The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 TV Movie)

Jenny Agutter: Louise de la Valliere

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Quotes 

• Phillipe : Is there no one I can trust?

  Louise de la Vallière : None. You are a King.

• Phillipe : My heart, my life, are in these hands.

  Louise de la Vallière : And both are safe and sound.

• Fouquet : What a cunning vixen you have become, for one so innocent.

  Louise de la Vallière : Necessity is my tutor, to my shame.

• King Louis XIV : Our ballet has bored you, my dear?

  Louise de la Vallière : Your majesty misconstrues.

  King Louis XIV : Give us your opinion then.

  Louise de la Vallière : Very nice.

  King Louis XIV : Nice. We are overwhelmed by your praise.

• King Louis XIV : You find a simple flower more beautiful than our creation?

  Louise de la Vallière : Only in that its beauty is natural, not painted on or contrived.

  King Louis XIV : There... .

  [the king shreds her flower to pieces] 

  King Louis XIV : You see how transitory your natural beauty is.