Danielle resolves the issue and they share their first kiss. The next morning, Danielle catches Rodmilla and Marguerite stealing her mothers dress and slippers for Marguerite to wear to the ball. After Marguerite insults Danielle about her mothers death, Danielle punches Marguerite in the face and chases her until Marguerite threatens to throw Utopia into the fireplace. Danielle returns her mothers slippers to Rodmilla in exchange for the book, but Marguerite burns it in the fire anyway out of spite. After Danielle is whipped, Jacqueline tends to her wounds and condemns Marguerite for insulting Danielles mother. During a conversation with Queen Marie, Rodmilla discovers that Danielle is the Countess that Henry has been spending time with and tells the Queen that Danielle is engaged. Rodmilla confronts Danielle and locks her in the pantry until Gustave asks Da Vinci for help. Da Vinci helps free Danielle and makes her a pair of wings with her mothers dress and slippers for the ball. When Danielle arrives at the ball, Rodmilla exposes her identity in front of Henry. Danielle tries to explain, but Henry angrily rejects her for her deception, causing her to run off in tears. Da Vinci finds Danielles slipper that she lost when fleeing the castle. He angrily reprimands Henry for his attitude, leaving him with the slipper. Movies For Apple Ipod Robots more. Henry decides to wed Gabriella, but after seeing how unhappy Gabriella is and realizing he still retains feelings for Danielle, calls the wedding off. Henry looks for Danielle but finds out from Jacqueline that Rodmilla sold her to landowner, Pierre le Pieu Richard OBrien. After Pierre makes sexual advances towards Danielle, she cuts Pierres face with his own dagger, and threatens to dismember and castrate him with it and one of his swords. Pierre gives Danielle the key to her shackles. Henry arrives as Danielle leaves Pierres mansion. He apologizes and proposes to Danielle by placing the glass slipper on her foot. Laurent, the Captain of the Guard is sent to retrieve Rodmilla and her daughters and bring them to the Royal Court in style. King Francis then accuses Rodmilla of lying to Queen Marie about Danielle. Rodmilla admits that she may have gotten carried away and Marguerite pathetically denies involvement claiming to be a victim, causing the king to demand silence. Queen Marie strips Rodmilla of her title and threatens to exile her and Marguerite to the Americas if no one speaks for them. At the last minute, Danielle is introduced as Henrys wife and wishes Rodmilla and Marguerite the same courtesy they had shown her. Rodmilla and Marguerite are sentenced to work as royal laundry maids for the rest of their lives. Because of her kindness to Danielle, Jacqueline does not receive punishment and instead, presumably marries Laurent and becomes Danielles lady in waiting. After Da Vinci gives Henry and Danielle a painting, they share a kiss. The Grande Dame informs The Brothers Grimm that Danielle was her great great grandmother. As a result, although Danielle and Henry lived happily ever after, the point is that they lived. Historical contexteditWhile the story is fictional, it involves several historical figures, places and events. The film is set in the 1. Century and features the presence of Francis I, Queen Marie, Prince Henry, Leonardo da Vinci, the explorer Jacques Cartier, the Grimm brothers, Charles Perrault, the French colonies in the New World, the University of France, the ruins at Amboise, and the French Revolution. ProductioneditEver After is filmed in Super 3. This is the only Super 3. Tennant. However, both widescreen and pan and scan versions are included on DVD. Tennants previous films are filmed with spherical lenses, while his subsequent films use an anamorphic format. Locations and setseditThe castle shown in the film is the Chteau de Hautefort in the Dordogne region of France. Other featured chteaux are de Fnelon, de Losse, de Lanquais, de Beynac as well as the city of Sarlat la Canda. The painting of Danielle is based on Leonardo Da Vincis Head of a Woman La Scapigliata. ReceptioneditRotten Tomatoes reports that 9. The critical consensus states Ever After is a sweet, frothy twist on the ancient fable, led by a solid turn from star Barrymore. Metacritic calculated a favorable score of 6. Lisa Schwarzbaum from Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B, saying Against many odds, Ever After comes up with a good one. This novel variation is still set in the once upon a time 1. Download The New Happily N`Ever After Movie© 2017