The Confession of a Child of the Century 1985

Synopsis

France, the first half of the nineteenth century. A romantic, hypersensitive poet and regular socialite Octaves de Vergenes leaves Paris and moves to the country, to the estate inherited from his father. Soon he meets his neighbor, an attractive young widow Bridget Pierson. Octaves and Bridget become lovers, but the young poet is a too restless spirit to maintain a stable relationship. He quarrels with his partner out of jealousy, ostensibly having affairs with other women (which in fact invariably disappoint him), he is also unable to put up with the reality of post-Napoleonic France. Bridget is unaware that this sense of hopelessness, lack of perspectives and purpose in life may lead to tragedy and push the poet to desperate acts.
The film is an adaptation of the famous novel by Alfred de Musset The Confession of a Child of the Century, a classical work of French Romanticism.