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Jul 17, 2012 · "Farewell, My Queen" begins early in the day of July 14, 1789, at the royal palace of Versailles. It was not yet a date fraught with destiny. In the rat-swarming servants' quarters, a young woman named Sidonie Laborde slaps at mosquito bites, hurries through her toilet, and runs toward her appointment with Marie Antoinette.
Farewell, My Queen transcends its gaudy period trappings to offer an affecting historical drama built on timeless - and timely - themes. Read Critics Reviews
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Jul 12, 2012 · Benoît Jacquot’s look at three days in the life and lies of a doomed monarch presents Marie Antoinette, Versailles and the fall of the Bastille, from the perspective of servants.
Jul 12, 2012 · The French writer-director's smart and ultimately wrenching Farewell, My Queen takes a similar course — only this time the protagonist toils for Queen Marie Antoinette, and the story opens on...
In Farewell, My Queen, the opening night film of the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, they settle on a fashion magazine (if you ever wondered what they looked like in the 18th century, this is your film). The ladies put rosewater on the mosquito bites Sidonie (lovely and tough Léa Seydoux as the reader and our heroine) has on her arm, and try to ...
Mar 21, 2012 · Farewell, My Queen: Directed by Benoît Jacquot. With Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky. A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.
Farewell, My Queen is a knife-edge drama that steadily builds tension that at times becomes as unbearably tense as the relationship between the three leading ladies. Full Review | Feb 7,...
