For fans of director Stanley Kubruck’s "Barry Lyndon", the 2023 French-language (with English subtitles) romance drama "Jeanne du Barry, written, directed by and starring actress Maïwen, with Johnny Depp, Pierre Richard, Benjamin Lavernhe, Noémie Lvovsky, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud and India Hair is a beautifully moving feature with candle-lit photography, authentic costumes and lavish historic locations, following the life of Jeanne Bécu, the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743, who went on to rise through the luxurious ‘Court of Louis XV' to become his favoured mistress, now streaming restored and for free on Tubi:
“…filmed on location at France’s ‘Palace of Versailles’, the movie features immaculate, stunning period costumes and sumptuous set designs…
“…with writer-director-star Maïwenn portraying Jeanne with self-assured charm…
“…before she and the royal gentry, faced the guillotine during the French Revolution's 'Reign of Terror'..."
