Grifiths can produce. Amongst the supporting cast Robert Lindsay, surprisingly cast as Aristotle Onassis, and Derek Jacobi as Count Fernando D'Aillieres engage the eye but there is a very odd collection of accents on display for a film set in an annex of France.
The production design is eye-catching and detracts momentarily from the clunky dialogue, but it isn't sufficient compensation. Contrary to popular opinion, Grace of Monaco is not a turkey. It is merely overlong and dull. Approach with low expectations and you won't be disappointed.
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- Принцеса Монако
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- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $27,515,247
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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