Browse Movies : Upcoming + TBA : Historical : J

Jeanne Vaubernier (Maïwenn), a common girl eager to rise socially, uses her distinct charms to get out of her condition. Her lover, the Count du Barry, who is getting rich thanks to Jeanne's lucrative gallantry, wishes to introduce her to the King. He organizes the meeting through the intermediary of the influential Duke of Richelieu. This one exceeds his expectations: between Louis XV (Johnny Depp) and Jeanne, it's love at first sight… With the courtesan, the King rediscovers his taste for life - so much so that he can no longer do without her and decides to make her his official favorite.

Story of Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved, who records the second longest reign in French history, ruling the country from 1715 to 1774.

Julia Pastrana was a physically-deformed Mexican woman, just over four feet tall, covered with black hair with large, misshapen facial features, who fell in love with the man, Theodore Lent, who displayed her in his traveling freak show. What happened next is far from a happy ending...