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* RapunzelHair: Sabine has beautiful, long, flowing hair.
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* ActorAllusion:
** [[Film/SenseAndSensibility Colonel Brandon and Marianne are together again.]] What’s more, a scene in the film between the two of them mirrors a scene in Sense and Sensibility, almost 20 years apart.
** Sabine wears a giant hat and almost drowns. [[Film/Titanic1997 Sound familiar?]]
** [[Film/HarryPotter Snape and Draco's mother in a film together?]]

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* ActionGirl: As much as one from the 17th century can be.



* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Sabine is the most beautiful of everyone, and is the nicest. Overlaps with HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Sabine is the most beautiful of everyone, and is the nicest. Overlaps with HairOfGoldHeartOfGold



%% * CaringGardener



* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Repeatedly, especially when in the presence of the king.

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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Repeatedly, Ladies curtsy repeatedly, especially when in the presence of the king.



* GardenOfLove: Appropriately so.

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%% * GardenOfLove: Appropriately so.



* InnocentBlueEyes: Sabine's eyes carry a lot of her grief.
* InnocentFlowerGirl: Sabine is pure and kind, and is a [[CaringGardener gardener.]]

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%% * InnocentBlueEyes: Sabine's eyes carry a lot of her grief.
* InnocentFlowerGirl: Sabine is pure and kind, and is a [[CaringGardener gardener.]]gardener associated with flowers.



* LongHairedPrettyBoy: André le Nôtre.

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%% * LongHairedPrettyBoy: André le Nôtre.



* MsFanservice: Although Sabine wears floor-length dresses, it still shows off her figure.



* ProperLady: [[EnglishRose Sabine]], and all the other ladies.

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* LongHairedPrettyBoy: André le Nôtre.


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* PreAsskickingOneLiner: As Sabine finds out that the sluice gate is open and they need more help, one of the men suggests they need to pray. Sabine exclaims "to hell with that" before attempting to shut the sluice gate herself.
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* ActionGirl: As much as one from the 17th century can be.
* AngelicBeauty: Sabine's wavy and blonde hair gives her a truly divine appearance.


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* GardenOfLove: Appropriately so.


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* GorgeousPeriodDress: The most admirable dresses are shown, especially in the ballroom scenes.


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* InnocentBlueEyes: Sabine's eyes carry a lot of her grief.
* InnocentFlowerGirl: Sabine is pure and kind, and is a [[CaringGardener gardener.]]


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* MsFanservice: Although Sabine wears floor-length dresses, it still shows off her figure.


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* SceneryPorn: Features gorgeous shots of the countryside, palaces, gardens and mansions.
* [[SelfMadeMan Self-Made Woman:]] Sabine's success is entirely determined by herself, and she shows on numerous occasions that she's more suited to the profession of builder than the men.


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* UnkemptBeauty: Even when Sabine's deep in mud or drenched, or covered in dirt, she is strikingly gorgeous.
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* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Repeatedly, especially when in the presence of the king.
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* ProperLady: Sabine, and all the other ladies.

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* ProperLady: Sabine, [[EnglishRose Sabine]], and all the other ladies.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Sabine is the most beautiful of everyone, and is the nicest. Overlaps with HairOfGoldHeartOfGold


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* ProperLady: Sabine, and all the other ladies.
* RapunzelHair: Sabine has beautiful, long, flowing hair.
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* BettyAndVeronica: André le Nôtre (Archie) is married with Madame le Nôtre (Veronica), who is a haughty bitch who cheats on him. He falls in love with Sabine (Betty), a simple and honest commoner.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: It seems that Sabine gave Louis XIV the idea of marrying Madame de Maintenon in secret.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** André le Nôtre is introduced very carefully aligning a tree using precise instruments, and working even as the sun sets to make sure it is planted to his specifications on time.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
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DeathOfAChild: Sabine's daughter died years ago in a road accident.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
André le Nôtre is introduced very carefully aligning a tree using precise instruments, and working even as the sun sets to make sure it is planted to his specifications on time.



* {{Flashback}}: The deaths of Sabine's daughter and husband is told in a flashback.



* HardWorkMontage: Repeatedly, to show the physical work that goes into gardening, especially without modern equipment.

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* GreenEyedMonster: Madame le Nôtre has cheated on her husband for years, but when she understands that he is in love with Sabine, she gets jealous and decides to ruin her career: she plans to destroy the garden that Sabine is building.
* HardWorkMontage: Repeatedly, to show the physical work that goes into gardening, especially without modern equipment. equipment.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: André Le Nôtre, King Louis XIV, Philippe, Duke of Orleans, Madame Palatine, Madame De Montespan, Antoine Lauzun...
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Chekov's Gun


* ChekovsGun: Early in the film, Madame le Nôtre asks André to button up one of her gloves. [[spoiler:The same glove is found at the flooded garden, revealing her role behind it.]]

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Early in the film, Madame le Nôtre asks André to button up one of her gloves. [[spoiler:The same glove is found at the flooded garden, revealing her role behind it.]]
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''A Little Chaos'' is the second and last film directed by Alan Rickman, and the second film featuring him and Kate Winslet since Film/SenseAndSensibility.

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''A Little Chaos'' is the second and last film directed by Alan Rickman, and the second film featuring him and Kate Winslet since Film/SenseAndSensibility.
1995's ''Film/SenseAndSensibility.''

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->'''Judge:''' The word "woman" does not appear even once in the U.S. Constitution.
->'''Ruth Bader Ginsburg:''' Neither does the word "freedom," your honor.

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->'''Judge:''' The word "woman" does not appear even once
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[[caption-width-right:220:Do you believe
in order over landscape?]]

->'''King Louis XIV:''' And what protection can
the U.S. Constitution.
->'''Ruth Bader Ginsburg:''' Neither does
gardener afford this rose from the word "freedom," harsh elements of change?
->'''Sabine De Barra:''' Patience, care, and a little warmth from the sun are our best hope,
your honor.
Majesty.



André le Nôtre is the king's gardener, commissioned to build the gardens of Versailles.

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André le Nôtre is the king's gardener, commissioned to build the gardens of Versailles.
Versailles. He hires a relatively unknown gardener, Sabine de Barra (Creator/KateWinslet), to build an outdoor ballroom on the grounds. While the common-born Sabine navigates the perils of the French court, André wrestles with his devotion to his work and his growing attraction to Sabine, despite his existing marriage.

''A Little Chaos'' is the second and last film directed by Alan Rickman, and the second film featuring him and Kate Winslet since Film/SenseAndSensibility.
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->'''Judge:''' The word "woman" does not appear even once in the U.S. Constitution.
->'''Ruth Bader Ginsburg:''' Neither does the word "freedom," your honor.

''A Little Chaos'' is a 2014 film directed by Creator/AlanRickman.

André le Nôtre is the king's gardener, commissioned to build the gardens of Versailles.

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!! ''A Little Chaos'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* ChekovsGun: Early in the film, Madame le Nôtre asks André to button up one of her gloves. [[spoiler:The same glove is found at the flooded garden, revealing her role behind it.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** André le Nôtre is introduced very carefully aligning a tree using precise instruments, and working even as the sun sets to make sure it is planted to his specifications on time.
* FishOutOfWater: The commoner Sabine among the nobles at court.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Madame le Nôtre has multiple affairs (with his reluctant permission), justifying it as both of them being allowed to seek happiness elsewhere. [[spoiler:Sabine's husband also had a mistress and he and their child died on a visit to her]]. But André's attraction to Sabine is justified, though she's unable to reciprocate while he is still married.
* HardWorkMontage: Repeatedly, to show the physical work that goes into gardening, especially without modern equipment.
* KingIncognito: After the death of his wife, King Louis XIV retreats alone to a pear garden... where Sabine is supposed to meet a gardener there to exchange perennials. He allows her to believe that he is that person until [[RightInFrontOfMe she realizes who he is]], and then asks her to go on as they were.
* MarriedToTheJob: André le Nôtre is very obviously more devoted to his work than to his wife.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: King Louis XIV. He fluctuates between being warm and affectionate and cold and exacting, sometimes to the same person within the same conversation. It's implied that he is like this all the time, to the point that the builders of Versailles constantly have to rework their plans to his specifications, even if it's overbudget or ''physically impossible.''
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film starts with an opening line stating that there is an outdoor ballroom at Versailles, and "that much is true." The rest is a mix of creative license and real history.

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