But when the news of the storming of the Bastille reaches them, panic sets in and most of the aristocrats and their servants desert the sinking ship, leaving the Royal Family practically alone.
Which is not the case of Sidonie Laborde, the Queen's reader, a young woman, entirely devoted to her mistress; she will not give her up under any circumstances. What Sidonie does not know yet is that these are the last three days she will spend in the company of her beloved Queen Rated R for brief graphic nudity and language. Did you know Edit. Goofs On several occasions when soldiers are marching through the main and side gates of Versailles, and also when Sidonie goes to Le Petite Trianon for the first time and falls into a puddle, you can clearly see the very 21st century anti-terrorism concrete security barriers and bollards flanking the gates.
User reviews 34 Review. Top review. Unconventionally wonderful period film. A marvelous film. Very rarely does a film based on fact, especially a story as infamous as this one, succeed at creating such tension despite the fact that everyone knows pretty much what is going on and what will happen United 93 springs to mind.
Seriously, anyone who's ever dismissed period dramas and films based on true stories as "stuffy", slow and boring should give this one a shot. The cast is also exceptionally strong, led by a group of immensely talented female performers.
The only downside is really the ending, unfortunately, slightly anticlimactic and a bit of a let down. Details Edit. Release date March 21, France. Thriller follows three days in Versailles on the eve of the French revolution. High Maintenance: weed dealer anthology is a perfect escape — and keeps getting better.
Read more. New Girl: screwball comedy gets funnier and smarter — and is best when binged. Kings and queens rule by divine right. This calm and stability will disintegrate with shocking speed over the next few days, and it will dawn upon Sidonie that the earth is shifting beneath her feet. Benoit Jacquot's engrossing film tells a story we know well, seen from a point of view we may not have considered. Based on a novel with the same title by Chantal Thomas , it is limited to what Sidonie can know and understand.
Since all of the mounting horror takes place at a distance, in whispers, in a way it's more dreadful than if she were learning things firsthand. The servants in a place like Versailles subscribe completely to the majesty of their employers, and although they may have no access to outside news, they are sensitive to the slightest shifts in mood from their masters.
Gossip races through the palace in back corridors and down hidden staircases, and it is worst at night — when a few candles make the shadows seem more limitless. Jacquot actually filmed many of his scenes at Versailles, but takes care to display it warts and all.
One imagines the body odors, the stink of dead rats, the miasma rising from the slops, the perfumes splashed on for concealment. As the iron discipline of the palace management begins to fall apart, servants focus on their own fates. There is a fascination to be found in those who discover their sense of security has no foundation. I was reminded of " Downfall ," the film about the final days in Hitler's bunker beneath Berlin.
Its walls contained the last space ruled by Hitler's once-mighty will, and those within knew they were doomed. As a woman who can read and write in , 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.
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