Les adieux a la reine [videorecording] / GMT Productions et Les Films du Lendemain en coproduction avec Morena Films ; une coproduction franco-espagnole ; un film de Benoit Jacquot ; produit par Jean-Pierre Guerin, Kristina Larsen et Pedro Uriol ; scénario, Gilles Taurand et Benoit Jacquot.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: CMG-DV-7380 | Cohen Media GroupLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Publication details: [United States] : Cohen Media Group : Distributed by Entertainment One, [2013]Description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 141723914X
- 9781417239146
- Title on container: Farewell, my queen
- Photography, Romain Winding ; editors, Luc Barnier, Nelly Ollivault ; music, Bruno Coulais.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | WORLD Adieux a | Available | 33111007431717 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Director Benoît Jacquot adapted Chantal Thomas' bestselling novel examining the genesis of the French Revolution as witnessed from the perspective of the servants closest to Marie Antoinette. July 1789: Versailles. As the people of France rise up against King Louie XVI (Xavier Beauvois), the frightened sovereigns begin plotting their escape. Sidonie Laborde (Léa Seydoux) is the Queen's reader, and as such enjoys the many lavish privileges of being in the monarch's entourage. She sees herself as an extended member of the royal family, so when Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) requests that Sidonie don the Queen's clothing and flee in her carriage, the naïve servant views it as a tremendous honor. Meanwhile, the Queen herself plots to escape the palace under the cover of darkness, leaving her most loyal servant at the mercy of the raging mob. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Based on the novel by Chantal Thomas.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Special features: On set interviews and interview with Benoit Jacquout.
Photography, Romain Winding ; editors, Luc Barnier, Nelly Ollivault ; music, Bruno Coulais.
Lea Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noemie Lvovsky, Michel Robin.
Sidonie, who serves as reader to Marie Antoinette and displays a singular romantic devotion to the queen, witnesses the final days of the French Revolution from inside the walls of the Palace of Versailles. The film is seen from Sidonie's point of view, and the story takes place over the course of four days.
Rating: R; for brief graphic nudity and language.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
In French with optional English subtitles.