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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Heads Up For 'Marie Antoinette'



Sneak Peek actress Diane Kruger in the new dramatic feature "Farewell, My Queen ("Les Adieux à la reine") directed by Benoît Jacquot, based on the novel of the same name by author Chantal Thomas.


The film is an eyewitness account of France's Queen 'Marie Antoinette' (Kruger), before she falls under the guillotine, as seen through the eyes of a young female servant, 'Sidonie Laborde' (Léa Seydoux) :



"...in 1789, on the eve of the 'French Revolution', the court at the 'Palace of Versailles' still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a distance away.


"When news about the storming of the 'Bastille' reaches the Court, most aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, fearing that the government is falling. 


"They abandon the Royal Family.


But 'Sidonie Laborde', a young servant who is the Queen's reader, has a crush on her and refuses to flee.


"She feels secure under the protection of the Royal Family and is unaware that these are the last three days she will spend by the Queen's side..."


Also starring are Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Grégory Gadebois, Francis Leplay, Noémie Lvovsky, Vladimir Consigny, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Michel Robin, Lolita Chammah, Marthe Caufman, Jacques Boudet, Martine Chevallier, Grégory Gadebois, Jacques Nolot, Serge Renko, Anne Benoît, Dominique Reymond, Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc and Jacques Herlin.


Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Farewell My Queen"...