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Look, your little sister is in the painting.

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She's small and pretty, isn't she?

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A little fresh air can do you good.

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Or a ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

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I just gave birth to a child.

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That doesn't sound appealing
to bump over the cobblestones.

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I just meant...

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You haven't left your room
for several months.

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I have to get used to it.

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I have been told it is not
safe to leave Versailles.

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Yes. Jeanne de Valois
is a pathetic liar.

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Only she was the only one
who slandered me.

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Mrs. Sophie
must go to the children's room.

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No, I want to keep her
with me. Thanks.

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It is not necessary.

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I asked Yolande to
to keep it a secret.

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If you are angry with someone,
it should be me.

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Don't worry, I'm still furious
on both of you.

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Sorry, I was reading for Sophie.

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I don't want visitors today.

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Are you listening?
I said no visitors!

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I am here to help.

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-Who are you?
-An admirer who wants you to live.

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I heard you have an infection.
Let me just look at it.

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It should be healed now.
You've nailed it.

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- I have nothing else to do.
- I have an ointment that can help.

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What do you want?

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Damn it!

29
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You have shown
that the king and queen are tyrants.

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- But there is still much to do.
- Politics does not interest me.

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Are you interested in freedom?

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You have printers in the Palais-Royal.

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We use them for material,
that puts the regime in a bad light.

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Write your story,
then we print it.

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In return, I will help you
to escape from this place.

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What should I write?

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Stories of life at Versailles
with the king and queen.

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- I barely knew them.
-It would sell if you did.

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I have everything you need for
to write and escape.

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I'll never get past that shift.
He hates me.

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I haven't had a meal,
in which he has not spat.

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Write your story.
I'll handle the rest.

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Spin, spin... I wonder where it lands?

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Come on, here comes your horse.

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Cut-knock, cut-knock...

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Your Majesty.

47
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Unfortunately, we have not received it yet
a blackmail letter from England.

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I have said
that I don't want to know.

49
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This time La Motte has
attached evidence.

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He has your private letters

51
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and have read the intimate content.

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I am going to negotiate in London.
We must give what he demands.

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He gets nothing.

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Let him publish
and take the consequences.

55
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Yes, but you have to think
on the wider consequences.

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I forbid you
to continue with this.

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Thank you, Breteuil.

58
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Now it's my turn.

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-Say what you have to say.
- He's right.

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You can't deny it.

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I know it's hard
to think of the Dauphin's situation.

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But one day Normandy will get
the next king of France.

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These letters confirm the timeline
for our relationship,

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and people will doubt
the boy's parentage.

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It's extortion.

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- I will not give in to it.
- Let me handle this.

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I know London.
I'll probably find your letters.

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When you come back from England,

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I want to be myself again.

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I promise.

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-Mustard paste to cleanse the lungs.
-How thoughtful.

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-Calonne?
-Sorry, Your Majesty.

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Fear not. I have struggled
through and made an official draft

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for the tax reform,
which the notables must approve.

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Shall other kings ask permission to
to carry out their will?

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What if they defy me
as with Parliament?

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They don't.
Vergennes has chosen them carefully.

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Except for Orleans, it was them
allies who set the country's needs

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over their own selfish interests.

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When they support your reforms,

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will you be the king who initiates
a new era for France.

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And you will become the country's
best finance minister.

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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 wish for.

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Vergennes? Vergennes?

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Vergennes? Get the doctor. Hurry up!

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Yes, yes. Help! Where is the doctor? Now!

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You must not leave me.
You must not leave me, Vergennes.

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-What a terrible shock.
- No one knows when they die.

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He was the only minister
that never let me down.

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And now we have to persuade
the influential without him.

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Count de Vergennes was...

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He was an excellent diplomat
and a great statesman.

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It was his idea
to gather here today,

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in this assembly
of notables...

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to present my plans to
to increase government revenues

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and ensure a fairer one
distribution of the taxes.

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"Abuse in connection with
tax payment is detected…”

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You must apologize for that.
"... is defended by self-interest

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and old prejudices.

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Tax abuse oppresses

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the wealth creator
working and professional class.

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I've made up my mind
to remedy this deficiency."

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A king who wants the nobility
and the church must pay for itself.

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Refreshingly democratic.

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You don't say that when you have to
pay taxes on 2.5 million hectares.

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-If that is the price for reform.
-Come on now.

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The public may believe
your egalitarian nonsense.

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But you can't fool me.
The suggestions are dangerous.

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People are unhappy with us.

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The Church and the nobility will hate us too,
if Louis enforces the taxes.

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Someone should assassinate him.

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No one has forgiven Ludvig
to expel her boyfriend.

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Still no letters
from the beautiful Marguerite?

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She has not forgotten you, my dear.

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There may be
a thousand reasons for her silence.

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Perhaps Marguerite has recovered
her love for her husband.

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It happens.

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A visitor from Parliament.

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-Prepare yourself.
-I can come back.

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No, stay here. Close the door on your way out.

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By your brother,
that you talk to his enemies?

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He often sees you here.

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You can speak freely in front of my wife.

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Will the prominent approve
these tax reforms?

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They are more open to the king's
plans than your parliament.

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They have been handpicked
to agree.

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They don't know that the king is in trouble
with his mental abilities.

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-Parliament is concerned.
- There is no reason to worry.

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Assure your colleagues that,
that I didn't mean to

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to let my brother
complete this madness.

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You knew that…

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The trial was a mistake.

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Wondering what else you've had
right in over the years.

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My life could have been different
if I had listened to you.

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- But it might not be that exciting.
- Now be honest.

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Did you know anything about the Dauphin,
before I mentioned it?

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Of course not.

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Yolande knew it.

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- But she didn't tell me.
- I'm really sorry about that.

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You would never hide
something like that for me.

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I've been keeping something from you.

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Continue.

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Yolande wanted Calonne
was appointed Minister of Finance.

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It's no secret.

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He was appointed...

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the night you got
the horrible abortion.

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Yolande saw you pass out,
but she did not raise the alarm.

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She left you in the lurch,

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while helping Calonne
to get the job and she refused…

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I have wanted to tell
you so many times.

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But I didn't expect
that you would believe me.

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I believe in you.

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<i>How can I arrange</i>
<i>events wise,</i>

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<i>or express myself elegantly,</i>

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<i>when I can only speak one language</i>
<i>dictated by grief?</i>

158
00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,440
<i>But I have to use the pen</i>
<i>to protect my memories</i>

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00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,520
<i>against slanderous and evil words.</i>

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Be safe.

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00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:21,040
<i>I have been abused,</i>
<i>insulted and humiliated.</i>

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00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,120
<i>The wounds on my honor</i>
<i>are too deep to heal.</i>

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00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,520
Your Majesty, I am pleased to
could announce, the influential

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mostly agree with
the changes in taxation.

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- Thank God.
- I have never doubted that.

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00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:12,040
But before we discuss
your suggestions in more depth,

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May I clear up a misunderstanding.

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We are told that these new taxes
are necessary

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to secure the nation's
financial health.

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00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:28,960
But according to Necker's famous report,

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provides our treasury
an annual profit of...

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12 million livres?

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That's more than enough
to serve the country.

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00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,320
So why does His Majesty demand
even more?

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It is not up to the assembly to
question the king's demands.

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We might be reassured if
His Majesty showed us the accounts.

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-Yes!
-Yes!

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00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:04,800
That's not what I meant.

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- That pig.
- Remember your place.

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We have been hiding the deficit for years

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to save France
from financial ruin,

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and your brother has destroyed
all our work in two minutes.

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00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,920
Everyone will blame us
for this mess.

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00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,520
We have to tell them
the terrifying truth.

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We can't do that.

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Pig!

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I didn't expect
they would ask to see the accounts.

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But it was a fair question.

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Not in front of the whole assembly.

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00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,920
Okay. If we have surplus,
then why do you need money?

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00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:11,960
There is no surplus.

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00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,600
-But Necker...
-Yes, Necker...

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00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:21,080
Necker changed the numbers
to hide our war spending.

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If I share the accounts,

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it will show
France is stuck in debt,

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that grows every single day.

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-How much do we owe?
-Six billion.

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00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,440
But you said "some debt".

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00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,200
Six billion is not "small change".

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- I thought I could fix it...
- No, don't.

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I didn't want to disappoint everyone
after the war.

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00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,600
Why did you let me buy Saint-Cloud?

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00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,480
To protect you and the children
to suffer from my mistakes.

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00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:20,040
You have deceived me about this
and of the Dauphin's health.

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00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:23,440
I am an honest man. I never have
lied to you about something.

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00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,320
You are a liar!

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00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,640
I don't know what to do.

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00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,360
How shall I rule?
I need Vergennes.

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00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,920
No, you haven't!
You still have Calonne.

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00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,480
Why did you want to see me?

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00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,000
You have spoken in secret
with the king's brother.

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00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,200
Is there betrayal afoot?

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00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,040
My concern is always
the preservation of the crown.

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00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,560
How cozy.

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00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,280
I tried to stop her.
She didn't listen.

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00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:11,800
I heard you had been called
for a conversation.

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00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,480
-Did I miss my invitation?
-Forgive me, Madame de Rohan.

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00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,680
I didn't know
You two were like pot and pan.

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00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:22,640
Only when it concerns
to thwart your political maneuvers.

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My efforts saved your nephew
from being hanged.

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-But not from exile.
- No good deed goes unpunished.

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00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:39,800
Now that you're here,
maybe we can find common ground.

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00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,720
Tell me one thing we agree on.

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The king is a fool.

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00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:51,440
I must admit, his plans for one
tax reform seems completely idiotic.

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If he wants our help,
may he show the important accounts.

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00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,640
As far as we know,
does he need a new treasure

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00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,160
to finance
his wife's jewelry collection.

229
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,320
Should the nobility not pay
for himself?

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00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,040
We pay with blood.

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00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,360
We die for the king on the battlefield.

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Those who do not leave their post.

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00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,640
You are wrong. I served with honor.

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00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:24,680
Really? I heard you left
the ship at the first sound of cannon fire.

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00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,720
But it's so hard to know
who to believe these days.

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THE DUKE OF ORLEANS
GIVES MILLIONS TO CHARITY

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00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,360
Antoinette, can't we just be
like we were before?

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-You can't be angry forever.
- I can do as I want.

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00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,040
I can't find my notebook.
Where is it?

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-Leave us.
-Stay where you are.

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00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,800
It's petty.

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00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,800
-Ludvig got me to be silent.
-You let me bleed to death.

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00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,720
She's lying.

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00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,400
She has always been jealous
on our friendship.

245
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,880
My notebook. I have to write
a list of savings.

246
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,360
You can't believe her
rather than me.

247
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,360
You have known me since you were a child.

248
00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,080
I liked that a lot about you.

249
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,480
Your behavior has hurt me.

250
00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,280
But I preferred it
rather than the pain of losing you.

251
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,560
There are so many who want me dead.

252
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,000
I never thought
that you would become one of them.

253
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,440
-No. No, I'm begging you...
-Don't...

254
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,640
You are out of balance.

255
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,120
Antoinette, you must not leave me.

256
00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,600
You can stay at court,
as long as you wish.

257
00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:01,680
But your welfare
is no longer my problem.

258
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,120
Go.

259
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,480
Such. It's done.

260
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,320
You and I are alike.

261
00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:44,520
We have both
for many years loved people,

262
00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,320
who were not worthy
to our devotion.

263
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,520
REPORTS TO THE KING

264
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,680
Necker, you pig!

265
00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,560
Damn it too!

266
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,120
I guess you all appreciate,

267
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:10,440
to share the accounts without
an official financial report

268
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,160
will be against the formalities.

269
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,720
May I instead suggest,
that I as delegate

270
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,400
could confer with His Majesty
and pass on the information?

271
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,640
Do you want to hear the truth?

272
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,520
Here it is. The accounts.

273
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:34,640
Every secret loan
that Necker ever recorded

274
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,840
to hide the war expenses.

275
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,320
What the hell, Calonne!

276
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,200
What? It's not the king's fault
and it's not mine either.

277
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,400
Calonne.

278
00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,480
We don't have surplus
and we never had that.

279
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,760
Thanks to Necker,
We have a catastrophic debt.

280
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:09,640
The only way to solve it is, you
idiots approve the tax reforms.

281
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,120
-What are you doing?
-Let them see the truth.

282
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,760
They must understand what is at stake.

283
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,040
No, don't.

284
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,320
-You traitor!
- We have to. It's over.

285
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,480
You traitor! Get out of my sight!

286
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,120
Give it to me.

287
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,880
Give them to me!

288
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,960
-Now!
- Ludwig...

289
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,200
Get yourself together. You look crazy.

290
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,600
It's you. It's your fault.

291
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,600
Ludwig?

292
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:20,720
I have lied
and now I have been exposed.

293
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,520
You had no other choice.

294
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,080
I understand why you hid it.

295
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,720
Calonne betrayed me.

296
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:57,960
- He has to travel.
-No. Then I have none left.

297
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,000
You have me.

298
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,080
I'll probably help you.

299
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,280
France is grateful
for your efforts.

300
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:31,840
If I go now, all the work will
we have done, be in vain.

301
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,440
I understand that.

302
00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:58,000
Clothing.

303
00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:03,760
A carriage is waiting outside
in the name of Monsieur Henri.

304
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,400
-What about the guards?
- They have been bribed.

305
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,080
-Even him?
-No.

306
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,360
He might need to
a little extra persuasion.

307
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,960
You might think
that the filling is a little strong.

308
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:23,800
What happens to Ludvig?
He doesn't come to his meetings.

309
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,280
- He has rested.
- We don't have time for this.

310
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:30,080
- He needs a finance minister.
- He knows that well.

311
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,400
The gatherings were chaotic.

312
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,800
-And Paris is out of control...
-Shh!

313
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,880
People are openly critical
without fear of being censored.

314
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,240
Ludvig has to deal with that.
He can't hide.

315
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,560
- I have to see him.
- He does not accept visitors.

316
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,120
If you don't want to tell him,
then I will do it.

317
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,160
He does not receive visitors...
Nurse!

318
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,680
You have rested long enough.

319
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,600
Ludwig? what are you doing

320
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,920
I tried to map
La Pérouse's route, but could not.

321
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,400
I told you to leave him.

322
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,000
-Leave him alone.
- He's feeling bad.

323
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:15,480
Go!

324
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,680
- Ludwig. Ludvig, come now.
- They blame you for this.

325
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,840
They blame you
and call you Madame Deficit.

326
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,720
- They can call me whatever they want!
- But I can't do anything.

327
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,800
- You can do something, Ludvig.
- I can't.

328
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,200
-I can't rule.
- Look at me. look at me

329
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,920
I can't rule.

330
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:58,440
You sent for me.

331
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,880
-What do I need to know?
- About what?

332
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,560
Politics. Economy. The whole thing.

333
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,280
-The king...
-...is temporarily unwell.

334
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,400
Oh god.
My mother ruled an empire.

335
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:21,160
I'm sure I can take it
me of France for a day or two.

336
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,400
So tell me.

337
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:26,720
What is happening?

338
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,400
The notable assembly has failed.

339
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:35,480
The economy is very weak.
We need money now.

340
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:36,880
How much?

341
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,360
About 500 million.

342
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,880
Can we get another loan
from Parliament?

343
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,800
It is unlikely.
They are furious about tax reform.

344
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,840
Then we have to calm them down.

345
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,600
Who is our loudest
opponent in Parliament?

346
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,360
- Malherbe.
-Bring him to me.

347
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,520
One more thing, Your Majesty.

348
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,840
Tell me that's good news.

349
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,200
I am afraid that Jeanne La Motte
has escaped from prison.

350
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,960
<i>Don't you miss our conversations?</i>

351
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,680
<i>Maybe you found</i>
<i>my correspondence boring.</i>

352
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:41,800
<i>This will be the last, I</i>
<i>writes. I will trouble you no more.</i>

353
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,000
-The queen meets with Malherbe.
-How nice.

354
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,880
For God's sake, wake up!
This is serious!

355
00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:03,520
-Ludvig has lost his mind!
- Wasn't that what you wanted?

356
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,200
I don't know that.

357
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,240
I wouldn't have
she was to rule in his place.

358
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:22,080
-What should we do?
-Don't know. It doesn't matter.

359
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,520
What do you mean?

360
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,280
It's all so pointless.

361
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,440
She let me down...

362
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,720
-Your Majesty.
- Thank you for coming.

363
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,000
-Where is...
- The king has an important errand.

364
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:11,320
-I speak as his ambassador.
- It is highly unusual.

365
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,200
These are unusual times.

366
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,760
Politics is not my strong suit.

367
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,480
I obviously don't understand
the details of the king's proposal.

368
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:32,880
But he wants Parliament to
to lend him 500 million livres.

369
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,320
It is impossible.
I demand to see the king.

370
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:42,400
I was just about to forget that to
on the other hand, he drops his reforms.

371
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,480
Will not be charged extra
tax on the church and the nobility?

372
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:53,240
There is no reason to be uncomfortable
them. No need for extra taxes,

373
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:57,120
if the Parliament in Paris gives
Ludvig the money he needs.

374
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:06,920
- It must be debated.
- The king respects the process.

375
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:11,840
Tea?

376
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,160
Excuse me.

377
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:30,560
-Why are they still talking?
- It's just a formality.

378
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,120
When they approve the loan,
can we return

379
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,840
- I've had enough of this.
-Ludvig, just a little longer.

380
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,520
- Just a little longer.
- No, I've had enough.

381
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:49,120
- No, Ludvig. No, I'm begging you.
- You have discussed long enough.

382
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,960
You have discussed long enough!

383
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,240
The case is settled.

384
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,480
You will give me that loan,
I need.

385
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,400
Your Majesty, we must follow procedure.

386
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:14,040
- He is right, Ludvig. Sit down.
- My word is enough, it is adopted.

387
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,280
I command
that the order must be registered!

388
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,360
Registration without Parliament's
consent is illegal.

389
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,880
It's legal because I'm king,
and I want it!

390
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,960
Mr. president,

391
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,280
His Majesty's request
must be declared invalid.

392
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,680
-Yes. Yes.
- The Duke of Orléans is right.

393
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,800
The king's request for a loan
is rejected.

394
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,760
No, no...

395
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:46,560
Traitor.

396
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,840
You are a traitor!
You are all traitors!

397
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:57,760
The king's behavior shows

398
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,960
that Parliament must protect France
against royal despotism.

399
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,200
The Crown must be held responsible
for his actions.

400
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,680
Otherwise, France is vulnerable to
a tyrannical rule.

401
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,040
Sit me down!

402
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,880
Let me guess. A letter from the king.

403
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,640
We should do this somewhere
with a little more privacy.

404
00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:54,440
No, we do it here.

405
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:04,080
I have been banished
from Versailles again!

406
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,960
First Marguerite and now Orleans.
Does Ludvig continue to banish,

407
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,440
you will rule
from an empty palace.

408
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,240
You imagine
that alcohol comforts you.

409
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,160
I can see why.

410
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:41,040
But it makes you less sharp,
Josephine.

411
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,960
I've seen the papers
about Marguerite's exile.

412
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,520
Provence and Adelaide were behind it.

413
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,400
Neither Ludvig nor I have
acted against you.

414
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,280
Choose your site wisely.

415
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,840
Where are they?

416
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,840
<i>I am tormented.</i>

417
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,480
<i>Every hour that passes,</i>
<i>reminds me how uncaring you are.</i>

418
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,400
My husband is holding me captive
and under supervision.

419
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,360
<i>I constantly think about how I</i>
<i>can trace back to you.</i>

420
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,000
<i>I want revenge on that man,</i>
<i>who has wronged me.</i>

421
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,040
Mr. Necker.

422
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,880
-Do you remember this room?
- I worked here for many years.

423
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:32,960
While you increased the deficit.
And yet people loved you.

424
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,200
For some reason
do they still do it.

425
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,080
The king does not share
their admiration for you,

426
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,240
and neither do I.

427
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,560
But it has been decided,
you must return to the Government

428
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,840
as Minister of Finance.

429
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,320
Thanks for that. But I'm not
longer interested.

430
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,120
It is not a request.

431
00:39:56,840 --> 00:40:00,640
You got us into this mess.
Now get us out of it.

432
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:05,560
Unfortunately, it seems you are
the only one who can handle it.

433
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,600
We look forward to
to hear your suggestions.

434
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,280
What are you wearing?

435
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:08,520
Pants. I like them.

436
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,480
What have I missed?

437
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:19,000
A Swedish invasion.
Fersen must really love her.

438
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:31,520
- Shall we try it now?
-Yes!

439
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,760
Hello.

440
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:10,640
Hey, come on. We have to
to go now. Come on, come on.

441
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:12,320
Mother!

442
00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:16,640
Nurse, can you get Dauphin?

443
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,280
Hurry up. Come now.

444
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:54,800
At home it is tradition,
that the father builds the coffin.

445
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:03,920
He goes out to gather spruce,
and then he makes a mattress...

446
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:09,120
so he is sure that the child
lies well, even in death.

447
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,680
The doctor said she was not suffering.

448
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,360
She just slipped away…

449
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:24,720
while she slept.

450
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,720
I'm sorry, but I have to talk…

451
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,160
-Can't it wait?
- No, unfortunately.

452
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:41,760
The situation in the countryside is worse,
than we first thought.

453
00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:49,720
- Go on.
-The peasants were already hungry,

454
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,760
before the storm destroyed the harvest.

455
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:58,280
Now more people are hungry
on his way to Paris to find food.

456
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,680
We need to provide more help.

457
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,360
But do we have the resources?
The deficit.

458
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:08,120
- We have saved, yes.
-Not enough to make a difference.

459
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:14,560
We cannot let people starve
because of a stupid hail storm.

460
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,240
There are other factors at play.

461
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,680
Our agents suspect,
that Orleans is buying up grain.

462
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,440
- He keeps it to himself.
-Oh god.

463
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:30,320
- Do you want him arrested?
- We cannot act on suspicion.

464
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:35,320
Every step we take only increases
his popularity with the people.

465
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:36,760
How do we move forward?

466
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:39,920
We, we...

467
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:45,200
What about Ludvig?
Is he aware of that?

468
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,080
His nerves are still bad.

469
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:52,520
I thought it was better
to come to you.

470
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:02,600
- We hardly talk to each other.
- I'm busy with my case.

471
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,280
Yes, abolition.

472
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,840
A little tip.
If you want to achieve something,

473
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,240
You have to be dishonest.

474
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,400
What do you mean?

475
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,200
do you have bread
We are dying of hunger.

476
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,800
Here. Just some bread.

477
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,440
I'm begging you.
Just some bread. I'm begging you.

478
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,600
- The hail storm is an example.
-A terrible disaster.

479
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,760
Yes, but also a chance.

480
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:30,840
An enterprising man can create
capital in a time of scarcity.

481
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,320
-Come over here.
- That's not right.

482
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:41,280
Farmers commit suicide
to avoid hunger,

483
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:42,960
and you want to make money?

484
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:45,040
Not money. Capital.

485
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:49,440
Political capital. Versailles has
not money to help them.

486
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:53,600
Maybe they trust someone,
that can really feed them.

487
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:55,840
You are disgusting.

488
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,880
No, I mean it.

489
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,880
Good luck with your case.

490
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:11,280
You will need it,
if you try to be moral.

491
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,400
Hello everyone!

492
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,240
Tell people to come over
to the kitchen door.

493
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,800
I have plenty of bread to share.

494
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:29,960
My popularity
has given the market a boost.

495
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,720
But the basic problem
with the debt consists.

496
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,800
Why did you lie about the deficit?

497
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,240
Number.

498
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,760
Sometimes you have to tell
a monarch what he wishes to hear.

499
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:59,800
Tell me the truth.
Tell me only the truth.

500
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:07,960
To save the economy, the king must
implement its reforms immediately.

501
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:09,360
How?

502
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:13,040
The only way to do it
is to call a general meeting.

503
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:16,520
-A what?
-An old institution.

504
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:19,240
Representatives
for the clergy, the nobility

505
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,560
and the citizenry gathers
to advise the king.

506
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,400
I've never heard of that.

507
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:27,440
This is because the state assembly
have not been collected for over 100 years.

508
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:35,000
-What if we do nothing?
-Famine. Rising prices.

509
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:38,880
A rebellious aristocracy,
who want to limit the king's power.

510
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:42,720
- It won't work.
- You must speak to the king.

511
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:49,280
You have to convince him that
summon the estate general immediately.

512
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:13,720
I asked you to come
because it was all too much.

513
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:18,200
The deficit, Vergennes, Sophie.

514
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:22,640
Ludvig needs time...

515
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,120
and calm.

516
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:29,800
And me.

517
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:33,160
The country needs me too.

518
00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:35,640
I'm torn
between my duties and the children.

519
00:49:35,720 --> 00:49:38,720
- I don't know how to...
- You're sending me away.

520
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:40,680
- No, that...
- It sounds like that.

521
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:45,240
-I am split into many pieces.
- Right now? Seriously?

522
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:50,240
No... I don't have time
to have a private life right now.

523
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,320
It's okay.

524
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:12,320
Fresh off the press.

525
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:17,400
<i>Jeanne La Motte de Valois,</i>
<i>My life in Versailles.</i>

526
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:21,480
-Is it good?
-The royal house will hate it.

527
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,200
"I have some strong opinions..."

528
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:30,280
<i>...about the government of my country.</i>

529
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:36,600
<i>One day I hope to see a government,</i>
<i>that gives freedom and happiness.</i>

530
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:46,560
<i>And abolition of institutions,</i>

531
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:51,400
<i>that gives a class impunity to</i>
<i>to oppress another.</i>

532
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:03,200
<i>Everyone should know that no matter which</i>
<i>ingenuity my enemies use</i>

533
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:07,040
to <i>turn the tide</i>
<i>of popular prejudice against me,</i>

534
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:12,280
<i>will I stand firm</i>
<i>on the rock of truth,</i>

535
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:18,360
<i>even when the stormy waves of lies</i>
<i>hits my feet furiously.</i>

536
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,640
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