Farewell, My Queen

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Alain E @AlainE Feb 4, 2025 A very impressive rendition of the collapsing old order during the onset of the French Revolution. Presented through the eyes of a young female servant to the queen, I thought that the director must have been a woman, which is actually incorrect. This is not a piece of analysis that explains the forces that brought on the upheaval. Our point of view is the interior of the palace as the governing classes have to decide how to react to the changing social order. And no, Marie Antoinette, interpreted by Diane Kruger, does not advise the masses to eat cake if they can’t find bread. If you want to see masses breaking into palaces and beheadings this is the wrong movie. The queen’s young reader, an excellent Lea Seydoux, is trying to understand the world around her, both the changing political climate and also the different choices of sexual attraction. See more

Andy L @RT13045864 Jul 31, 2023 Such a good film. I love the authentic portrayal of this period and of Versailles and Marie Antoinette. It plays on gossip but it feels very authentic despite that. Diane Kruger makes for a very humanized and layered Marie Antoinette. A real treat. See more

Gareth v @geewah Jun 15, 2023 A solid enough tale of the last few days of the French monarchy. It's beautifully shot and starts of promisingly enough but does trail into the soap opera territory as it proceeds. See more

s r @ScottR Jan 21, 2023 Could have been more, but it succeeded in its goal to present a different perspective of the French Revolution from the inside of Versailles from a servant's point of view. It showed us their struggles in comparison to the royalty. However, the poetic license distracted and undermined the story. I saw it for my wife since she was fascinated with Antoinette. It was on Tubi. See more

Dec 7, 2020 Beautifully shot but just doesn't get the empathy for either the touching Seydoux navigating personal politics for survival or spoiled Queen and Duchess Kruger and Ledoyen See more

lars p @LarsP Feb 3, 2020 "Les Adieux à la reine" is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time, with an excellent Léa Seydoux. A study how the power of the old regime and relationships fall apart. See more

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