Farewell, My Queen

Farewell, My Queen

2012 · 100 min · FR · R · 6.0 (330 votes)
Dir. Benoît Jacquot · Starring Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky, Xavier Beauvois, Michel Robin · Music Bruno Coulais
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A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.

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A delicate, intimate portrait of courtly life crumbling. It feels like whispered secrets and rustling silks, a poignant, wistful gaze at fading elegance as the world outside ignites. A quiet, character-driven drama steeped in historical beauty and impending doom.

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