Sneak Peek footage and images from the R-rated 'Marie Antoinette' romantic feature "Farewell, My Queen ("Les Adieux à la reine") directed by Benoît Jacquot, based on the novel of the same name by author Chantal Thomas.
The film is an eyewitness account of France's doomed Queen 'Marie Antoinette' (Diane Kruger), as seen through the eyes of an infatuated, female servant, 'Sidonie Laborde' (Léa Seydoux) :
"...in 1789, on the eve of the 'French Revolution', the court at the 'Palace of Versailles' still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a distance away.
"When news about the storming of the 'Bastille' reaches the Court, most aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, fearing that the government is falling.
"They abandon the Royal Family. But 'Sidonie Laborde', a young servant who is the Queen's reader, has a crush on the monarch and refuses to flee.
"She...
The film is an eyewitness account of France's doomed Queen 'Marie Antoinette' (Diane Kruger), as seen through the eyes of an infatuated, female servant, 'Sidonie Laborde' (Léa Seydoux) :
"...in 1789, on the eve of the 'French Revolution', the court at the 'Palace of Versailles' still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a distance away.
"When news about the storming of the 'Bastille' reaches the Court, most aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, fearing that the government is falling.
"They abandon the Royal Family. But 'Sidonie Laborde', a young servant who is the Queen's reader, has a crush on the monarch and refuses to flee.
"She...
- 7/27/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Chicago – Benoît Jacquot is a director clearly enraptured by the beauty of young women. This was eminently clear in his early ’90s-era vehicles for Virginie Ledoyen (“A Single Girl,” “Marianne”), an actress who turned up in his latest picture, “Farewell, My Queen,” still looking startlingly youthful. Yet she is no longer the center of Jacquot’s universe.
Taking Ledoyen’s place is 27-year-old Léa Seydoux, a smoldering French starlet harboring the remarkable ability to simultaneously appear achingly vulnerable and coldly calculating within the same take. She has such a potent presence that it earned her the role of a cardboard villain in “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.” Thankfully, Jacquot realized that she was far more than a broodingly pretty face, and offered her what is truly her finest and most complex role to date.
DVD Rating: 4.0/5.0
Every frame of “Farewell, My Queen” is viewed through the eyes of Sidonie (Seydoux), a...
Taking Ledoyen’s place is 27-year-old Léa Seydoux, a smoldering French starlet harboring the remarkable ability to simultaneously appear achingly vulnerable and coldly calculating within the same take. She has such a potent presence that it earned her the role of a cardboard villain in “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.” Thankfully, Jacquot realized that she was far more than a broodingly pretty face, and offered her what is truly her finest and most complex role to date.
DVD Rating: 4.0/5.0
Every frame of “Farewell, My Queen” is viewed through the eyes of Sidonie (Seydoux), a...
- 1/29/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By Lee Pfeiffer
The Cohen Media Group is a relatively new company that, over the last four years, has produced and distributed primarily highly acclaimed international art house films. The company's latest release on DVD and Blu-ray is Farewell, My Queen, director Benoit Jacquot's French-language 2012 period costume drama that centers on the outbreak of the French Revolution, as experienced by Sidonie (Lea Seydoux), a young woman who has the seemingly enviable position of being "The Queen's Reader". Her primary responsibility is to literally read books to Marie Antoinette (that's right, the nobility didn't even have to strain their eyes). Sidonie, a twenty-something country girl, is in awe of the Queen and is slavishly devoted to her needs. As played by Diane Kruger, Marie Antoinette is presented as the undeniably spoiled wife of Louis XVI, but the portrayal humanizes her. Marie Antoinette, like so many famous (or infamous) historical figures, has...
The Cohen Media Group is a relatively new company that, over the last four years, has produced and distributed primarily highly acclaimed international art house films. The company's latest release on DVD and Blu-ray is Farewell, My Queen, director Benoit Jacquot's French-language 2012 period costume drama that centers on the outbreak of the French Revolution, as experienced by Sidonie (Lea Seydoux), a young woman who has the seemingly enviable position of being "The Queen's Reader". Her primary responsibility is to literally read books to Marie Antoinette (that's right, the nobility didn't even have to strain their eyes). Sidonie, a twenty-something country girl, is in awe of the Queen and is slavishly devoted to her needs. As played by Diane Kruger, Marie Antoinette is presented as the undeniably spoiled wife of Louis XVI, but the portrayal humanizes her. Marie Antoinette, like so many famous (or infamous) historical figures, has...
- 1/13/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
By Allen Gardner
Killer Joe (Lionsgate) William Friedkin’s film of Tracy Letts’ off-Broadway hit about a family of Texas trailer park cretins (Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon) who hire a cop-cum-hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to take out their troublesome mother, then foolishly cross him, is a stinging satire, given double-barreled audacity by Friedkin’s sure, and fearless, directorial hand. Earning its Nc-17 rating in spades, “Killer Joe” reminds us that daring, frank material like this is why movies exist in the first place. McConaughey gives the performance of his career, hopefully redefined after this. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes; Commentary by Friendkin; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan’s coda to his “Batman” trilogy finds Christian Bale returning as a brooding Bruce Wayne/Caped Crusader, this time faced with a hulking villain (Tom Hardy) with respiratory...
Killer Joe (Lionsgate) William Friedkin’s film of Tracy Letts’ off-Broadway hit about a family of Texas trailer park cretins (Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon) who hire a cop-cum-hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to take out their troublesome mother, then foolishly cross him, is a stinging satire, given double-barreled audacity by Friedkin’s sure, and fearless, directorial hand. Earning its Nc-17 rating in spades, “Killer Joe” reminds us that daring, frank material like this is why movies exist in the first place. McConaughey gives the performance of his career, hopefully redefined after this. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes; Commentary by Friendkin; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan’s coda to his “Batman” trilogy finds Christian Bale returning as a brooding Bruce Wayne/Caped Crusader, this time faced with a hulking villain (Tom Hardy) with respiratory...
- 1/8/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Jan. 15, 2013
Price: DVD $24.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Cohen Media
Diane Kruger is Marie Antoinette in Farewell, My Queen.
The sumptuous-looking 2012 period drama Farewell, My Queen is based on the international best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas.
Set in 18th Century France, the film stars Léa Seydoux (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) as Sidonie, one of Marie Antoinette’s (Diane Kruger, Unknown) ladies-in-waiting. Though she appears to be a seemingly an innocent, Sidonie is quietly working her way into her mistress’ special favors—until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path. As the story of the revolt by the starving French people against their arrogant royal rulers develops, the action—not to mention Marie and the royal family—moves from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobles to the back quarters of those who serve them.
Directed by acclaimed director Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen (or Les adieux a...
Price: DVD $24.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Cohen Media
Diane Kruger is Marie Antoinette in Farewell, My Queen.
The sumptuous-looking 2012 period drama Farewell, My Queen is based on the international best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas.
Set in 18th Century France, the film stars Léa Seydoux (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) as Sidonie, one of Marie Antoinette’s (Diane Kruger, Unknown) ladies-in-waiting. Though she appears to be a seemingly an innocent, Sidonie is quietly working her way into her mistress’ special favors—until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path. As the story of the revolt by the starving French people against their arrogant royal rulers develops, the action—not to mention Marie and the royal family—moves from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobles to the back quarters of those who serve them.
Directed by acclaimed director Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen (or Les adieux a...
- 1/3/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Shine, Seven Confirm Michael Hutchence/Inxs Project Shine Australia and the Seven Network have confirmed their partnership on Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs. The 4-hour 2-parter will focus on the six members of the band and the artistic relationship between Andrew Farris and frontman Michael Hutchence, who died in a Sydney hotel in 1997. Screen Australia is also participating. Never Tear Us Apart is one of three pending projects about Hutchence and Inxs and likely will be the first to be finished. Shooting is slated to start in Melbourne in mid-2013. Louis Delluc Prize Goes To ‘Farewell, My Queen’ France’s prestigious Prix Louis Delluc for 2012 has been awarded to Benoit Jacquot’s Farewell, My Queen. The period drama, which opened the Berlin Film Festival in February, was adapted from the Chantal Thomas novel and set during the first 3 days of the French Revolution as seen from...
- 12/15/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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- 11/18/2012
- by Hollywood Life Staff
- HollywoodLife
Sneak Peek new images from the dramatic period feature "Farewell, My Queen ("Les Adieux à la reine") directed by Benoît Jacquot, based on the novel of the same name by author Chantal Thomas.
The film is an eyewitness account of France's doomed Queen 'Marie Antoinette' (Diane Kruger), as seen through the eyes of an infatuated, female servant, 'Sidonie Laborde' (Léa Seydoux) :
"...in 1789, on the eve of the 'French Revolution', the court at the 'Palace of Versailles' still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a distance away.
"When news about the storming of the 'Bastille' reaches the Court, most aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, fearing that the government is falling.
"They abandon the Royal Family. But 'Sidonie Laborde', a young servant who is the Queen's reader, has a crush on the monarch and refuses to flee.
"She feels secure under the protection...
The film is an eyewitness account of France's doomed Queen 'Marie Antoinette' (Diane Kruger), as seen through the eyes of an infatuated, female servant, 'Sidonie Laborde' (Léa Seydoux) :
"...in 1789, on the eve of the 'French Revolution', the court at the 'Palace of Versailles' still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a distance away.
"When news about the storming of the 'Bastille' reaches the Court, most aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, fearing that the government is falling.
"They abandon the Royal Family. But 'Sidonie Laborde', a young servant who is the Queen's reader, has a crush on the monarch and refuses to flee.
"She feels secure under the protection...
- 9/28/2012
- by M. Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek actress Diane Kruger in the new dramatic feature "Farewell, My Queen ("Les Adieux à la reine") directed by Benoît Jacquot, based on the novel of the same name by author Chantal Thomas.
The film is an eyewitness account of France's Queen 'Marie Antoinette' (Kruger), before she falls under the guillotine, as seen through the eyes of a young female servant, 'Sidonie Laborde' (Léa Seydoux) :
"...in 1789, on the eve of the 'French Revolution', the court at the 'Palace of Versailles' still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a distance away. When news about the storming of the 'Bastille' reaches the Court, most aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, fearing that the government is falling. They abandon the Royal Family.
But 'Sidonie Laborde', a young servant who is the Queen's reader, has a crush on her and refuses to flee.
"She feels...
The film is an eyewitness account of France's Queen 'Marie Antoinette' (Kruger), before she falls under the guillotine, as seen through the eyes of a young female servant, 'Sidonie Laborde' (Léa Seydoux) :
"...in 1789, on the eve of the 'French Revolution', the court at the 'Palace of Versailles' still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a distance away. When news about the storming of the 'Bastille' reaches the Court, most aristocrats and servants desert the Palace, fearing that the government is falling. They abandon the Royal Family.
But 'Sidonie Laborde', a young servant who is the Queen's reader, has a crush on her and refuses to flee.
"She feels...
- 9/20/2012
- by M. Stevens
- SneakPeek
Chicago – Is there any actress in the world today with more seductive and transfixing eyes than Léa Seydoux? She often tilts her head in a direction that allows her to peer up from beneath lowered brows. Stanley Kubrick would loved to photograph her. Yet her radiant orbs are capable of conveying more than mere menace. She can appear frighteningly vulnerable and coldly calculating within the same take.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
In Benoît Jacquot’s quietly entrancing picture, “Farewell, My Queen,” Seydoux’s eyes smolder with desire, even as budding tears threaten to disrupt her unwavering gaze. Based on Chantal Thomas’s book of the same name, “Queen” revolves around a fictitious love triangle in Versailles that was dismantled during the last crucial days of the French Revolution. Though it often plays like the final episode of an epic miniseries, Jacquot and his cast makes the most of every moment.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Farewell,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
In Benoît Jacquot’s quietly entrancing picture, “Farewell, My Queen,” Seydoux’s eyes smolder with desire, even as budding tears threaten to disrupt her unwavering gaze. Based on Chantal Thomas’s book of the same name, “Queen” revolves around a fictitious love triangle in Versailles that was dismantled during the last crucial days of the French Revolution. Though it often plays like the final episode of an epic miniseries, Jacquot and his cast makes the most of every moment.
Read Matt Fagerholm’s full review of “Farewell,...
- 7/20/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Farewell, My Queen
Benoit Jaquot directed this opulent imagining of Marie Antoinette's last days, based upon Chantal Thomas's recent novel, with Diane Kruger as the rather self-centered, "lesbian" queen; Virginie Ledoyen as her lover Gabrielle de Poligrac; and Lea Seydoux as the monarch's slavishly faithful reader, Sidonie Labode.
It's through Sidonie's eyes that we view the majestic world of rustling silks, shimmering jewels, and rapturous rooms. And just as the golden splendor of a church can make you believe in the power of Christ, these furnishings cloud the servant's eyes into viewing her mistress as a faultless goddess whom it's an honor to service. Who need bother with what the rabble rants?
But as the Queen's hours ebb in number, a conflict arises between Sidonie's vision of what's occurring and Jacquot's laying bare of the actualities. For example, there's the gritty, odorous living conditions of the cowardly court and the royal attendants.
Benoit Jaquot directed this opulent imagining of Marie Antoinette's last days, based upon Chantal Thomas's recent novel, with Diane Kruger as the rather self-centered, "lesbian" queen; Virginie Ledoyen as her lover Gabrielle de Poligrac; and Lea Seydoux as the monarch's slavishly faithful reader, Sidonie Labode.
It's through Sidonie's eyes that we view the majestic world of rustling silks, shimmering jewels, and rapturous rooms. And just as the golden splendor of a church can make you believe in the power of Christ, these furnishings cloud the servant's eyes into viewing her mistress as a faultless goddess whom it's an honor to service. Who need bother with what the rabble rants?
But as the Queen's hours ebb in number, a conflict arises between Sidonie's vision of what's occurring and Jacquot's laying bare of the actualities. For example, there's the gritty, odorous living conditions of the cowardly court and the royal attendants.
- 7/17/2012
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
French writer and director Benoît Jacquot gives an intimate look at the last days of monarchy during the beginning of the French Revolution. A young woman’s eagerness to please the Queen gets her in danger when she’s assigned a secret mission that could get her killed. Jacquot wisely avoids what’s already known by focusing on the intimate details of the last days of Versailles where Marie Antoinette is involved in a love triangle with two other women. It’s a beautiful and intimate period drama with a contemporary feel for authenticity. The solid cast includes Léa Seydoux as the naive reader to Diane Kruger’s Marie Antoinette. The supporting cast includes Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois and Noémie Lvovsky. “Farewell, My Queen” (Les adieux à la reine) opened the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF55) where I sat down with the filmmaker. Cohen Media Group open the film in theaters tomorrow.
- 7/12/2012
- by Yama Rahimi
- IONCINEMA.com
The court intrigue that animates Benoit Jacquot‘s Farewell, My Queen – set during the final days of Marie Antoinette’s reign – could be the stuff of so many costume dramas. To his great credit, however, the 65-year-old Parisian director, best known on this side of the pond for his 1995 hotel chamber drama A Single Girl, offers an elliptical, accumulative account of the events, keeping them tightly focused on the experience of the Queen’s private reader Sidonie (Léa Seydoux) as the storm clouds of revolution gather from outside the corridors of Versailles and the regime’s demise very quickly becomes inevitable, even as the insufferable queen (Diana Kruger) manages to lack any understanding of why her subjects are bent on her untimely exit.
As revolution marches toward them, Sidonie’s infatuation with the Queen is marked by jealousy at her attachment to the cosmopolitan duchess Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen,...
As revolution marches toward them, Sidonie’s infatuation with the Queen is marked by jealousy at her attachment to the cosmopolitan duchess Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen,...
- 7/11/2012
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Moi Petite Reader: Underrated Jacquot Depicts Decadence on the Eve of Doom
The first of underrated Gallic master Benoît Jacquot’s films to reach theaters on Us Shores since 2004 (he’s had steady output since then, however) is the extremely enjoyable, Farewell, My Queen. Based on a novel by Chantal Thomas, we’re witness to the last week of Marie Antoinette’s reign, as told through the eyes of a member of her court. Jacquot, whose films are often showcases for France’s most talented actresses, having crafted films for Isabelle Huppert, Isild Le Besco, and Virginie Ledoyen, is also no stranger to period royalty pieces, having helmed a 2004 film for French television concerning Princess Marie Bonaparte, starring Catherine Deneuve. With his latest effort, he’s given us a heady concoction of historical intrigue, with a tart hint of salaciousness that drains away the generally unrealistic nature of supposedly authentic reenactments.
The first of underrated Gallic master Benoît Jacquot’s films to reach theaters on Us Shores since 2004 (he’s had steady output since then, however) is the extremely enjoyable, Farewell, My Queen. Based on a novel by Chantal Thomas, we’re witness to the last week of Marie Antoinette’s reign, as told through the eyes of a member of her court. Jacquot, whose films are often showcases for France’s most talented actresses, having crafted films for Isabelle Huppert, Isild Le Besco, and Virginie Ledoyen, is also no stranger to period royalty pieces, having helmed a 2004 film for French television concerning Princess Marie Bonaparte, starring Catherine Deneuve. With his latest effort, he’s given us a heady concoction of historical intrigue, with a tart hint of salaciousness that drains away the generally unrealistic nature of supposedly authentic reenactments.
- 7/11/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Farewell, My Queen (Les adiex à la reine) Cohen Media Group Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten Grade: B- Director: Benoît Jacquot Screenwriter: Gilles Taurand, Benoît Jacquot, from Chantal Thomas’s novel of historical fiction Cast: Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 6/21/12 Opens: July 13, 2012 Every schoolboy used to know that in Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton, a drunken lawyer who never accomplished anything meritorious in his life, sacrificed himself to the guillotine to benefit Lucie, the unrequited love of his life, thereby allowing her to marry the aristocrat whose place he assumed on the final page of the novel. [ Read More ]...
- 6/24/2012
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Benoit Jacquot‘s Farewell My Queen (Les adieux à la reine) was chosen to open the Berlin and San Francisco Film Festivals and that’s reason enough to pay attention to this movie, a behind-the-scenes look at Versailles in July 1789. Farewell My Queen is a best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, who also co-wrote the screenplay along [...]
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- 6/8/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Amidst the blockbuster season of robots, explosions, superheros and aliens, we can all use a pleasant period piece drama to cleanse the palate. Benoit Jacquot is giving us just that with Farewell, My Queen, the movie that opened the Berlin Film Festival to solid reviews and arriving in theaters in the heat of July.
Inglourious Basterds‘ Diane Kruger takes the lead as queen Marie Antoinette while Ghotocol‘s Lea Seydoux is by her side. The production design seems to be top-notch and the story passionately captured, which is half the battle in these sometimes droll entries into the genre. Check out the trailer and poster below via Apple.
Synopsis:
Farewell, My Queen marks the return of acclaimed director Benoit Jacquot (A Single Girl, Seventh Heaven, Sade, Deep in the Woods,) and brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that engulfed the court of Marie...
Inglourious Basterds‘ Diane Kruger takes the lead as queen Marie Antoinette while Ghotocol‘s Lea Seydoux is by her side. The production design seems to be top-notch and the story passionately captured, which is half the battle in these sometimes droll entries into the genre. Check out the trailer and poster below via Apple.
Synopsis:
Farewell, My Queen marks the return of acclaimed director Benoit Jacquot (A Single Girl, Seventh Heaven, Sade, Deep in the Woods,) and brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that engulfed the court of Marie...
- 6/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
It'll do. As the Opening Night film of the 62nd Berlinale, Benoît Jacquot's Farewell, My Queen has just enough star power (Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, Léa Seydoux — looking at times for all the world like a French Scarlett Johansson — as her reader, Sidonie Laborde, Virginie Ledoyen as the Queen's favorite, Gabrielle de Polignac, Noémie Lvovsky as the first lady-in-waiting, Jeanne Campan, and Xavier Beauvois as Louis XVI), Euro cred and thematic relevance to a few motifs running through this year's edition (the Arab Spring — Death for Sale, The Reluctant Revolutionary, Words of Witness, In the Shadow of a Man, all screening in the Panorama section — and Occupy Wall Street, by way of the "anti-globalization" protests in Genoa 2001 (Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood, Panorama Special); there's even an undercurrent of the queer electricity that's Panorama's stock and trade), that it'll do. Like so many films that open festivals great and small,...
- 2/11/2012
- MUBI
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- 2/9/2012
- by M&C
- Monsters and Critics
It’s always nice to see a film get some love after doing the festival circuit. Luv, which premiered last month at Sundance, has been acquired by Indomina Entertainments; as well as Berlin Film Festival opener Farewell, My Queen, which was bought by Cohen Media Group. [Deadline]
Directed by Sheldon Candis, Luv tells the story of “an 11-year old boy who awaits the return of his missing mother, and who lives with his grandmother and Uncle Vincent. He idolizes the latter, a man who is fresh off an 8-year prison stretch and who takes it upon himself to help the youth become a man. When Vincent’s attempts to open a business doesn’t work out, and pressure is brought to bear by his old Baltimore crime boss Mr. Fish, the youth’s growth into manhood accelerates.” Common, Danny Glover and Dennis Haysbert are among the leading contenders for heartfelt drama.
Directed by Sheldon Candis, Luv tells the story of “an 11-year old boy who awaits the return of his missing mother, and who lives with his grandmother and Uncle Vincent. He idolizes the latter, a man who is fresh off an 8-year prison stretch and who takes it upon himself to help the youth become a man. When Vincent’s attempts to open a business doesn’t work out, and pressure is brought to bear by his old Baltimore crime boss Mr. Fish, the youth’s growth into manhood accelerates.” Common, Danny Glover and Dennis Haysbert are among the leading contenders for heartfelt drama.
- 2/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The lineup for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival is in place, with Benoit Jacquot’s period drama “Farewell My Queen” kicking off proceedings on February 9 at the festival’s HQ, the Berlinale Palast. Starring Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette and Lea Seydoux as the French queen’s reader, the adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ prize-winning novel, playing in competition, is set at Versailles during the opening days of the French Revolution. This year’s competition program features 18 world premieres out of a total of 22 titles. Among the leading films in contention are Billy Bob Thornton’s 60s-set family drama “Jayne...
- 2/8/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
Meryl Streep also honoured by 62nd edition.
The world premiere of Benoît Jacquot’s Farewell My Queen (Les Adieux à La Reine) will open the 62nd Berlin Film Festival.
The screen adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ prize-winning novel of the same name stars Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen and examines the first days of the French Revolution from the perspective of the servants at Versailles.
Set in 1789, revolution is imminent. Behind the facades of the royal palaces, everyone is thinking of fleeing, including Queen Marie...
The world premiere of Benoît Jacquot’s Farewell My Queen (Les Adieux à La Reine) will open the 62nd Berlin Film Festival.
The screen adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ prize-winning novel of the same name stars Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen and examines the first days of the French Revolution from the perspective of the servants at Versailles.
Set in 1789, revolution is imminent. Behind the facades of the royal palaces, everyone is thinking of fleeing, including Queen Marie...
- 1/7/2012
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, Farewell, My Queen The world premiere of Les Adieux à la reine / Farewell, My Queen will open the 2012 Berlin Film Festival next February 9. Directed by Benoît Jacquot (Tosca, Villa Amalia, Deep in the Woods), Farewell, My Queen stars Inglourious Basterds' Diane Kruger (as Marie Antoinette), Midnight in Paris' Léa Seydoux, and Army of Crime's Virginie Ledoyen. Adapted by Jacquot and Gilles Taurand from Chantal Thomas’ novel, Farewell, My Queen is set during the first days of the French Revolution, as seen from the perspective of the servants at Versailles. The synopsis below is from the Berlin Film Festival website: Versailles in July 1789. Unrest is growing in the court of King Louis the XVI (Xavier Beauvois). The people are rebelling — a revolution is imminent. Behind the facades of the royal palaces, everyone is thinking of fleeing, including Queen Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and her entourage.
- 1/4/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
French-Spanish period costumer "Farewell My Queen," directed by Benoit Jacquot, will open this year's Berlinale, which runs from February 9 to 19. The "upstairs downstairs" drama adapted from Chantal Thomas's novel stars Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette and Lea Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen as servants in Versailles at the start of the French Revolution. The film will compete for Berlin's Golden Bear. The festival is awarding Meryl Streep an honorary Golden Bear this year. The feature films to date in the Berlinale Panorama program are: 10+10 by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Toon, Wu Nien-Jen, Sylvia Chang, Chen Guo-Fu, Wei Te-Sheng, Chung Meng-Hung,...
- 1/4/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Berlinale's announced today that its 62nd edition will open on February 9 with the world premiere of Benoît Jacquot's Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen). "All the debauchery, betrayal, power and tragedy of Marie Antoinette's court in its last days witnessed by one of her readers," promises distributor Elle Driver, where you'll find a full synopsis and a few words from Jacquot. His film, set in Versailles at the dawn of the French Revolution, features Diane Kruger as the Queen and Léa Seydoux as one of her ladies-in-waiting and is based on Chantal Thomas's award-winning novel. France Télévisions has a two-minute report from the set.
In other news. Ioncinema has begun counting down its "Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012," starting with #100: Léos Carax's Holly Motors.
BAFTA will award its annual Fellowship to Martin Scorsese on February 12.
"Film actress Salma Hayek has been awarded one of...
In other news. Ioncinema has begun counting down its "Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012," starting with #100: Léos Carax's Holly Motors.
BAFTA will award its annual Fellowship to Martin Scorsese on February 12.
"Film actress Salma Hayek has been awarded one of...
- 1/4/2012
- MUBI
Following up the initial announcement of titles, the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival revealed it will open with the period drama Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell My Queen) today. From director Benoît Jacquot, the drama stars Inglourious Basterds lead Diane Kruger, as well as Léa Seydoux who broke-out in Midnight in Paris and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol this year. Based on, Chantal Thomas’ novel we have the first stills of the film (from Lumiere via The Playlist) that follows the “first few days of the French Revolution from the perspective of the servants at Versailles.”
Kruger, who plays Marie Antoinette here, has only appeared in one big film following her post-Basterds role with Unknown, but I look forward to her future work, especially with this film. I thought Seydoux was great as an action villain in Ghotocol and excited to see her career rise. Check out the stills below,...
Kruger, who plays Marie Antoinette here, has only appeared in one big film following her post-Basterds role with Unknown, but I look forward to her future work, especially with this film. I thought Seydoux was great as an action villain in Ghotocol and excited to see her career rise. Check out the stills below,...
- 1/4/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival will open at the Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2012 with the world premiere of the period drama Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell My Queen) that features such international stars as Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds), Léa Seydoux (Midnig
ht in Paris) and Virginie Ledoyen (Army of Crime).
In a screen adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ prize-winning novel of the same name, French Director Benoît Jacquot (Tosca, Villa Amalia, Deep in the Woods, among others) portrays the first days of the French Revolution from the perspective of the servants at Versailles. With ironic overtones, a historical drama unfolds that also draws parallels to the present.
Versailles in July 1789. Unrest is growing in the court of King Louis the XVI. The people are rebelling – a revolution is imminent. Behind the facades of the royal palaces, everyone is thinking of fleeing, including Queen Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and her entourage.
ht in Paris) and Virginie Ledoyen (Army of Crime).
In a screen adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ prize-winning novel of the same name, French Director Benoît Jacquot (Tosca, Villa Amalia, Deep in the Woods, among others) portrays the first days of the French Revolution from the perspective of the servants at Versailles. With ironic overtones, a historical drama unfolds that also draws parallels to the present.
Versailles in July 1789. Unrest is growing in the court of King Louis the XVI. The people are rebelling – a revolution is imminent. Behind the facades of the royal palaces, everyone is thinking of fleeing, including Queen Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and her entourage.
- 1/4/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Just when you thought you had a moment, it's all starting up again. A fresh movie year is ahead of us with major festivals at Sundance, SXSW and Cannes set to get the ball rolling in the first half of the year, and next month Berlin lays out their annual red carpet. This morning, organizers have announced that Benoit Jacquot's "Farewell, My Queen" will open the festival on February 9th. The picture is one we've been keeping an eye on for a while now. An adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ novel, the film sees Diane Kruger taking on the role Marie Antoinette with the beauitful Lea Seydoux (recently spied in "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol") as Sidonie Laborde, a reader to her royal majesty, in the story that is set during the final days of the French Revolution. The cast is rounded out by Virginie Ledoyen who stars as Marie's Bff,...
- 1/4/2012
- The Playlist
Cologne, Germany - Farewell My Queen, a period drama from director Benoit Jacquot (The Untouchable) starring Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, will open the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 9. Story: 'Iron Lady' Meryl Streep To Receive Berlin Golden Bear The film, an adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ prize-winning novel of the same name, is set in the early days of the French revolution as people begin to revolt against the court of King Louis the XVI. The film co-stars Lea Seydoux (Midnight in Paris) and Virginie Ledoyen (Army of Crime). In a rarity for
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- 1/4/2012
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Benoit Jacquot's historical drama Les Adieux a la reine to open Berlin. Farewell My Queen starring Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen, adapted from the award-winning novel by Chantal Thomas, will open this year's Berlin Film Festival, reports Variety. Benoît Jacquot directs as well as scripting alongside Gilles Taurand. The film is set during the final days of the French Revolution and looks at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers. Farewell My Queen aims for the Berlin Golden Bear award in Competition, with releases like Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, starring Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Max von Sydow, Brillante Mendoza's Captive, starring Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville and Marc Zanetta, Antonio Chavarrías' Childish Games (Dictado) starring Juan Diego...
- 1/4/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Benoit Jacquot's historical drama Les Adieux a la reine to open Berlin. Farewell My Queen starring Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen, adapted from the award-winning novel by Chantal Thomas, will open this year's Berlin Film Festival, reports Variety. Benoît Jacquot directs as well as scripting alongside Gilles Taurand. The film is set during the final days of the French Revolution and looks at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers. Farewell My Queen aims for the Berlin Golden Bear award in Competition, with releases like Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, starring Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Max von Sydow, Brillante Mendoza's Captive, starring Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville and Marc Zanetta, Antonio Chavarrías' Childish Games (Dictado) starring Juan Diego...
- 1/4/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Benoit Jacquot's historical drama Les Adieux a la reine to open Berlin. Farewell My Queen starring Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen, adapted from the award-winning novel by Chantal Thomas, will open this year's Berlin Film Festival, reports Variety. Benoît Jacquot directs as well as scripting alongside Gilles Taurand. The film is set during the final days of the French Revolution and looks at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers. Farewell My Queen aims for the Berlin Golden Bear award in Competition, with releases like Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, starring Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks and Max von Sydow, Brillante Mendoza's Captive, starring Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville and Marc Zanetta, Antonio Chavarrías' Childish Games (Dictado) starring Juan Diego...
- 1/4/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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