The Death of Louis XIV Movie Updates

Sat., Sep. 30, 2017

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Amazon

• added the US Blu-ray release date of September 26, 2017
• added the US DVD release date of June 21, 2017

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Tue., Mar. 14, 2017

• changed the US film release date from TBA to March 31, 2017
• set film release to Limited
• changed the production status to Completed
• added Cinema Guild as a distributor
• added a link from cinemaguild.com
• added Gabriel Wanner as actor to credits
• added Philippe Crespeau as actor to credits
• added Olivier Cadiot as actor to credits
• added Vicenç Altaió as actor to credits
• added Jacques Henric as actor to credits
• added Bernard Belin as actor to credits
• added Irène Silvagni as actor to credits
• added Marc Susini as actor to credits
• added Patrick d'Assumçao as actor to credits
• added Jean-Pierre Leaud as actor to credits
• added drama as a genre
• added Albert Serra as director and screenwriter to credits
• added a synopsis

• 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 g... show all reatest 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.

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