Movie
Farewell, My Queen
Overview
A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-03-21
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films du Lendemain, GMT Productions
- Country
- France, Spain
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Léa Seydoux as Agathe-Sidonie Laborde
- Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette
- Virginie Ledoyen as La duchesse Gabrielle de Polignac
- Noémie Lvovsky as Henriette Genest dite Madame Campan
- Xavier Beauvois as Le roi Louis XVI
- Michel Robin as Jacob-Nicolas Moreau
- Julie-Marie Parmentier as La servante Honorine Aubert
- Lolita Chammah as La domestique Louison
- Marthe Caufman as La domestique Alice
- Vladimir Consigny as René dit Paolo
- Dominique Reymond as Madame de Rochereuil
- Anne Benoît as Rose Bertin
Crew
- Benoît Jacquot - Director
- Gilles Taurand - Writer
- Benoît Jacquot - Writer
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