New adaptation of the novel Eugenie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
Felix Grandet reigns supreme in his modest house in Saumur where his wife and daughter Eugenie lead a distraction-free existence. Extremely avaricious, he does not take a good look at the beautiful parties who hurry to ask for his daughter’s hand. Nothing should undermine the colossal fortune that it hides from everyone. The sudden arrival of Grandet’s nephew, an orphaned and ruined Parisian dandy, turns the young girl’s life upside down. Eugenie’s love and generosity towards her cousin will plunge Father Grandet into limitless rage. Confronted with his daughter, he will be more than ever ready to sacrifice everything on the altar of profit, even his own family …
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