Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.

Jefferson in Paris

1995

English

5.7

♡ 8

33%

James Ivory Director

Vincent Cassel as Camille Desmoulins

Éric Génovèse as Liberal Aristocrat

Nancy Marchand as Madame Abbesse

Todd Boyce as William Short

His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.

Farewell, My Queen

2012

French

6.2

♡ 7

93%

Benoît Jacquot Director

Léa Seydoux as Agathe-Sidonie Laborde

Virginie Ledoyen as La duchesse Gabrielle de Polignac

Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette

Anne Benoît as Rose Bertin

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.

Lady Oscar

1979

English

5.8

♡ 3

25%

Jacques Demy Director

John Tordoff as

Sue Lloyd as Comtesse Gabrielle de Polignac

Christopher Ellison as Maximilien de Robespierre

Angela Thorne as Mme Bertin, the Queen's Dressmaker

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.

Marie Antoinette

1938

English

7.3

♡ 7

77%

Julien Duvivier Director

Anthony Warde as Marat

Trevor Bardette as Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin

Barry Fitzgerald as Peddler

Horace McMahon as Rabblerouser

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

The Under-Gifted

6.5

teacher student relationship

versailles

Claude Zidi Director

Daniel Auteuil as Baptiste Lavalle, alias Bebel

Richard Bohringer as Le pion

Maria Pacôme as Lucie Jumaucourt

Mohamed Zinet as Mustapha, le terroriste à la couscoussière

The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!

Ridicule

1996

French

♡ 13

80%

Patrice Leconte Director

Jacques Mathou as Abbé de l'Epée

Albert Delpy as Baron de Guéret

Jean Rochefort as Bellegarde

Judith Godrèche as Mathilde

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

Jeanne du Barry

2023

French

6.7

♡ 50

48%

king louis xv of france

romance

royal family

versailles

Maïwenn Director

Pierre Richard as Duc de Richelieu

Benjamin Lavernhe as La Borde

Johnny Depp as Louis XV

Caroline Chaniolleau as Madame de la Garde

The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.

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