Farewell My Queen.
Marking the return of acclaimed director Benoit Jacquot (*A Single Girl*), FAREWELL, MY QUEEN brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that engulfed the court of Marie Antoinette in the final days before the full-scale outbreak of the Re...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Cohen Film Collection,
2012.
Kanopy Streaming, 2019. |
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| Summary: | Marking the return of acclaimed director Benoit Jacquot (*A Single Girl*), FAREWELL, MY QUEEN brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that engulfed the court of Marie Antoinette in the final days before the full-scale outbreak of the Revolution. Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, this film stars Lea Seydoux (*The Lobster*) as one of Marie's ladies-in-waiting, quietly working her way into her mistress's special favors, until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path. With the action moving effortlessly from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobles to the back quarters of those who serve them, this is a period film at once accurate and sumptuous in its visual details and modern in its emotions. Diane Kruger (*Inglourious Basterds*) gives her best performance to date as the ill-fated Queen. Nominated for Best Film at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Actress (Lea Seydoux), Best Director, and Best Film at the **Cesar Awards**. *"... A layer cake of royal pleasures, rote protocols and revolutionary politics. For skeptics who thought this story had grown stale, let them eat their words." - Joe Williams, **St. Louis Post-Dispatch*** |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |