Farewell, My Queen

Les adieux à la reine

France, Spain

2012

99 Min

Color

2.35:1

French, English

Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Jean-Pierre Guérin, Kristina Larsen

SCR Benoît Jacquot, Gilles Taurand, Chantal Thomas

CAST Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky, Michel Robin, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Lolita Chammah, Marthe Caufman, Vladimir Consigny, Grégory Gadebois, Luc Palun, Francis Leplay

SOUND Brigitte Taillandier

Berlinale (Opening Night), San Francisco (Opening Night)

Synopsis

Versailles in July 1789. There’s growing disquiet at the court of King Louis XVI: the people are defiant and the country is on the brink of revolution. Behind the scenes at the royal palaces emergency plans are being made. Although nobody believes that this spells the end of the established order everyone is talking of escape, including Queen Marie Antoinette and her entourage. One of Marie Antoinette’s ladies-in-waiting is Sidonie Laborde who, as the Queen’s reader, is a member of the monarch’s inner circle. Concerned that her escape might fail, the queen gives instructions for the girl to step into her carriage dressed in the queen’s clothes while the queen herself is to escape from the palace unseen at night. At first Sidonie is proud to have such an honour bestowed upon her – but she soon realises that her mistress’ request has nothing to do with her affection for her.

Based on Chantal Thomas’ award-winning novel of the same name, Benoît Jacquot’s film portrays the early days of the French Revolution as seen through the eyes of the servants at Versailles. An historical drama with ironic overtones that also draws parallels to the present. –Berlinale

Director

Benoît Jacquot

Benoît Jacquot was born in Paris in 1947. He was the assistant to various directors before making his first film, L’Assassin Musicien in 1975. Fifteen films followed, such as Les enfants du placard, Les ailes de la colombe, La Ddsenchantée, La fille seule_, Le septième ciel, Pas de scandale, Sade, Tosca and Adolphe. He has worked with, among others, actors like Isabelle Huppert, Isabelle Adjani, Virginie Ledoyen, Fabrice Luchini and Daniel Auteuil. L’école de la chair was selected in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 and A tout de suite in the Un Certain Regard section in 2004. He has also directed numerous documentaries and features for television, such as Princesse Marie in 2003 with Catherine Deneuve. In the fall of 2004 he directed Werther by Massenet at the Royal Opera in London"s Covent Garden. He is finishing a screenplay based on a novel by Moravia and is preparing… read more

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VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

3May12

Una fastuosa producción de época (sobre el trágico destino de María Antonieta y los inicios de la revolución francesa) que reúna en una sola película a Virginie Ledoyen, Diane Kruger y Léa Seydoux (la fría asesina a sueldo de Misión Imposible 4), sencillamente no puede tener desperdicio.

wendy and lucy

3Apr12

oh my god.this is like a dream.I wanna watch this so bad.

Pierre Yves

29Mar12

«Les pleureurs sans larmes de cet enterrement sans convoi funèbre.»

Marfil

10Feb12

Uma fábula que prefere a rainha ao rei, a biografia obscura ao peso de um mito, a sobriedade de um estado de crise ao esplendor espetacular, a lua ao sol, a história à geografia e onde, acima de todos, tudo futrica, tudo coça: As pulseiras ao redor dos pulsos, os ratos mortos flutuando na água, o enxame de mosquitos a encarquilhar seu redor... É o fim do mundo. As despedidas diante da resistência. O adeus da Rainha.

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