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Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV - magisterially interpreted by New Wave icon and honorary Palme d’Or recipient (Jean-Pierre Léaud) - feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed.
Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon and other courtiers, The Death of Louis XIV is a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic by Albert Serra, one of today’s most singular directors.
Original Release
11/02/2016
US Release
09/19/2017
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean-Pierre Leaud | Louis XIV |
Patrick d'Assumcao | Fagon / Fagon, le médecin |
Marc Susini | 1er valet du roi / Blouin, le valet de chambre |
Bernard Belin | Maréchal / Mareschal, le chirurgien |
Irène Silvagni | Madame de Maintenon |
Jacques Henric | Père Le Tellier |
Vicenc Altaió | Le Brun |
Alain Lajoinie | Le Pelletier |
Olivier Cadiot | Médecin 1 |
Philippe Crespeau | Médecin 2 |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean-Pierre Leaud | Louis XIV |
Patrick d'Assumcao | Fagon / Fagon, le médecin |
Marc Susini | 1er valet du roi / Blouin, le valet de chambre |
Bernard Belin | Maréchal / Mareschal, le chirurgien |
Irène Silvagni | Madame de Maintenon |
Jacques Henric | Père Le Tellier |
Vicenc Altaió | Le Brun |
Alain Lajoinie | Le Pelletier |
Olivier Cadiot | Médecin 1 |
Philippe Crespeau | Médecin 2 |
Alain Reynaud | Médecin 3 |
Richard Plano | Médecin 4 |
Adrian Dunãrintu | Assistant Fagon |
José Wallenstein | Médecin 5 |
Francis Montaulard | Duc d'Orléans |
Jacques Bontemps | Maréchal de Villeroy |
Gabriel Wanner | Comte de Toulouse |
Paul Menand | Duc de Maine |
John Baillie | Duc d'Antin |
François Bosselut | Chancelier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Claire Bonnefoy | Executive Producer |
Montse Triola | Executive Producer |
Thierry Lounas | Producer |
Albert Serra | Producer |
Joaquim Sapinho | Producer |
Montse Triola | Producer |
Claire Bonnefoy | Producer |