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♪
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Maid: Look, your baby sister
is being added to the painting.
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♪
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She's a pretty
little thing, isn't she?
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♪
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Perhaps some fresh air
would do you some good.
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Or...
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Or a carriage ride.
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Well, I just pushed
a child out of my body,
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so bouncing over
cobblestones holds
little appeal.
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I-I just meant that...
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you've not left
your room in months.
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I must get used to it.
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I'm told it's unsafe
for me to leave Versailles.
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♪
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Yes.
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That wretched Jeanne de Valois
and her vile lies.
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I wish she was
the only one
slandering me.
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[Knock on door]
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It's time for Madam Sophie
to go to the nursery.
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No, I want to
keep her with me.
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Thank you.
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You are not required.
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I told Yolande
to keep the secret.
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If you're going to be angry
with anyone, it should be me.
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Don't worry.
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I'm still furious
at both of you.
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Now, excuse me,
I was reading to Sophie.
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♪
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♪
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[Chains rattling,
man moaning in distance]
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♪
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I don't want
any visitors today.
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Are you listening?
I said no visitors.
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I'm here to help.
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[Keys jangling]
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Who are you?
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An admirer who wants
you to live.
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I hear you have
an infection.
Let me see.
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♪
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Oh, it should have
healed by now.
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You've been
picking at it.
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Not much else to do
around here.
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I have an ointment
that can help.
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What do you want?
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[Softly]
Oh, ****!
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[Softly]
You have shown the King
and Queen as tyrants,
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but there is more
to be done.
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I'm not interested
in politics.
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Are you interested
in freedom?
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We have presses
at the Palais Royal.
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We use them to
produce material
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that discredits
the royal regime.
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Write your story,
and we'll print it.
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In return...
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I'll secure your escape
from this place.
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What would I write?
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Tales of life at Versailles
with the King and Queen.
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I barely knew them.
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It'd sell better
if you did.
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I'll bring all you need
to write...
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and to escape.
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I'll never get
past this guard.
He hates me.
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I haven't had a meal
he hasn't spat in.
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Mm. Write your story.
I'll deal with the rest.
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[Keys jangling,
cell door banging]
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[Indistinct chatter]
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Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin.
Where's it gonna end up?
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Ah...
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Giddy up,
here comes your horse.
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Clippity-clop, clippity-clop,
clippity-clop.
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Breteuil: Your Majesty.
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I'm afraid we have another
blackmail letter from England.
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I told you,
I don't want to know.
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Well, this time La Motte
has included proof.
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He has your
private letters
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and has divined
their intimate content.
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I will go to London
and negotiate.
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Whatever he wants is
a small price.
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He gets nothing.
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Let him publish
and be damned.
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Well, yes, but...
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you need to think of
the wider implications.
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I...forbid you
from taking this any further.
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Thank you, Breteuil.
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Say what you have to say.
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He's right.
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You can't dismiss this.
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Listen, I know it's hard
to think about
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the Dauphin's situation,
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but one day, Normandy
will be the next King of France.
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These letters confirm the
timeline of our relationship,
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and they'll cast doubt
on the boy's parentage.
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It's blackmail.
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I'm not giving in
to blackmail.
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Let me deal with this.
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I know London.
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I'll find your letters.
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♪
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By the time you get
back from England,
I'll be myself again.
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♪
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Promise.
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♪
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Mustard paste,
to clear the lungs.
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How kind.
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♪
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[Groans, coughs]
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Calonne?
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Calonne: Oh, sorry.
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Oh, Majesty.
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[Coughing]
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Fear not.
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I have battled
through to deliver
an official draft
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of the tax reforms
for the Notables
to approve.
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Do other kings have to ask
permission to enact their will?
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♪
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What if the Notables defy me,
like the Parlement did?
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They won't.
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Vergennes has chosen them
carefully.
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Apart from Orleans,
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they are allies who will put
the needs of the country
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above their own
selfish interests.
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And when they endorse
your reforms,
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you will be the king
who ushered in
a new era for France.
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And you will be the nation's
greatest financial controller.
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We'll see.
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And Vergennes will be
the most loyal
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and honorable minister
a monarch could ask for.
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♪
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Vergennes? Vergennes?
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Vergennes!
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The doctor quickly,
the doctor, please.
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Yes, yes.
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Calonne: Help!
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Where's the doctor? Now!
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Please, please,
don't you dare leave me,
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Please don't leave me,
Vergennes.
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♪
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What a terrible shock.
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No man knows the hour
of his death.
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♪
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He was the only minister
who never betrayed me.
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♪
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And now I must persuade
the Notables without him.
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♪
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The Count De Vergennes
was a fine diplomat
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and a great statesman.
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It was his idea
to summon you here today
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in this Assembly of Notables,
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to hear my plans for improving
the revenue of the state
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and assuring a more equitable
assessment of taxation.
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Abuses in tax payment
are defected--
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Excuse me, are defended
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by self-interest
and ancient prejudice.
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These tax abuses oppress
the wealth-producing,
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laboring,
and professional class.
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[All murmuring, shouting]
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I plan to remedy this defect.
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[Murmuring and shouting
continue]
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A king who wants
the nobility and clergy
to pay their own way.
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Refreshingly democratic.
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You won't be saying that
when you get a land tax bill
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for your 6 million acres.
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-If that's the price of reform.
-Oh, please.
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The public might believe
your egalitarian codswallop,
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but you don't fool me.
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These proposals
are dangerous.
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The ordinary people
already resent us.
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If Louis enforces
these taxes,
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the church and nobility
will hate us, too.
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Josephine: Someone should
assassinate him.
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Someone hasn't forgiven Louis
for banishing her girlfriend.
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Still no letters
from the lovely Marguerite?
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-[Grunts]
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Well, she has not
forgotten you, my dear.
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There could be a thousand
reasons for her silence.
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Perhaps Marguerite
has rediscovered
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her love for her husband.
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It does happen.
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A visitor
from Parlement.
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-Gird yourself.
-I can come back later.
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Provence: No, no, no.
Stay.
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Close the door
on your way out.
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♪
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Does your brother know
you're entertaining his enemies?
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He sees you here often enough.
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♪
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Oh, you may speak freely
in front of my wife.
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Will the Notables approve
these, uh, tax reforms?
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They are certainly more
amenable to the King's plans
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than your parliament.
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They've been hand picked
to agree,
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and they don't know
the King is struggling
with his faculties.
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Parlement is concerned.
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Well, it needn't be.
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Reassure your colleagues
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that I have no intention
of allowing my brother
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to enact this lunacy.
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♪
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You knew.
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The trial was a mistake.
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I wonder what else you've been
right about over the years.
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My life might have been
different
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if I'd listened to you.
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But perhaps not
so interesting.
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Be honest.
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Did you know before
I told you about the Dauphin?
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No, of course not.
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♪
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Yolande knew.
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But she didn't tell me.
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I'm so sorry.
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You would never keep
anything like that from me.
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♪
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I have kept
something from you.
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Go on.
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S-So, Yolande
was determined
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that Calonne be made
financial controller.
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That's no secret.
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♪
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He was appointed...
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the night that you had
that dreadful miscarriage.
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Yolande saw you collapsed,
but...
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but she didn't
raise the alarm.
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And she left you to bleed
while she pushed Calonne
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for the job,
and she denied--
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♪
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I wanted to tell you
so many times.
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But I thought
you wouldn't believe me.
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♪
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I do believe you.
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♪
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Jeanne, voice-over:
How can I compose
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a skillful arrangement of events
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or gracefully express myself
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when I can only speak
a language dictated by sorrow?
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But I must take up this pen
to protect my memory
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from slanderous words of malice.
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Jeanne: There you go.
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Jeanne, voice-over: I have been
abused, insulted, and disgraced.
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The wounds inflicted on
my honor are too deep to heal.
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♪
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Your Majesty.
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I'm pleased to report
that the Notables
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are broadly in favor of
the changes to taxation.
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[Whispering] Thank God.
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[Softly]
Never doubted it.
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Provence: However,
before we discuss your
proposals in more depth,
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I must clarify a point
of confusion.
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We are told
these new taxes are necessary
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for the financial health
of the nation.
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But according to Mr. Necker's
famous report,
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our treasury makes an annual
profit of...
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12 million livres.
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[All murmuring]
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That is more than enough
to serve the country.
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So why does
His Majesty require more?
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It is not
for the assembly to question
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the King's requirements.
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We might be reassured
if His Majesty showed
us the accounts.
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[All murmuring in agreement]
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♪
263
00:15:55,366 --> 00:15:57,100
I--I wasn't
suggesting that.
264
00:15:57,100 --> 00:16:02,466
♪
265
00:16:02,466 --> 00:16:03,533
[Door slams]
266
00:16:04,866 --> 00:16:06,766
That bastard.
267
00:16:06,766 --> 00:16:08,366
Remember your place.
268
00:16:08,366 --> 00:16:10,566
♪
269
00:16:10,566 --> 00:16:13,033
We have spent years
covering up the deficit
270
00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:14,866
to save France
from financial ruin,
271
00:16:14,866 --> 00:16:16,966
and your brother's undone
all our work in two minutes.
272
00:16:16,966 --> 00:16:20,966
♪
273
00:16:20,966 --> 00:16:22,866
Everyone's gonna blame us
for this mess.
274
00:16:22,866 --> 00:16:25,400
♪
275
00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,700
We have to tell them
the frightening truth.
276
00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:29,900
We can't.
277
00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:31,066
[Door opens]
278
00:16:31,066 --> 00:16:35,900
♪
279
00:16:38,766 --> 00:16:40,933
You bastard!
280
00:16:43,733 --> 00:16:46,500
I didn't expect them
to ask to see the accounts.
281
00:16:48,166 --> 00:16:51,033
Anyway, it was
a fair question.
282
00:16:51,033 --> 00:16:54,566
Not in front
of the entire Assembly.
283
00:16:54,566 --> 00:16:56,333
Fine.
284
00:16:56,333 --> 00:16:57,600
If we are in surplus,
285
00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,233
why are you
in need of money?
286
00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:05,266
There is no surplus.
287
00:17:05,266 --> 00:17:09,333
-But--but Necker--
-Necker!
288
00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:13,066
Necker cooked the books
to hide our war spending.
289
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,166
♪
290
00:17:19,166 --> 00:17:21,566
If I share the accounts,
291
00:17:21,566 --> 00:17:24,000
it will show
that France is mired in debt
292
00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,533
that multiplies
every single day.
293
00:17:27,533 --> 00:17:29,500
How much do we owe?
294
00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:30,700
Six billion.
295
00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:38,733
♪
296
00:17:41,666 --> 00:17:45,366
But you said...
"a bit of debt."
297
00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,266
Six billion is not a bit.
298
00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,933
-I thought I could fix--
-Just don't.
299
00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:54,600
Don't.
300
00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,233
Everyone was so pleased
with me after the war.
301
00:17:56,233 --> 00:17:57,800
I didn't want to
let them down.
302
00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,233
Why on Earth would
you let me buy Saint-Cloud?
303
00:18:01,233 --> 00:18:02,533
To prevent you
and the children
from suffering,
304
00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:05,466
not for my mistakes.
I would--
305
00:18:05,466 --> 00:18:08,300
You deceived me.
306
00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:12,700
About this,
about the Dauphin's health.
307
00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:14,033
Louis: I am a truthful man.
308
00:18:14,033 --> 00:18:16,000
I never deceived you
about anything.
309
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,466
You are a liar!
310
00:18:21,966 --> 00:18:23,700
I don't know what to do.
311
00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:28,233
Alright? I don't know
how to rule.
312
00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:31,533
-I need Vergennes.
-No, you don't.
313
00:18:31,533 --> 00:18:33,033
You still have Calonne.
314
00:18:35,066 --> 00:18:36,900
[Indistinct chatter]
315
00:18:38,766 --> 00:18:40,433
Why did you want
to see me?
316
00:18:42,466 --> 00:18:44,100
I know you've been
whispering in corners
317
00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,733
with the King's brother.
318
00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:48,033
Is treason afoot?
319
00:18:48,033 --> 00:18:52,066
My concern is always
the preservation of the crown.
320
00:18:52,066 --> 00:18:54,266
[Door opens]
321
00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:57,566
Well, this is cozy.
322
00:18:57,566 --> 00:18:59,100
I tried to stop her.
323
00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:00,866
She wouldn't take no
for an answer.
324
00:19:00,866 --> 00:19:04,166
I heard you'd been summoned
to a chinwag.
325
00:19:04,166 --> 00:19:06,066
Did I miss my invitation?
326
00:19:06,066 --> 00:19:08,000
Well, forgive me,
Madame De Rohan,
327
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,266
I didn't know you were
joined at the hip.
328
00:19:10,266 --> 00:19:12,733
Only when it comes
to foiling your nasty
329
00:19:12,733 --> 00:19:14,833
little political maneuvers.
330
00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:19,733
My efforts saved your nephew
from the scaffold.
331
00:19:19,733 --> 00:19:22,500
But did not save him
from exile.
332
00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:25,866
Felicité: No good deed
goes unpunished.
333
00:19:25,866 --> 00:19:30,100
Well, now you're here,
334
00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:33,766
perhaps we can find
common ground.
335
00:19:33,766 --> 00:19:36,133
Show me one point
on which we agree.
336
00:19:37,666 --> 00:19:39,633
The King is a fool.
337
00:19:39,633 --> 00:19:43,866
I concede that his plans for
tax reform suggest idiocy.
338
00:19:43,866 --> 00:19:47,433
Well, if he wants us
to feather his nest,
339
00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:49,500
he must show the Notables
the accounts.
340
00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:51,900
For all we know,
he requires a new tax
341
00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:54,900
to fund his wife's
jewelry collection.
342
00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:56,633
Don't you believe the nobility
should pay their way?
343
00:19:56,633 --> 00:19:58,733
-We do pay!
344
00:19:58,733 --> 00:20:04,533
In blood, shed for the King
on the battlefield.
345
00:20:04,533 --> 00:20:06,866
Those who don't desert
their post.
346
00:20:06,866 --> 00:20:07,933
[Scoffs]
347
00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:09,966
Y-You are mistaken.
348
00:20:09,966 --> 00:20:12,033
I served with honor.
349
00:20:12,033 --> 00:20:14,966
Really?
I heard you abandoned ship
350
00:20:14,966 --> 00:20:16,866
at the first sound
of cannon fire.
351
00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:21,700
But it's so hard to know
who to believe these days.
352
00:20:21,700 --> 00:20:29,233
♪
353
00:20:29,233 --> 00:20:31,533
Antoinette, can't we
just go back to how we were?
354
00:20:31,533 --> 00:20:34,400
I mean, you can't be
angry with me forever.
355
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,966
-I can do as I please.
-[Scoffs]
356
00:20:37,966 --> 00:20:40,233
Marie: It's just
I can't find my notebook.
357
00:20:40,233 --> 00:20:42,266
-Where is it?
-Leave us.
358
00:20:42,266 --> 00:20:44,200
Marie: Oh, stay
where you are.
359
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,000
This is petty.
360
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,300
You know Louis swore me
to secrecy.
361
00:20:50,766 --> 00:20:52,500
You left me to bleed.
362
00:20:54,766 --> 00:20:56,166
Yolande: She's lying.
363
00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:01,700
She's always been jealous
of our friendship.
364
00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:04,100
My notebook.
365
00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:06,866
I need to write a list
of economies.
366
00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,733
You cannot believe her
over me.
367
00:21:10,733 --> 00:21:12,700
I've been at your side
since you were a girl.
368
00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:15,966
I loved you for it!
369
00:21:15,966 --> 00:21:17,766
Even when your behavior
has grieved me,
370
00:21:17,766 --> 00:21:20,533
I have preferred it
to the pain of losing you!
371
00:21:22,233 --> 00:21:24,866
So many people want me dead.
372
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,066
Just never thought
you would be one of them.
373
00:21:30,066 --> 00:21:31,400
No.
374
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,200
-No, no, no, please--
-Don't you--
375
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,266
[Gasps]
376
00:21:37,066 --> 00:21:39,100
You are not
in your right mind.
377
00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:46,733
Antoinette, you
cannot abandon me.
378
00:21:46,733 --> 00:21:48,866
You may stay at court
as long as you please,
379
00:21:48,866 --> 00:21:53,266
but your welfare is
no longer my concern.
380
00:21:55,733 --> 00:21:56,833
Leave.
381
00:22:10,766 --> 00:22:13,233
There. It is done.
382
00:22:13,233 --> 00:22:26,633
♪
383
00:22:26,633 --> 00:22:28,600
You and I are the same.
384
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,066
We have both devoted years
to loving individuals...
385
00:22:37,833 --> 00:22:40,366
unworthy of our affection.
386
00:22:40,366 --> 00:22:44,500
♪
387
00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,666
Calonne: Necker!
388
00:22:47,666 --> 00:22:50,566
♪
389
00:22:52,433 --> 00:22:54,233
[Grunting]
390
00:22:55,966 --> 00:22:59,966
I'm sure you all appreciate
that sharing the accounts
391
00:22:59,966 --> 00:23:02,800
outside of an official
financial report
392
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,700
would be, um...
against formality.
393
00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:09,200
Instead, may I suggest,
as delegate,
394
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,800
I could confer with His Majesty
and relay said information?
395
00:23:13,933 --> 00:23:16,433
You want the truth?
396
00:23:16,433 --> 00:23:19,566
Here it is. The accounts.
397
00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:21,733
[Murmuring]
398
00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:25,066
Every single secret loan
399
00:23:25,066 --> 00:23:29,133
that Necker ever took out
to hide the war expenditure.
400
00:23:29,133 --> 00:23:32,000
Provence:
What the hell, Calonne?
401
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,333
The King is not to blame
for this mess, nor me.
402
00:23:34,333 --> 00:23:41,900
♪
403
00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:43,400
Calonne?
404
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:48,800
♪
405
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,800
Calonne: We're not in surplus,
and we never have been.
406
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,100
Thanks to Necker, we're
in terrible, catastrophic debt,
407
00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:57,700
and the only way to fix it
408
00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:01,533
is for you dimwits
to approve the tax reforms.
409
00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:04,933
♪
410
00:24:04,933 --> 00:24:07,533
-What are you doing?
-Let them see the truth.
411
00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:10,100
They need to understand
what's at stake.
412
00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:12,300
No. No, don't.
413
00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:16,500
You traitor!
414
00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:17,866
Calonne: We have to. It's over.
415
00:24:17,866 --> 00:24:19,266
You traitor,
get out of my sight!
416
00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:20,466
[Grunts]
417
00:24:20,466 --> 00:24:22,333
[All murmuring]
418
00:24:22,333 --> 00:24:29,333
♪
419
00:24:29,333 --> 00:24:30,966
Give me those.
420
00:24:33,066 --> 00:24:36,566
Give them, give them! Now!
421
00:24:36,566 --> 00:24:38,100
Louis!
422
00:24:40,033 --> 00:24:42,233
Get a grip.
You look deranged.
423
00:24:43,466 --> 00:24:45,066
It's you.
It's your fault.
424
00:24:45,066 --> 00:24:50,000
♪
425
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,100
[Breathing heavily]
426
00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:59,900
♪
427
00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:01,100
Louis?
428
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:08,566
♪
429
00:25:08,566 --> 00:25:12,366
I am a liar,
and now I've been exposed.
430
00:25:12,366 --> 00:25:31,100
♪
431
00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:33,533
You didn't have a choice.
432
00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:37,300
I see why you hid it.
433
00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:41,466
♪
434
00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:43,500
Calonne betrayed me.
435
00:25:44,833 --> 00:25:46,733
He must go.
436
00:25:46,733 --> 00:25:48,400
No.
437
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,266
Then I will have no one.
438
00:25:50,266 --> 00:25:51,566
You have me.
439
00:25:54,333 --> 00:25:55,900
I will help you.
440
00:25:55,900 --> 00:26:14,166
♪
441
00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:16,466
France is grateful
for your service.
442
00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:20,533
If I go now...
443
00:26:20,533 --> 00:26:23,566
all the work we've done,
it will be for nothing.
444
00:26:23,566 --> 00:26:27,200
♪
445
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,366
I see.
446
00:26:28,366 --> 00:26:48,366
♪
447
00:26:48,366 --> 00:26:49,766
Felicité, whispering:
Clothes.
448
00:26:49,766 --> 00:26:52,700
♪
449
00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,200
There's a carriage
waiting outside
450
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,266
in the name Monsieur Henri.
451
00:26:56,266 --> 00:26:58,166
[Whispering]
What about the guards?
452
00:26:58,166 --> 00:26:59,833
They've been bribed.
453
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,666
Even him?
454
00:27:02,666 --> 00:27:04,133
No.
455
00:27:04,133 --> 00:27:06,466
He might take a little
extra persuasion.
456
00:27:07,866 --> 00:27:09,766
You might find the filling
a little sharp.
457
00:27:09,766 --> 00:28:09,466
♪
458
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:13,133
What is going on
with Louis?
459
00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,200
He's not turning up
to any of his meetings.
460
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,466
-He's been resting.
-There is no time.
461
00:28:19,466 --> 00:28:21,300
He needs a new
financial controller.
462
00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:24,800
-He's aware.
-The Assembly was chaos.
463
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,433
-And Paris, it is out of cont--
-Shh!
464
00:28:27,433 --> 00:28:32,233
People are openly
spouting dissent
without fear of censure.
465
00:28:32,233 --> 00:28:34,600
Louis must deal with it.
He can't just hide away.
466
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,166
-I must see him.
-He's not taking visitors.
467
00:28:37,166 --> 00:28:39,266
Well, if you won't
tell him what's
happening, then I will.
468
00:28:39,266 --> 00:28:41,466
He is not taking any visit--
469
00:28:41,466 --> 00:28:42,600
Nurse!
470
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,833
♪
471
00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:47,800
You've rested long enough.
472
00:28:50,033 --> 00:28:53,566
Louis? What are you doing?
473
00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:55,766
I tried to map the...
474
00:28:55,766 --> 00:28:58,400
the course of La Perouse,
but I couldn't.
475
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,800
Marie:
I told you to leave him.
476
00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,766
-Leave him.
-Provence: He's not dressed.
477
00:29:05,766 --> 00:29:07,100
-He's not well.
-Go!
478
00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:14,433
♪
479
00:29:14,433 --> 00:29:17,833
Marie:
Louis. Louis. Come on.
480
00:29:17,833 --> 00:29:20,500
They're blaming you for this.
They are blaming you for this.
481
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,100
They're calling you
Madame Deficit,
482
00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:23,266
-and it's--it's my fault.
-Well, I don't care
483
00:29:23,266 --> 00:29:25,066
what they call me!
484
00:29:25,066 --> 00:29:27,933
-But I can't do anything.
-Oh, you can, you can.
485
00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,133
-You can. You must.
-I can't do anything.
486
00:29:30,133 --> 00:29:31,600
-Look at me. Look at me.
-I can't rule!
487
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:36,966
♪
488
00:29:36,966 --> 00:29:38,200
I can't rule.
489
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,666
♪
490
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,500
You sent for me?
491
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,933
What do I need to know?
492
00:29:54,933 --> 00:29:56,433
About what?
493
00:29:58,433 --> 00:30:02,066
Politics. The economy.
Everything.
494
00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:05,733
-The King--
-Is temporarily indisposed.
495
00:30:05,733 --> 00:30:09,733
Oh, my gosh.
My mother ruled an empire.
496
00:30:09,733 --> 00:30:13,966
I'm sure I can look
after France for a day or two.
497
00:30:13,966 --> 00:30:18,933
Now, tell me.
What's going on?
498
00:30:18,933 --> 00:30:21,733
The Assembly
of Notables has failed.
499
00:30:21,733 --> 00:30:25,866
And the economy is hanging
by a thread.
500
00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:27,766
We need money now.
501
00:30:27,766 --> 00:30:29,333
How much?
502
00:30:29,333 --> 00:30:32,400
Somewhere in
the region of 500 million.
503
00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:38,066
Can we get another loan
from Parlement?
504
00:30:38,066 --> 00:30:40,066
Unlikely.
505
00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:43,100
They are furious about
the prospect of tax reform.
506
00:30:45,066 --> 00:30:47,600
Then we must put
their minds at ease.
507
00:30:52,033 --> 00:30:55,166
Who's our most vocal opponent
in Parlement?
508
00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:57,033
Malherbe.
509
00:30:57,033 --> 00:30:58,566
Bring him to me.
510
00:31:01,733 --> 00:31:03,333
One more thing,
Your Majesty.
511
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:09,266
Please make it good news.
512
00:31:09,266 --> 00:31:12,466
I'm afraid Jeanne La Motte
has escaped from prison.
513
00:31:12,466 --> 00:31:19,233
♪
514
00:31:19,233 --> 00:31:20,733
Josephine, voice-over:
Does your heart not ache
515
00:31:20,733 --> 00:31:22,566
in the absence
of our exchanges?
516
00:31:22,566 --> 00:31:25,133
♪
517
00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:28,000
Perhaps you found
my correspondence dull.
518
00:31:29,366 --> 00:31:32,433
This will be the last I write.
519
00:31:32,433 --> 00:31:34,033
I will trouble you no more.
520
00:31:34,033 --> 00:31:36,900
♪
521
00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:39,200
[Sobbing]
522
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,066
♪
523
00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:43,966
[Door opens]
524
00:31:43,966 --> 00:31:45,533
The Queen is meeting
with Malherbe.
525
00:31:45,533 --> 00:31:47,266
Well, that's nice.
526
00:31:47,266 --> 00:31:52,100
For God's sake, wake up!
This is serious.
527
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:53,900
Louis has genuinely lost
his mind.
528
00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:55,600
Well, isn't that
what you wanted?
529
00:32:00,566 --> 00:32:01,700
I don't know.
530
00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:02,933
[Josephine sighs]
531
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,333
I didn't want her ruling
in his place.
532
00:32:09,233 --> 00:32:10,633
What should we do?
533
00:32:10,633 --> 00:32:14,333
I don't know.
It doesn't matter.
534
00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:18,766
What--what do you mean?
535
00:32:18,766 --> 00:32:20,066
[Sighs]
536
00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:24,366
It's all so pointless.
537
00:32:27,366 --> 00:32:29,600
[Sobbing]
538
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,400
She abandoned me and...
539
00:32:33,366 --> 00:32:35,466
[Sobbing continues]
540
00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:52,333
Your Majesty.
541
00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:53,833
Thank you for coming.
542
00:32:53,833 --> 00:32:55,500
Uh, where is--
543
00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:57,266
The King is
on urgent business.
544
00:32:57,266 --> 00:33:01,000
I speak
as his ambassador.
545
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,633
This is most irregular.
546
00:33:03,633 --> 00:33:05,833
These are irregular times.
547
00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:16,133
Now, politics are
not my forte.
548
00:33:16,133 --> 00:33:18,100
So, obviously, I don't
understand
549
00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:21,700
the details of the King's
proposal, but...
550
00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:25,733
he wants
the Parlement to lend
him 500 million livres.
551
00:33:25,733 --> 00:33:27,300
[Scoffs]
552
00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,333
That's impossible.
I demand to see the King.
553
00:33:29,333 --> 00:33:31,933
In--in--in return--
almost forgot--
554
00:33:31,933 --> 00:33:33,933
he will drop
his tax reforms.
555
00:33:35,566 --> 00:33:37,066
Huh.
556
00:33:37,066 --> 00:33:39,200
There will be no
increased tax
557
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,333
on the church
and nobility?
558
00:33:41,333 --> 00:33:43,833
Oh, no.
No need to bother them.
559
00:33:43,833 --> 00:33:47,033
No need for extra taxes
if the Paris Parlement
560
00:33:47,033 --> 00:33:49,233
just grants Louis
the money he requires.
561
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,866
Well...it will have
to be debated.
562
00:33:56,866 --> 00:33:59,033
The King respects
due process.
563
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,433
Hmm.
564
00:34:02,433 --> 00:34:03,600
Tea?
565
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,233
[Indistinct chatter]
566
00:34:10,766 --> 00:34:18,666
♪
567
00:34:18,666 --> 00:34:21,066
Louis: Why are they
still talking?
568
00:34:21,066 --> 00:34:23,166
Marie:
It's just a formality.
569
00:34:23,166 --> 00:34:25,533
Once they agree the loan,
we can go back.
570
00:34:25,533 --> 00:34:30,933
♪
571
00:34:30,933 --> 00:34:34,133
-I have had enough of this.
-Louis, just a little longer.
572
00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:37,000
Just a little longer.
573
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,700
-No, I've had enough.
-No, Louis, no, no.
574
00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,000
Louis, please, please.
575
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,366
You have debated long enough.
576
00:34:41,366 --> 00:34:42,966
[Chatter continues]
577
00:34:45,133 --> 00:34:47,033
[Loudly] You have debated
long enough!
578
00:34:51,100 --> 00:34:53,200
The matter is decided.
579
00:34:54,566 --> 00:34:56,400
You will give me the loan
I require.
580
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,266
Majesty, we must
follow proceedings.
581
00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:04,533
He's right, Louis.
Please sit down.
582
00:35:04,533 --> 00:35:08,100
My--my word is enough
for this to pass.
583
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,633
I command this edict
to be registered!
584
00:35:12,466 --> 00:35:14,400
Orleans: Registration without
the consent of Parlement
585
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:15,900
is illegal.
586
00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:19,266
It is legal because I am King
and I want it!
587
00:35:19,266 --> 00:35:21,366
Monsieur President,
588
00:35:21,366 --> 00:35:24,533
His Majesty's request
must be declared null and void.
589
00:35:26,233 --> 00:35:28,733
The Duke of Orleans
is correct.
590
00:35:30,966 --> 00:35:33,133
The King's demand
for a loan is denied.
591
00:35:33,133 --> 00:35:37,166
No. No!
592
00:35:37,166 --> 00:35:38,333
Traitor.
593
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,433
You are a traitor.
You're all traitors, everyone.
594
00:35:42,433 --> 00:35:48,400
♪
595
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,366
The King's behavior
demonstrates
596
00:35:50,366 --> 00:35:52,666
that Parlement must have
the power to protect France
597
00:35:52,666 --> 00:35:54,333
from royal despotism.
598
00:35:57,433 --> 00:36:00,733
The crown must be held
accountable for its actions,
599
00:36:00,733 --> 00:36:03,200
or France is vulnerable
to tyrannical rule.
600
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,000
[Applause]
601
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,533
[Cheering and applause]
602
00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:25,666
♪
603
00:36:25,666 --> 00:36:26,766
Put me down!
604
00:36:26,766 --> 00:36:38,266
♪
605
00:36:38,266 --> 00:36:41,233
Let me guess,
a letter from the King.
606
00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:43,800
We should do this
somewhere more private.
607
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,066
No. Let's do it here.
608
00:36:46,066 --> 00:36:52,100
♪
609
00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:55,233
I've been banished
from Versailles again!
610
00:36:55,233 --> 00:36:57,400
[Cheers and applause]
611
00:37:02,966 --> 00:37:04,566
[Crickets chirping]
612
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,733
Ah. First Marguerite,
now Orleans.
613
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:16,433
If Louis keeps
banishing people,
614
00:37:16,433 --> 00:37:18,433
you'll be ruling
from an empty palace.
615
00:37:24,966 --> 00:37:28,433
You imagine that
alcohol consoles you.
616
00:37:28,433 --> 00:37:30,400
I can see why.
617
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,800
But it's blunting
your wits, Josephine.
618
00:37:36,633 --> 00:37:38,433
I've seen the papers
619
00:37:38,433 --> 00:37:40,300
regarding
Marguerite's exile.
620
00:37:41,933 --> 00:37:48,433
♪
621
00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:51,366
Provence and Adelaide
were behind it.
622
00:37:52,566 --> 00:37:55,500
Neither Louis nor I
have acted against you.
623
00:37:57,766 --> 00:38:01,033
Pick your side carefully.
624
00:38:01,033 --> 00:38:10,100
♪
625
00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,666
Where are they?!
626
00:38:12,666 --> 00:38:14,700
[Breathing heavily]
627
00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:20,366
♪
628
00:38:20,366 --> 00:38:21,933
[Sobbing]
629
00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:39,666
♪
630
00:38:39,666 --> 00:38:42,266
Marguerite, voice-over:
I am tormented.
631
00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:45,466
Each hour that passes reminds
me of your indifference.
632
00:38:46,833 --> 00:38:50,166
My husband keeps me confined
and guarded.
633
00:38:50,166 --> 00:38:53,300
I plot every hour
to find a way back to you.
634
00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:57,500
I will have my revenge
on this man who has wronged me.
635
00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:10,533
♪
636
00:39:10,533 --> 00:39:11,833
Mr. Necker.
637
00:39:14,633 --> 00:39:16,466
You remember this room?
638
00:39:16,466 --> 00:39:19,233
I occupied it
for many years.
639
00:39:19,233 --> 00:39:21,100
While you ran up the deficit.
640
00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:22,866
Yes.
641
00:39:22,866 --> 00:39:25,600
And yet the people loved you.
642
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,866
For some reason,
they still do.
643
00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:32,400
The King doesn't share
their admiration for you,
644
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,600
and neither do I.
645
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,966
But it has been decided that
you should return to government
646
00:39:37,966 --> 00:39:40,066
as financial controller.
647
00:39:40,066 --> 00:39:43,600
Thank you, but I
no longer seek office.
648
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,266
This is not a request.
649
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,733
You got us into this mess.
650
00:39:51,733 --> 00:39:54,433
Now get us out of it.
651
00:39:54,433 --> 00:39:57,166
Unfortunately, it seems you're
the only one who can do that.
652
00:40:00,233 --> 00:40:02,266
We look forward to hearing
your proposals.
653
00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:06,300
♪
654
00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:07,600
[Door closes]
655
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:14,166
♪
656
00:40:14,166 --> 00:40:17,800
♪
657
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:52,800
♪
658
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,533
La Motte:
What are you wearing?
659
00:40:57,633 --> 00:41:00,733
Trousers. I like them.
660
00:41:04,033 --> 00:41:05,733
What did I miss?
661
00:41:06,966 --> 00:41:09,733
Swedish invasion.
662
00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:11,300
Fersen must
really love her.
663
00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:13,766
[Clattering]
664
00:41:13,766 --> 00:41:15,600
[Thunder rumbles]
665
00:41:19,833 --> 00:41:22,000
Now you try?
666
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,400
[Baby chatters and laughs]
667
00:41:35,066 --> 00:41:36,666
[Baby fussing]
668
00:41:44,833 --> 00:41:55,200
♪
669
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:59,433
Uh...hey, come on,
we're going to go.
670
00:41:59,433 --> 00:42:02,800
Got to go now.
Let's go.
671
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:04,200
[Baby fusses]
672
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,400
Uh, Nurse?
Can you fetch the Dauphin?
673
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:14,033
♪
674
00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:15,066
[Nurse gasps]
675
00:42:15,066 --> 00:42:20,533
♪
676
00:42:20,533 --> 00:42:21,766
Quickly now, come along.
677
00:42:21,766 --> 00:43:41,166
♪
678
00:43:41,166 --> 00:43:45,366
Fersen: Back home, it's
tradition for the father to...
679
00:43:45,366 --> 00:43:47,066
to build the coffin.
680
00:43:49,866 --> 00:43:51,900
He goes out
to collect spruce
681
00:43:51,900 --> 00:43:55,033
and thistle down
to make a mattress...
682
00:43:57,033 --> 00:44:00,633
so he's sure that
the child's comfortable,
even in death.
683
00:44:00,633 --> 00:44:04,600
♪
684
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,666
The doctor said
she didn't suffer.
685
00:44:06,666 --> 00:44:09,833
♪
686
00:44:09,833 --> 00:44:12,433
She just slipped away...
687
00:44:12,433 --> 00:44:15,166
♪
688
00:44:15,166 --> 00:44:16,733
in her sleep.
689
00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:20,600
[Knock on door]
690
00:44:24,366 --> 00:44:26,233
I'm sorry, but I must
speak with the Queen.
691
00:44:26,233 --> 00:44:28,533
-Can't it wait?
-I'm afraid not.
692
00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:31,700
The situation in
the countryside is worse
693
00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:33,300
than we originally thought.
694
00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:39,600
Go on.
695
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,833
The peasants were
already hungry
696
00:44:41,833 --> 00:44:45,166
before the storm wiped out
the harvest.
697
00:44:45,166 --> 00:44:48,633
Now more starving people
are heading to Paris
698
00:44:48,633 --> 00:44:50,566
looking for food.
699
00:44:50,566 --> 00:44:53,033
We need to
provide more aid.
700
00:44:53,033 --> 00:44:56,100
But do we have
the resources? The deficit--
701
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:58,233
We have been making
savings, yes.
702
00:44:58,233 --> 00:44:59,900
Not enough to make
a difference.
703
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:04,500
We can't let people starve
704
00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:07,033
because of a stupid hailstorm.
705
00:45:07,033 --> 00:45:09,633
There are also other
factors at play.
706
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,066
Our agents suspect
Orleans is buying up grain
707
00:45:14,066 --> 00:45:16,766
and storing it for himself.
708
00:45:16,766 --> 00:45:19,400
-Oh, my God.
-Do you want him arrested?
709
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:23,600
We--we can't act
on suspicions.
710
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,100
Every move we make
711
00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:27,633
only increases his popularity
with the people.
712
00:45:27,633 --> 00:45:30,700
-Well, how do we proceed?
-[Sighs]
713
00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:33,633
We--we...
714
00:45:33,633 --> 00:45:35,566
What about Louis?
715
00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:37,166
Is he aware of this?
716
00:45:38,333 --> 00:45:41,666
His nerves are still bad.
717
00:45:41,666 --> 00:45:44,200
I thought it better
to come to you.
718
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,033
♪
719
00:45:47,033 --> 00:45:48,633
[Bells tolling]
720
00:45:50,633 --> 00:45:52,566
We hardly talk these days.
721
00:45:52,566 --> 00:45:54,633
I am busy with my cause.
722
00:45:54,633 --> 00:45:56,666
Ah, yes, abolition.
723
00:45:56,666 --> 00:46:00,100
Little tip-- if you want
to achieve anything,
724
00:46:00,100 --> 00:46:02,533
you have to play dirty.
725
00:46:02,533 --> 00:46:04,766
What do you mean?
726
00:46:04,766 --> 00:46:07,466
Is there any bread?
We're starving.
727
00:46:07,466 --> 00:46:10,133
Woman: Please, please, sir.
Just a bit of bread.
728
00:46:10,133 --> 00:46:12,833
Woman: Please, sir,
just some bread. Please.
729
00:46:12,833 --> 00:46:15,900
-Take that hailstorm.
-A dreadful disaster.
730
00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:19,566
Yes, but also
an opportunity.
731
00:46:19,566 --> 00:46:22,566
An enterprising man
can make capital
in a time of shortage.
732
00:46:22,566 --> 00:46:30,100
♪
733
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:33,700
Peasants are killing
themselves to escape hunger,
734
00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:35,400
and you want to make
money from misery?
735
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,033
Not money. Capital.
736
00:46:38,033 --> 00:46:40,033
Political capital.
737
00:46:40,033 --> 00:46:42,066
Versailles has no money
to help them.
738
00:46:42,066 --> 00:46:43,900
Perhaps they will turn
their allegiance to someone
739
00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:46,666
who can actually feed them.
740
00:46:46,666 --> 00:46:49,400
You're despicable.
741
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,600
No. I mean it.
742
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:57,966
♪
743
00:46:57,966 --> 00:46:59,866
Good luck with your cause.
744
00:46:59,866 --> 00:47:02,200
If you're going to take
the moral high ground,
745
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:03,466
you'll need it.
746
00:47:07,466 --> 00:47:08,766
Everyone!
747
00:47:08,766 --> 00:47:10,666
[Crowd quiets]
748
00:47:10,666 --> 00:47:13,966
Tell the people to come
to the door of my kitchen.
749
00:47:13,966 --> 00:47:16,000
I have plenty of bread to share.
750
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,600
[Crowd murmurs]
751
00:47:20,166 --> 00:47:22,300
Necker: My popularity has
given the market a boost,
752
00:47:22,300 --> 00:47:25,133
but the fundamental problem
of the debt remains.
753
00:47:25,133 --> 00:47:27,200
Why did you lie?
754
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:28,800
About the deficit.
755
00:47:31,966 --> 00:47:33,266
Speak.
756
00:47:34,566 --> 00:47:38,233
Sometimes one must tell
a monarch what he wants to hear.
757
00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:40,933
[Muffled laugh]
758
00:47:47,366 --> 00:47:49,866
Tell me the truth.
759
00:47:49,866 --> 00:47:51,933
Tell me only the truth.
760
00:47:55,500 --> 00:47:57,566
To save the economy,
the King must
761
00:47:57,566 --> 00:48:00,566
enact his tax reforms
immediately.
762
00:48:00,566 --> 00:48:03,100
-How?
-The only way to do that
763
00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:05,300
is to call
an estates general.
764
00:48:05,300 --> 00:48:08,800
-A what?
-An old institution.
765
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:10,966
Representatives of the clergy,
766
00:48:10,966 --> 00:48:13,900
nobility, and commoners
gather to advise the King.
767
00:48:13,900 --> 00:48:15,700
Necker, I've never
heard of it.
768
00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:17,966
That's because the estates
general hasn't gathered
769
00:48:17,966 --> 00:48:19,666
for over 100 years.
770
00:48:21,766 --> 00:48:25,133
Well, what if--
if we do nothing?
771
00:48:25,133 --> 00:48:27,400
Famine. Rising prices.
772
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:31,366
A rebellious aristocracy
eager to limit the King's power.
773
00:48:31,366 --> 00:48:33,666
Yes. Something will snap.
774
00:48:33,666 --> 00:48:36,600
You must talk to the King.
775
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,866
You have to convince him
776
00:48:38,866 --> 00:48:41,166
to summon the estates general
immediately.
777
00:48:41,166 --> 00:49:00,400
♪
778
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,533
Marie, voice-over: I asked
you to come because,
779
00:49:02,533 --> 00:49:05,900
well, everything
got too much--
780
00:49:05,900 --> 00:49:09,866
the deficit,
Vergennes, Sophie.
781
00:49:09,866 --> 00:49:13,000
♪
782
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:16,866
Louis needs time
and rest.
783
00:49:16,866 --> 00:49:20,100
♪
784
00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:21,566
And me.
785
00:49:23,733 --> 00:49:26,366
The country also needs me,
so I'm just...
786
00:49:26,366 --> 00:49:28,700
Between my duties
and the children, I...
787
00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:31,166
-I don't know how to--
-You're sending me away.
788
00:49:31,166 --> 00:49:32,566
No, I'm, I'm--
789
00:49:32,566 --> 00:49:33,633
Well, that is what
it sounds like.
790
00:49:33,633 --> 00:49:35,200
I'm split into
too many pieces.
791
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,600
Now? Seriously?
792
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,866
No, I'm...I just,
I don't have time
793
00:49:39,866 --> 00:49:41,966
for a private life,
not at the moment.
794
00:49:41,966 --> 00:49:47,800
♪
795
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:48,833
It's fine.
796
00:49:48,833 --> 00:50:02,533
♪
797
00:50:02,533 --> 00:50:04,133
Felicité: Hot off the press.
798
00:50:05,733 --> 00:50:07,533
Jeanne La Motte
de Valois,
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00:50:07,533 --> 00:50:10,400
"My Life at Versailles."
800
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,733
-Any good?
-The crown is gonna hate it.
801
00:50:13,733 --> 00:50:17,833
♪
802
00:50:17,833 --> 00:50:19,800
"Oh, I have some strong
opinions
803
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:23,266
Orleans and Jeanne:
about the government
of my country"...
804
00:50:23,266 --> 00:50:25,300
Jeanne: One day,
I hope to see a government
805
00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:28,466
that dispenses freedom
and happiness...
806
00:50:28,466 --> 00:50:36,466
♪
807
00:50:36,466 --> 00:50:38,666
and the abolishment
of institutions
808
00:50:38,666 --> 00:50:41,333
that give one class of men
the impunity
809
00:50:41,333 --> 00:50:43,200
to oppress another.
810
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:51,200
♪
811
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,233
But let it be known
812
00:50:53,233 --> 00:50:56,300
that whatever ingenuity
my enemies use to turn the tide
813
00:50:56,300 --> 00:50:59,266
of popular prejudice
against me,
814
00:50:59,266 --> 00:51:04,633
I will seat myself here,
firmly on the rock of truth,
815
00:51:04,633 --> 00:51:07,633
even as the angry waves
of falsehood
816
00:51:07,633 --> 00:51:09,766
break with fury at my feet.
817
00:51:09,766 --> 00:51:31,233
♪
818
00:51:35,333 --> 00:51:41,400
♪
819
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,200
The DVD version
of this program
820
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,066
is available online
and in stores.
821
00:51:46,066 --> 00:51:47,633
This program is
also available
822
00:51:47,633 --> 00:51:48,866
with PBS Passport
823
00:51:48,866 --> 00:51:51,333
and on Amazon Prime Video
824
00:51:51,333 --> 00:52:15,433
♪
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