The Lion in Winter
We're celebrating 75 years of the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, the oldest professional French-language theater still operating in Quebec. Each film in this cycle is based on a play that played at the Rideau Vert and marked a key moment in its history. The Children's Hour is adapted from Lilian Hellman's Innocentes, the first play presented on its stages; James Goldman's The Lion in Winter was performed under the artistic direction of Yvette Brind'Amour, co-founder of the theater; Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady were staged during the time of current Artistic Director Denise Filiatrault, who also starred in André Brassard's Il était une fois dans l'Est, co-written by playwright and author of Les Belles sœurs, Michel Tremblay.
In 1183, on Christmas Eve, England's King Henry II is worried about his succession. He doesn't know to which of his three sons he should leave his throne. To assist him in his choice, he has brought back from exile his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who had previously plotted against him. Dissensions within the family will make his task difficult.
Anthony Harvey
Anthony Harvey was an English filmmaker who began his career as a teenage actor. He was a film important film editor in the 1950s and moved into directing in the mid-1960s. Harvey had fifteen film credits as an editor, and he directed thirteen films. The second film that Harvey directed, The Lion in Winter (1968), earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. Harvey's career is also notable for his recurring work with a number of leading actors and directors including Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Sam Waterston, the Boulting Brothers, Anthony Asquith, Bryan Forbes and Stanley Kubrick.
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