The Death of Louis XIV (2016)1h55
Drama · History
Director Albert Serra
Also directed Pacifiction, Afternoons of Solitude, Liberté, and 27 more
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.
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Cast
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Patrick d'Assumçao
Marc Susini- Bernard Belin
Irène Silvagni
Vicenç Altaió
Jacques Henric
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