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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.
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.
- (9.2K)
- Drama, History, Romance
- Benoît Jacquot
- 2012-03-21
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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- Benoît Jacquot
- R
- Léa Seydoux
Jul 12, 2012 · Farewell, My Queen. Director: Benoit Jacquot; Genre: Drama; Running Time: 100 minutes; Rated R; nudity, sexuality, profanity. With: Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen. In French with...
Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, the film stars Lea Seydoux as one of Marie Antoinette's ladies-in-waiting, seemingly an innocent but quietly working her way into her mistress's special favors, until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path (in the final days before the full-scale outbreak of the Revolution).
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- Virginie Ledoyen
- Benoit Jacquot
When Sidonie falls on a polished floor as she hurries to Marie Antoinette in the darkness, the queen seems truly lost. Naturalistic yet dramatic lighting and restless camera movement lend vivid immediacy to the rapidly spiraling events, as do other visual details.
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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. This does much to account for her fate in this film.
