The Death of Louis XIV
DramaHistory
6.5/10
|FRES
|fr
|115 min
Release Date: 2016-11-02
Overview - August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.
Production Companies
Capricci FilmsRosa FilmesAndergraun FilmsBobi Lux
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
I was wondering, as I watched this, just how the last few days of Queen Elizabeth II - herself reigning for almost as long - might have looked in comparison with this depiction of the last few days of the acclaimed 'Sun King". Somehow, I doubt she would have been surrounded by quite such a grouping of acolytes and sycophants. Such a collection of quacks and hangers-on riddled with an obsequiousnes...
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