Widow Clicquot

• You may have heard about the Champagne brand Veuve Clicquot, but do you know about the revolutionary woman who made it so popular? Set in the Champagne region of France in the early 1800s, this drama tells the story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (Haley Bennett), who became a widow at the age of 27 following the death of her husband Francois (Tom Sturridge). At that time, women did not run businesses so her father-in-law Philippe (Ben Miles) urged her to sell their vineyards. But the determi