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      • Farewell, My Queen takes place in Versailles as the French Revolution approaches. But it focuses on Marie Antoinette's servant more than on the aristocracy. Critic Mark Jenkins says that approach makes the film more than a tale about doomed royalty; it's also about commoners on the verge of freedom.
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  2. Jul 17, 2012 · “Farewell, My Queen” places Sidonie in such a position. As a woman who can read and write in 1789, she must be intelligent and ambitious. She must also have learned much from the books and journals she read for the queen.

  3. Farewell, My Queen (French: Les Adieux à la reine) is a 2012 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and based on the novel of the same name by Chantal Thomas, who won the Prix Femina in 2002.

  4. Jul 12, 2012 · As directed by France’sveteran Benoît Jacquot, “Farewell, My Queen” has a potent emotional component as well, involving the tangled emotional lives of three beautiful women: Marie Antoinette...

  5. 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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    • Léa Seydoux
  6. Jul 13, 2012 · Beautiful to look at and engrossing to watch, FAREWELL, MY QUEEN lures you in. It makes you feel as if you're being allowed into secret chambers, where royalty removes its regal mask, and humanity -- specifically, passion and yearning -- awaits.

  7. Apr 27, 2021 · Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, and directed by Benoît Jacquot, this French film is no less accessible for its subtitles or its period setting of July, 1789. The high stakes and suspense are already built in: this is the tumultuous prelude to the French Revolution, and the foundations of modern culture as we know it.

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