A Little Chaos (DVD)

A Little Chaos

Reunited for the first time since Sense and Sensibility, Alan Rickman directs Academy Award winner Kate Winslet in the romantic drama A Little Chaos.The year is 1682. Sabine De Barra (Ms. Winslet), a strong-willed and talented landscape designer, fulfils her chosen vocation in the gardens and countryside of France. One day, an unexpected invitation comes: Sabine is in the running for an assignment at the court of King Louis XIV (Mr. Rickman). Upon meeting with her, the Kings renowned landscape artist Andr Le Notre (Matthias Schoenaerts) is initially disturbed by Sabines distinctive eye and forward-thinking nature, but eventually chooses Sabine to build one of the main gardens at The Sun Kings new Palace of Versailles. Under pressure of time and as she charts her own course, Le Notre comes to recognize the value of a little chaos in Sabines process.While pushing herself and her workers to complete the Rockwork Grove as an outdoor ballroom, Sabine negotiates the perilous rivalries and intricate etiquette of the court. As she challenges gender and class barriers. Sabine forges a surprising connection with the King himself, and wins a vote of confidence from the Kings brother, Philippe (Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci). As she gradually comes to terms with a tragedy in her past, Sabines professional and personal interactions with Andr bring out honesty, compassion, and creativity in both of them.A Lionsgate UK & BBC Films presentation in association with LipSync Productions of a Potboiler/The Bureau Production. Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, and Stanley Tucci. A Little Chaos. Helen McCrory, Steven Waddington, Jennifer Ehle. Casting, Nina Gold, Robert Sterne. Make-up & Hair Designer, Ivana Primorac. Costume Designer, Joan Bergin. Music composed by Peter Gregson. Editor, Nicolas Gaster. Production Designer, James Merifield. Director of Photography, Ellen Kuras, ASC. Co-Producer, Richard Hewitt. Executive Producers, Zygi Kamasa, Guy Avshalom, Nick Manzi, Christine Langan, Ray Cooper, Richard Wolfe, Norman Merry. Produced by Gail Egan, Andrea Calderwood, Bertrand Faivre. Screenplay by Alison Deegan, Alan Rickman, Jeremy Brock. Directed by Alan Rickman. A Focus World Release.