Widow Clicquot

An effervescent period drama based on the real life story of one of the modern world’s first businesswomen, Widow Clicquot raises a glass to the Veuve Clicquot champagne house and the iconic woman who built it into an empire. During the Napoleonic Wars, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (Haley Bennett) is married to wine heir François (Tom Sturridge). Across two timelines we see his descent into madness, and her sensational success in leading the vineyard through great tribulation to becoming a powerhouse of bubbly.

Full of the lushness of the French countryside in Chablis and Reims, Widow Clicquot also delivers an inspiring tale of a resilient female inventor and entrepreneur, who overcame staggering odds and misogynistic barriers to succeed in her field.