A Little Chaos (DVD)

This film never really went where it was expected to go but what a light, delightful movie to watch. A Little Chaos represents the concept of a 'natural' garden being designed at Versailles. The story moves nicely through the development of the Versailles gardens & an open air ballroom with stone waterfall cascades & the personalities that developed to create this. It's a love story that is gentle and easy to watch. The cast is stellar but even with that, the movie never took off as expected but rather became a lovely, gentle, interesting film to be enjoyed. I bought it because it's so nice not to watch people shooting each other to death or dying from drugs as so many of today's movies focus on. This a one you relax with a cup of coffee or tea and just enjoy for what it is.

Amazon shipped 2 Blu-Ray videos of " Little Chaos" that are marked for Region B/2 on October 22, 2022. These videos are not compatible with my Sony Blu-Ray/DVD player which is marked for Region A/1 videos.So, kindly ship 2 DVD videos of same movie to me in return for the 2 Blu-Ray movies.Thank you.

It's an interesting and unique story about a woman named Sabine, who has a gift for gardening. Yes, she has a quaint little backyard of flowers and trees, but her real talent is that of a landscape artist. She applies for the opportunity to work in the gardens of Versailles.After obtaining the position, she is charged by the head architect, Andre (played by Matthias Schoenaerts who was just in Far From the Madding Crowd), to work on a special project that the two eventually design together. The fact that Sabine was a woman of great talent did not mean that her task was an easy one, but it was eventually successful.However, underneath Sabine is a woman of great sadness. She is a widow and has also lost her daughter of six years of age. Ther reason for her family's passing isn't revealed until the end of the movie. How it occurs is heartbreaking, so I won't spoil that part in case you decide to watch the movie.Of course, Andre, who is unhappily married to another woman, who possesses less than a stellar character, falls in love with Sabine. At first she resists because of her sorrow from the past, but eventually discovers solace and comfort in his arms.Kate Winslet does the movie great charm. Her portrayal of Sabine is nothing but brilliant as all her movies. There is one particular scene that literally brought me to tears where she is among a group of women from the King's court. The ladies sit together and talk about what ladies talk about, but the conversation turns toward whether she is married and has children. Sabine, of course, can barely choke out the truth, and it is then that the majority of the woman in the room relay to her their sorrow of lost children of their own due to smallpox or other tragedies. It is so touching, I could barely keep from crying. Sabine is deeply moved when she realizes that she is not the only woman carrying such a deep burden of grief.As the movie continues, you are made aware of her gracious character, wisdom, and kindness to others that eventually lead her to a road of healing. Yes, the movie is about the gorgeous gardens of Versailles, but it also much more. The story is rich with sidelines about others who are close to the King as well.Alan Rickman plays Louis, but he also directs the movie. As beautifully touching as the story is at times, you may find it a bit slow in movement. There is construction of her portion of the garden, her interaction with the King and his court, her blossoming love for Andre, that all move toward the end at a leisurely pace. Some may like it -- some may not. I wanted to push it a bit myself but later scenes redeemed whatever discomfort I felt while waiting for the story to unfold.You will see many characters played by British actors that you will recognize - Rupert Penry-Jones (Captain Wentworth in Jane Austen's Persuasion); Steven Waddington (who played the Duke of Buckingham in The Tudors); Adrian Scarborough (who has done his share of British television roles including Midsomer Murders); Stanely Tucci (who has been in plenty of movie roles that you can remember); and many other well-known faces. What you may find a bit unsettling is the majority of the cast lacking French accents from British and American actors, however, there are a few women who do have one.Nevertheless, the costumes are quite stunning as well as the scenery and sets. The production was filmed in England at nine locations, including Hampton Court, which I immediately recognized the exterior and interior.If you're looking for a touching, but not spectacular period movie, you may want to check this one out.

I'M LOOKING AT THIS SOFT-CARRIAGE MOVIE EVERYDAY AT LUNCH. I love the actors, the clothes--oh the clothes... and I adore the music, and the people(???) Everybody in the court of the king has their own rules about sex, morals and other sensibilities. A wife, a princess, married to the king's brother; she tells her new friend Sabine De Barra, who is visiting the court, who has just lost her husband and child in an accident and died, just moments after her husband tells her clearly he has a mistress, and, that men are allowed to do that when their wives are otherwise preoccupied--the princess is trying to reconcile herself to what she lives and what she is looking at only a few feet away from them: so, she whispers: she is trying to reconcile that her "royal" husband is really nice and good to his core but he has a male lover and there is nothing she can do about it. Everywhere they go the male lover is right there and complains when she tries to get close to her husband. She is trying to reconcile this troubling thing. She whipspers that she will stay with him because she thinks she has married a good choice.. He's loving and wonderful to talk to. And she goes on. She's actuallly talking to her self and her new girlfriend is listening, Then the wife said, "Yes that is his lover." In clear view of everyone. "I think I understand this. I want to understand this. I think I made a good choice. Yes. I think I made a good choice." She relaxed in her chair. Her new girl friend just invited to be around the court (she has no bloodline so she can't be royal). She was invited because the the king himself likes her and finds her company stimulating. The king has mistresses and lots of kids by them that are not heirs to the throne. He has a wife, a queen, and kids he loves adoringly. He's a nice fellow too. The girlfriend looked over at the royal husband and his lover who are sitting across from each other looking at each other. The lover has his long legs stretched out playing an instrument. His long slender fingers touched the strings with finesse. The music is very pleasant, and beautiful. Heaven-like. The girlfriend says nothing and she will say nothing for her life now fits into the 'royal' scheme. She has been working very hard to get a break like this for her own life. She is a widow. Her husband and child are dead. So. She is trying to create a new life for herself...and she has just became the lover, mistress, or concubine of a married royal. But his wife will never sit still and calmly and quietly while her husband sits across the room with her...though, the wife has spent years sitting across the room from her husband with her tall, thin, lover guy whom she pays for sex. (Just "A Little Chaos") The court has about 2,000 members in this community of royal beings and it is understood that they all know each other well in one way or another. (In defense of their immorality: The king does not allow anyone out and away from the compound without his permission. Could that account for this kind of royal "interbreeding".) BUT EVEN SO...this is a quiet lunch movie that I enjoy. The plot is delivered so lovely that you find yourself having difficulty realizing that Sabine's lover man has no intentions of marrying her.--margaret opine

Great film and actor lm very happy with the seller and product

I throughly enjoyed this film, great acting by Kate Winslet

Really enjoyable film. I first saw this on sky TV, thoroughly enjoyed it, so I bought it, for a start it has the wonderful Alan Rickman & Kate Winslet and a few more, it's a beautiful storyline, set in King Louis XIV era, I cannot recommend this enough

I love this gentle, romantic film! DVD arrived in good condition and on time.

Everyone plays their parts wonderfully and Stanley Tucci camping it up as a Prince of the Realm albeit using an English voice and characteristics makes it watching just for itself.The Extras are good too and it's great to be able to see the real, generous soul which was Alan Rickman in action