La Dame aux Camélias 1878 "Scribner's Monthly" reported that "not one other play by Dumas, "fils" has been received with favor out of France". The success of the play inspired Giuseppe Verdi to put the story to music. His work became the 1853 opera "La traviata", set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The female protagonist, Marguerite Gautier, is renamed Violetta Valéry. "La Dame aux Camélias" has been adapted for some 20 different motion pictures in numerous countries and in a wide variety of languages. The role of Marguerite Gautier has been played on screen by Sarah Bernhardt, María Félix, Clara Kimball
La Dame aux poupées La Dame aux poupées La Dame aux poupées (English release title: "The Doll Lady") is a 1996 documentary film by Quebec film director and producer Denys Desjardins. Offering a candid glimpse into her reality, a tailored universe she shares with over 400 dolls displayed in her two-story cottage, to know Mrs. Boudreault is to know her dolls. Her "children" give her free rein to dream and explore her fantasies, a gift some of her entourage liken to a folly. Unwilling to abandon a world that brings her joy in her last days, the key to Mrs. Boudreault’s own history lies