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''Ever After: A Cinderella Story'' is a 1998 film adaptation of the classic "[[Cinderella (Literature)|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.

* [[Jerkass]]: Henry, after he finds out that Danielle is a commoner. He gets better. Also, Rodmilla and Marguerite throughout almost the entire movie. They don't. In Henry's case it does not even make sense, since Danielle's mother was a countess and her father was obviously well born enough to marry first a countess and later a baroness.

** One could argue that it is not the fact that she is a commoner that Henry objects to, rather that Danielle lied to him.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: After Danielle has been rejected by Henry and utterly humiliated in front of the entire French court, Rodmilla decides to sell her.

** Not to mention when Danielle asks Rodmilla if she has ever loved her, even a little bit, Rodmilla's response is a cold "How can anyone love a pebble in their shoe?"

* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: Danielle, Marguerite, Jacqueline, and Danielle's friend Gustave are played by different actors before the time skip. Justified because the characters were children before the [[Time Skip]] and adults after.

* [[Time Skip]]: We don't see anything between the father's death and Danielle's eighteenth year, a jump of ten years.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Danielle is the tomboy to Marguerite and Jacqueline.

* [[The Unfavorite]]: Jacqueline is obviously ''not'' as dear to her mother as Marguerite is.

{{quote| "No one will be looking at your feet."}}

* [[Wicked Stepmother]]

{{quote| '''Prince Henry:''' [[Meaningful Echo|"I have been born to privilege, and with that comes specific obligations."]]<br />

'''[[Leonardo Da Vinci]]:''' "Horseshit!" }}

* [[Wicked Stepmother]]

* [[You Got Spunk]]: Le Peu, as he tells Danielle more than once, likes a girl with spirit.