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''Ever After: A Cinderella Story'' is a 1998 film adaptation of the classic "[[Cinderella (novel)|Cinderella]]" story. Set in Renaissance France, the film eschews the magical elements of the original story and treats the plot as straight [[Historical Fiction]].

 

 

Danielle de Barbarac ([[Drew Barrymore]]) is the beloved only child of the widowed Auguste de Barbarac and his late wife, Nicole de Lancret. When she is eight years old, he remarries the Baroness [[Wicked Stepmother|Rodmilla de Ghent]] (portrayed by [[Anjelica Huston]]), and brings her home along with her two daughters, [[Royal Brat|spoiled and cruel Marguerite]] and [[Shrinking Violet|gentle but weak-willed Jacqueline]]. Shortly thereafter, he dies, leaving Danielle to the care of her stepmother, who already resents the love that he displays to his daughter, and the estate's three devoted servants - the housemaids, Paulette and Louise, and the retainer, Louise's husband Maurice.