2012

1h 40m

5.9(311 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

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

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Cast & Crew

35 members

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Léa Seydoux

Agathe-Sidonie Laborde

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Diane Kruger

Marie Antoinette

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Virginie Ledoyen

La duchesse Gabrielle de Polignac

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Noémie Lvovsky

Henriette Genest dite Madame Campan

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Xavier Beauvois

Le roi Louis XVI

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Michel Robin

Jacob-Nicolas Moreau

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Julie-Marie Parmentier

La servante Honorine Aubert

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Lolita Chammah

La domestique Louison

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Marthe Caufman

La domestique Alice

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Vladimir Consigny

René dit Paolo

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Dominique Reymond

Madame de Rochereuil

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Anne Benoît

Rose Bertin

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Hervé Pierre

L'abbé Hérissé

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Aladin Reibel

L'abbé Cornu de la Balivière

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Jacques Nolot

Monsieur de Jolivet

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Jacques Herlin

Marquis de Vaucouleurs

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Martine Chevallier

Madame de la Tour Du Pin

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Jacques Boudet

Monsieur de la Tour du Pin

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Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc

Le duc de Polignac

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Jean-Marc Stehlé

Le maréchal de Broglie

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Serge Renko

Le marquis de la Chesnaye

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Gilles David

Le vicaire Moullet

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Pierre Rochefort

Le valet Antonin

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Rodolphe Congé

L'officier de la Garde Nationale

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Grégory Gadebois

Le comte de Provence

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Francis Leplay

Le comte d'Artois

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Yves Penay

Monsieur de Barentin

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Sonia Joubert

Augustine

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Thibault Sauvaige

Gustav

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Pierre Berriau

Le premier huissier

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Pascal Vannson

Le deuxième huissier

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Maurice Delaistier

Le secrétaire violoniste

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Emmanuelle Bougerol

Une fille de cuisine

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Véronique Nordey

Madame Tournon

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Jean-Pierre Guérin

Monsieur Janvier

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