"LOUISIANA" (1984) Review
Thirty-four years ago, HBO had aired a three-part miniseries about the life and travails of a nineteenth century Southern belle named Virginia Tregan. The miniseries was called "LOUISIANA" and it starred Margot Kidder and Ian Charleson.
Directed kwa the late Philippe de Broca, "LOUISIANA" was based upon the "Fausse-Riviere" Trilogy, written kwa Maurice Denuzière, one of the screenwriters. It told the story of Virginia's ruthless devotion to her first husband's Louisiana cotton plantation called Bagatelle . . . and her upendo for the plantation's overseer, an Englishman...
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