Synopsis
Widow Clicquot (2024) is Thomas Napper's period drama, and you can watch online on iFILM. Left a widow in the early 1800s, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot takes over her late husband's winery, a move the men around her treat as unthinkable for a woman.
Haley Bennett carries two timelines at once. She is the young bride besotted with her fragile, dreaming husband François (Tom Sturridge), and the widow squaring off against creditors, doubters and a temperamental wine that refuses to behave. The story moves slowly through the vineyards of Champagne as she perfects the riddling technique and rescues a harvest against war and ruin. This is an intimate film about grit and grief, not a brisk business caper.
The real widow turned a small house into one of the great champagne names and became one of Europe's earliest major businesswomen. It suits viewers who love costume dramas built around a strong central performance, in the vein of Colette. Stream Widow Clicquot (2024) online on iFILM.
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