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  2. Martyrs (2008 film) - Wikipedia

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    Martyrs is a 2008 French-language psychological horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier, and starring Mylène Jampanoï, Morjana Alaoui, and Catherine Bégin. It follows a young woman's quest to seek revenge against individuals who abducted and tortured her as a child, and her friend, also a victim of abuse.

  3. Martyrs (2015 film) - Wikipedia

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    Martyrs is a 2015 American horror film directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, and written by Mark L. Smith.The film stars Troian Bellisario, Bailey Noble and Kate Burton.A remake of Pascal Laugier's 2008 film of the same name, the story sees a woman who, after having been kidnapped and tortured as a child, goes to kill her supposed captors, and with her friend discovers the dark truth behind the ...

  4. Marie Anne de Bourbon - Wikipedia

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    Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, born Marie Anne de La Blaume Le Blanc, by her marriage Princess of Conti then Princess Dowager of Conti, suo jure Duchess of La Vallière and of Vaujours (French pronunciation: [maʁi an də buʁbɔ̃]; 2 October 1666 – 3 May 1739) was a French noblewoman as the eldest legitimised daughter of Louis XIV, King of France, born from his mistress ...

  5. Martyrs of Compiègne - Wikipedia

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    The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries).They were executed by the guillotine towards the end of the Reign of Terror, at what is now the Place de la Nation in Paris on 17 July 1794, and are venerated as beatified martyrs of the Catholic Church.

  6. Lady J - Wikipedia

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    Lady J (French: Mademoiselle de Joncquières) is a 2018 French period drama film directed by Emmanuel Mouret and inspired by a story in Denis Diderot's novel Jacques the Fatalist, [2] which had already been adapted in 1945 for the film Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne by Robert Bresson.

  7. Madeleine de Scudéry - Wikipedia

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    Madeleine de Scudéry (French pronunciation: [madlɛn də skydeʁi]; 15 November 1607 – 2 June 1701), often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry ([madmwazɛl də skydeʁi]), was a French writer. Her works also demonstrate such comprehensive knowledge of ancient history that it is suspected she had received instruction in Greek and Latin. [1]

  8. Because they weren't published in print until the tail end of the 16th century, the origins of the fairy tales we know today are misty. That identical motifs — a spinner's wheel, a looming tower, a seductive enchantress — cropped up in Italy, France, Germany, Asia and the pre-Colonial Americas allowed warring theories to spawn.

  9. Louise Marie-Thérèse (The Black Nun of Moret) - Wikipedia

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    Several writers from the time have devoted paragraphs to her: she is mentioned in the memoirs of Madame de Maintenon, the Grande Mademoiselle, Madame de Montespan, Duke of Saint-Simon, Voltaire, Cardinal Dubois, [6] and in the Journal of the Duc de Luynes. The Duke of Saint-Simon writes: