Sophie's Misfortunes (French: Les Malheurs de Sophie) is a 2016 French film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, based on the novel of the same name by the Countess of Ségur.
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Plot
From her castle, the little Sophie can not resist the temptation of the forbidden and what she loves most is to do stupid things with her cousin Paul. When her parents decide to emigrate to America, Sophie is delighted. A year later, she is back in France with her horrible stepmother, Mrs. Fichini. But Sophie can count on the help of her two friends, also little girls together with their mother, Madame de Fleurville to escape the clutches of that woman.
Cast
Caroline Grant as Sophie de Réan
Anaïs Demoustier as Madame de Fleurville
Golshifteh Farahani as Madame Èvelyne de Réan
Muriel Robin as Madame Fédora Fichini
Michel Fau as Father Huc
Céleste Carrale as Camille de Fleurville
Aélys Le Nevé as Marguerite de Rosbourg
Marlene Saldana as Madame Chantal de Rosbourg
Jean-Charles Clichet as Baptistin
David Prat as Joseph
Lætitia Dosch as Noémie
Tristan Farge as Paul d'Aubert
Elsa Lepoivre as Madame Florence d'Auber
Annie Mercier as Marianne
Antoine Reinartz
Production
Filming began on 12 January 2015; the second part of this shoot was completed in summer 2015.