Widow Clicquot

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Now playing in theaters

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Vertical’s Indie drama Widow Cliquot is the true story of the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century. After her husband’s untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (Haley Bennett) is just 26 but flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business the couple had nurtured together. Thomas Napper’s film is based on Tilar J. Mazzeo’s bestseller The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It. “Veuve” is French for “widow,” and this one steered her company through dizzying political and financial reversals, defying her critics to bring the world its leading brand of champagne. Premiered at TIFF, Deadline’s review called it a “fast-paced and sexy biopic.”

Debuts on 102 screens in 50 markets. Theaters include the Angelika Film Center and Cinema 123 in NYC, and Laemmle Royal, Town Center 5, Regal Sherman Oaks and AMC Burbank Town Center in LA. Select Champagne Cinema Nights sneak previews around the country offered a complimentary glass of bubbly with a ticket.