A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos is a 2014 British period drama film directed by Alan Rickman. The story was conceived by Allison Deegan and she cowrote the screenplay along with Alan Rickman and Jeremy Brock. The film stars Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Steven Waddington, Jennifer Ehle and Rupert PenryJones. The film is financed by the Lionsgate UK and produced by BBC Films.

After having been appointed by King Louis XIV of France on a project for the gardens of Versailles, landscaper Monsieur Andr Le Ntre interviews various contractors for embarking on this project, one of whom is a woman with an unconventional sense of gardening, Sabine de Barra. When noticing her move a plant pot in his garden prior to her interview, Andr confirms Sabine is not a conformist in gardening, which she explains during the interview as wanting to give something uniquely French and not simply abide by the past.On the night of her interview, Sabine is surprisingly visited by Andr at her home she was sure she would not be accepted for his project, but this visit proves otherwise. Sabine is appointed to the task of building a fountain surrounding a small outdoor ballroom amidst a patch of thick woods, which was later called Bosquet de la SalledeBal. She makes little progress at first because the workers she is given are not keen to work for a woman. Monsieur Thierry Duras, a man she met at Andrs house during the interview, intervenes and offers his and his crews help. Sabine adjusts Andrs plans by creating a water pump to take the water from a nearby river, use it for the fountain, and take it back to its initial place. ........

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