Scandalous Movie Review: Impromptu
Impromptu (1991), directed by James Lapine Judy Davis - George Sand Hugh Grant - Frédéric Chopin Mandy Patinkin - Alfred de Musset Bernadette Peters - Marie D'Agoult Julian Sands - Franz Liszt Ralph Brown - Eugène Delacroix Georges Corraface - Felicien Mallefille Anton Rodgers- Duke D'Antan Emma Thompson - Duchess D'Antan Anna Massey - George Sand's Mother Since getting divorced, the successful and notorious writer of sensational romance novels George Sand, has been working on her memoirs. On her way to visit her friend the Countess Marie d'Agoult and her lover Liszt, she hears Chopin's music and falls in love. In her romantic pursuit of the sensitive Chopin, George is advised by Marie that she must act like a man pursuing a woman, though she is also advised to avoid damaging his health by not pursuing him at all. With this advice Sand is betrayed by Marie who steals a letter that George writes to Chopin and signs her own name. Sand meets Chopin in the French c...