Director: Albert Serra Written by: Albert Serra, Thierry Lounas Cast: Jean-Pierre Leáud, Patrick D’Assumçao, Marc Susini, Irène Silvagni, Bernard Belin, Jacques Henric Opens: March 31, 2017 Percy Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” will surely come to mind while you’re watching this picture. The key words: And on the pedestal these words appear: “My name is Ozymandias, king […]
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- 3/26/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
"Your majesty appears to be most discomfited." An official Us trailer has arrived for a French film titled The Death of Louis Xiv, or La mort de Louis Xiv, made by filmmaker Albert Serra. The film had its big world premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival last summer. As historically accurate as they could possibly get, the film tells the story of the French monarch, played by actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. After returning from a hunting expedition in 1715, King Louis Xiv felt a sharp pain in his leg. He begins to die of gangrene, surrounded by loyal followers. Described as "a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic". The cast includes Patrick d'Assumçao, Marc Susini, Bernard Belin, Irène Silvagni, and Vicenç Altaió. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Albert Serra's The Death of Louis Xiv, direct from Vimeo: Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis Xiv (a magisterially bewigged...
- 3/3/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jean-Pierre Léaud to Anne-Katrin Titze: "In terms of what you felt, I can understand that and I felt something similar." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Albert Serra's confined and vast The Death of Louis Xiv (La Mort De Louis Xiv), co-written with Thierry Lounas (producer of Abel Ferrara's Pasolini, with Willem Dafoe as Pier Paolo Pasolini) stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as the Sun King himself during the final weeks of his life. Patrick d’Assumçao, Marc Susini and Irène Silvagni as Madame de Maintenon (played by Isabelle Huppert in Patricia Mazuy's Saint-Cyr - The King's Daughters) head a brooding supporting cast.
Courtiers come and go for business. The doctor places a glass eye on the king's forehead for diagnosis. Medicine in the 18th century is "not an exact science". Based on the writings of Saint-Simon, medical records, and other notes from court, Albert Serra's film focuses on potent details...
Albert Serra's confined and vast The Death of Louis Xiv (La Mort De Louis Xiv), co-written with Thierry Lounas (producer of Abel Ferrara's Pasolini, with Willem Dafoe as Pier Paolo Pasolini) stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as the Sun King himself during the final weeks of his life. Patrick d’Assumçao, Marc Susini and Irène Silvagni as Madame de Maintenon (played by Isabelle Huppert in Patricia Mazuy's Saint-Cyr - The King's Daughters) head a brooding supporting cast.
Courtiers come and go for business. The doctor places a glass eye on the king's forehead for diagnosis. Medicine in the 18th century is "not an exact science". Based on the writings of Saint-Simon, medical records, and other notes from court, Albert Serra's film focuses on potent details...
- 10/7/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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