Farewell, My Queen (2012)

Cast:

Diane Kruger,
Léa Seydoux,
Noémie Lvovsky,
Jacques Herlin,
Virginie Ledoyen,
Vladimir Consigny,
Michel Robin,
Dominique Reymond,
Julie-Marie Parmentier,
Aladin Reibel,
Xavier Beauvois,
Anne Benoît,
Jacques Boudet,
Jean-Marc Stehlé,
Lolita Chammah,
Serge Renko,
Pierre Berriau,
Luc Palun,
Tibo,
Jean-Pierre Guérin,
Sonia Joubert,
Rodolphe Congé,
Maurice Delaistier,
Martine Chevallier,
Pascaline Girardot,
Yves Penay,
Hervé Pierre,
Gilles David,
Marthe Caufman,
Grégory Gadebois,
Francis Leplay,
Emmanuelle Bougerol,
Pascal Vannson,
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc,
Véronique Nordey,
Pierre Rochefort,
Jacques Nolot

Director:

Benoît Jacquot

Producer:

Screenwriter:

Composer:

Bruno Coulais

description:

Farewell, My Queen (French: Les Adieux à la reine) is a 2012 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot. The film opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.

plot:

1789, at the eve of the Revolution: Versailles occupants still live happily, unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris. When news about the storming of the Bastille reaches the Court, aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, leaving the Royal Family alone. But Sidonie Laborde, a young Queen's reader, refuses to flee. She feels secure as she is under protection of the Queen of France. She does not yet know these are the last three days she would spend by her side.