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IF VERSALLES COULD SPEAK

They say that the kings spent without looking,

who accepted money and never advice.

But in building such a such a marvel,

also guarded our peculium.

And now, the names of the actors

in alphabetical order and with eternal gratitude.

We have lost our way.

A rugged landscape,

but beautiful.

Where are we, Father?

That's what I'm wondering, my son.

That man will tell us.

Come closer.

Where are we?

- On the hill. - Yes, but which hill?

- It has no name. - Never had one?

I remember back in the day,

my grandfather's father said

that the place had belonged to an old family.

What was his name?

Their name was Versailles.

- Not a bad name. - I give it to you.

He did not recognize you, Father.

No.

How strange.

"A chicken in the pot", this king is a joker.

My father and I got lost

during a hunt.

Maybe someday it will count

why I keep such a strong memory

of that wild place.

So, Mr. Philibert Leroy, I wish that here

to build me that hunting lodge I dream of.

Don't stick too closely to my drawing, it's not perfect,

but respect the proportions.

I only want two bedrooms, mine...

- And the Queen's. - No, mine and yours.

Thank you.

What will Your Majesty call it?

My little house?

Versailles.

May I ask why you have chosen such a you have chosen such a wild place?

Because there they do not know kings.

I wish Versailles was a secret place,

mysterious and intimate.

His Majesty and His little Majesty.

- The King wishes to enter. - Send him in.

Gentlemen, the King!

Charming.

Very tasteful, perfect.

Mr. Leroy started it, I was able to finish it.

If Your Majesty is satisfied,

I will be the happiest of men.

I am very satisfied and I thank you.

What do you think, my son?

As far as I am concerned, I am not satisfied.

Is it not? Why, if I may ask?

- I would like it to be bigger. - Bigger.

Wow, you're opposing your opinion to mine.

- Who are you, then? - I am Louis XIV.

No, not yet.

And if it seems too too small,

you will have time to expand it.

My father told me to extend it.

I only obey him.

You are excused from any reprimand.

I beg you, Mr. Leveau, since you are my architect,

to be inspired in the proportions that I indicate.

Never forget

that the little castle erected by the King my father

must not only be preserved, but must be respected.

My intention is to give it wings.

This is a mere outline,

but please note its content.

You enjoy full freedom to propose

certain modifications

that enhance the sumptuousness of this palace

that will be the most prestigious in the world.

Good morning.

I have nothing to say to you, Mr. Lenôtre.

He is a man of genius and has carte blanche.

They talk a lot about the gardens he created for Fouquet.

Get them to stop talking about them.

Remember that if we imprison Fouquet,

the fault will be yours.

Good work and good luck.

The poor cardinal

does not understand anything.

The King has a great and a great and superb castle,

a marvel.

The King of France is right,

must have the best palace in the world. in the world.

But he also wants to marry with the niece of a cardinal,

poor little Maria Mancini,

who has not a drop of noble blood.

And the cardinal does not understand anything.

Let's see,

Versailles,

Maria Mancini.

We will have to choose.

The one or the other, together they don't add up.

On the one hand, the greatness of France.

On the other hand, the smallness of love.

Whether His Majesty hates me more or less is of no importance.

He has always hated me.

As a child,

when we shared the same bedroom,

would wake up in the middle of the night while I slept

and reached into my bed to see if it was cold.

It was normal.

He soon realized

that he was unwilling to listen to his whims.

Thus, King Louis XIV

cannot marry with Maria Mancini,

poor Mazarin's niece.

- Do you know how much I love you? - Yes, I do.

But it does not matter.

And how much does she love me?

It doesn't matter either.

The King is to marry with Maria Teresa of Spain.

It is very small.

And nothing beautiful.

That's not important either.

- And what does it matter? - Whether there is a war or not.

What is my niece compared to war?

What about my pain?

Compared to war?

What is a woman compared to peace?

What is love compared to to France?

And if the King knew for certain

that at exactly six months

of his wedding with the Infanta of Spain,

the poor cardinal will exhale his last breath?

I accept.

"Shortly thereafter, Louis XIV married the Infanta."

"and Mazarin expired promptly,"

"That day, before leaving for the hunt,"

"the King's appearance caused a stir in Parliament,"

Gentlemen,

as of today, I will have the good to govern alone,

without ministers.

Be advised.

Good morning.

"Reduced to nothing they began to murmur,"

"But how? Without any minister?"

"What did he mean?"

"He is haunted by the memory of Mazarin"

"and he is overpowered by pride,"

"By all accounts, he is the state,"

"He didn't say it, but as if he had,"

"He intends to reign alone, but for how long?"

"Two years, one, six months?"

"Since that day,"

"King Louis XIV reigned alone for 54 years,"

"54 years to build Versailles,"

"Half a century of works and works,"

"It never ceased to improve this incomparable splendor"

"made in his image to demonstrate his power".

"and represent the greatness, the elegance of France,"

"If we stick to the meaning of 'majesty',"

"no monarch has shown himself nor will he show himself worthy of the title".

"as much as this young man,"

"That day he was very happy,"

"He took Colbert to his palace in the making,"

"Colbert didn't open his mouth all day,"

"The King, who knew him well and respected his honesty."

"showed patience,"

"I knew I would lose nothing by waiting."

"and that he should bear the reprimands"

"of this provincial son of a merchant,"

"one of the greatest statesmen France has ever seen,"

"The thousand workers saw him appear".

"and admired the poise, poise and courtesy".

"who never left him,"

"Able to win battles,"

"also knew how to impose customs,"

"As soon as they were alone in the car, Colbert spoke,"

Everything I have seen is very beautiful.

But let the King speak to you

of the pleasures and amusements and amusements.

Sire, let us not squander on unnecessary things,

but let's spend millions when it comes to their glory.

I acknowledge before Your Majesty

than a useless meal of a thousand escudos

it hurts my soul.

But for the greatness of the country,

I would sell my assets,

I would put my wife and children my wife and children,

and I would go on foot all my life

as long as I do my part if necessary.

"Keeping in turn an eloquent silence,"

"Louis XIV, already in the Louvre, begged Colbert to follow him."

Colbert,

do not think me insensitive to your advice

I usually listen to him.

But here is a point of disagreement, Versailles. of disagreement, Versailles.

Versailles will be as I wish it will be.

It costs me insane sums,

but I think they are only in appearance,

and I don't have the impression of being wasteful.

The more it costs, the more profit it will bring.

I am convinced that in 100, 200, 300 years 100, 200, 300 years from now,

who then reigns in France

will know how to protect it from the passage of time,

for it will be the proof of the country's greatness.

Its imperishable pages will speak of immortal heroes

and the most beautiful country on Earth.

In fact, it is a book,

a book created by me, and I am not a writer.

That is why I want to be constructed as a sentence,

with complements,

with its future and, above all, its past, its past.

And I want it modern.

I don't want boring old furniture.

My father had good taste,

but its furniture lacks charm and luster.

And let's not talk about the bad taste of my wonderful grandfather.

I must go back to Henry II to find a style.

Beautiful, yes, but, let's face it, sinister.

Do you like those chests, those dark cabinets?

Not to me, and for many reasons.

They seem to me to be riddled with of spelling mistakes

and lacking in grace.

"July 23, 1666."

"the gardener Lenôtre was waiting Louis XIV,"

"Rather, it was long overdue,"

"With the authority that old age confers old age, he had said to the King:"

"His Majesty will stay in the castle"

"and will not look at the gardens as long as I do not give him permission,"

"And Louis XIV obeyed, smiling."

"Lenôtre went out to give orders."

"When everything was ready, he said, 'Let him come,'"

"And when Louis XIV appeared,"

"came up from the ground wonderful jets,"

"They were the fountains of Versailles,"

"The King was thrilled,"

"She ran to Lenôtre and kissed him,"

"It doesn't end here," Lenôtre told him."

""Follow me Your Majesty,""

"And when the handicapped man pointed out to the footman to push him,"

"the young monarch had a gesture that delighted everyone,"

"Versailles opened its doors,"

"The King did the honors to Queen Maria Teresa".

"whom we will seldom see,"

"From then on it was endless parties".

"whose sumptuousness has never been equaled again,"

"The play "Tartuffe" was premiered in the marble courtyard,"

"with Du Croisy in the title role,"

"Depending on your decision, I will finally be

happy if he so chooses, unhappy if it pleases him."

"There is no more gallant statement,

Nor any more surprising."

"It seems to me that I would do better to reflect a little more

and reason such a proposal."

"Being so devoted, his name is on everyone's lips."

"Just because I am devout does not make me less of a man."

"And before their celestial incentives,

the heart gives way and does not reason."

"On another occasion, the famous the famous party"

"of "Little Venice,""

My beloved, my love, my love, my love.

I love him.

And I adore her.

I would like to spend my life sitting at your feet.

How handsome you are, sir.

Let my eyes devour you.

May the King allow me to confess my dream?

I am here to make it happen.

I know of a house lost in the forest,

wrapped in ivy.

It is small and modest,

made to enclose a great love.

It would be just you and me.

Why are you smiling?

"He was smiling because being Louis XIV."

"and having a palace like Versailles,"

"was surprised that a 20 year old girl".

"to propose to him to live in an isolated place,"

"modest and recondite,"

"But Louise de Lavallière, exquisite candid,"

"I thought I could love a king as a man,"

"And he believed it so much that he ended up in a convent,"

"But someone was already on the prowl,"

"Intriguing, beautiful, criminal to the core,"

"seductive, sensual and spiritual to the max,"

"so was this woman,"

"Mrs. de Athenaïs de Tonnay-Charente,"

"Françoise de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan,"

"All these gentlemen who thought they were admired"

"would have been surprised to turn around,"

"Their target was somewhat off,"

"She had noticed."

"and let himself be seen at the same time pretending to ignore it,"

"When they turned around, he had disappeared,"

"But I had conquered him,"

"Glory, beauty, youth, love, she had it all,"

"And the doors opened by themselves at their passing,"

- My love. - Yes, your love

who adores her.

I was waiting for him.

Mrs. De Montespan wishes to see the duchess.

- No. Why not? - Why not?

I would like to see her at your side, she is charming.

- Yes, and I want her. - Then send her in.

Sire, excuse me.

You are excused.

If Your Majesty is interested in in gossip

and the wickedness that they tell in a low voice,

my head is full.

His Majesty does not tolerate slander.

It also depends on who counts them.

Well,

the princess of Conti has just said something admirable to her husband.

He said, "Sir,

don't forget that I can make princes without you,

but that you without me can't say the same".

"He had conquered the King,"

"His unexpected appearance one night was so resplendent"

"that stunned the court,"

It is a fait accompli, don't you think?

I think so.

- What do you think of the new mistress? - What does she say?

What do you think of the new mistress?

It seems to me to have a certain chutzpah.

He is not fond of it.

- What has he done to you? - What has he done to me?

Something that rhymes with knot. I am Mr. De Montespan.

- Don't tell me anything. - It's too easy.

So speak up.

It is difficult, I admit it.

But I don't like to make the asshole.

Why the asshole?

Many envy you.

The King is my friend.

He may be the King, but I'm a cuckold.

- If it pleases you to take it this way. - And how shall I take it?

With less anger and more wit.

If you don't think it's right for you, I see you in trouble.

If you think you are ridiculous, you will be.

Cuckold, you say, but, who tells you that you are?

Who tells me? You.

- I let you understand. - Yes.

I understood it right away.

I tell you in secret, but I don't confess it to you.

- In secret? - Yes, it is.

Everyone knows it.

No one knows.

Some hope so, others fear it.

But only we we are sure.

About us?

The two of us.

What about him?

The King?

You will not advance anything by placing yourself at the same level as him.

Apparently, you want to share my adventure.

- The adventure is mine. - No, poor thing, nothing is yours.

No one is asking you to participate.

Stop drawing attention to yourself

when everyone loves you in the shadows.

- In the shade? - No, in the shadows.

A husband has rights.

He loses them if his wife's of his wife is Louis XIV.

But hey,

or that the King had chosen you. you.

It should show of some sense.

- But I see that you don't. - Which way?

Historical sense.

Two or three hundred years from now,

will only have a fleeting role in this story.

He will be a figurehead.

But I see that you are determined to obtain the principal.

Nothing good will come of their stubbornness.

Be a little more discreet.

He is not just any cuckold.

Show yourself worthy of what you have been given.

Madam, your tone does not suit me.

I will not leave without accomplishing a feat

that satisfies your penchant for historical facts.

Cuckold, gentlemen.

More cuckold than any other other cuckold in France.

Don't talk to me about cuckolds whose wives

have princes or dukes or dukes as lovers.

Mr. De Montespan bites very high.

I am honored by the misfortune that overwhelms me.

Long live the King, gentlemen.

His Majesty wants to shower me with his goodness

and makes me a cuckold.

Right now I'm going to say goodbye to him.

The Marquis de Montespan.

You wished to see me, sir?

I am listening.

- When His Majesty... - No, sir.

The King does not admit such a tone.

He has spent 4 or 5 days touring Versailles

talking like a madman.

It is a lack of courtesy to me.

Even worse,

commits to the one I have chosen.

Sire,

is my wife.

Yes, but it sullies it.

I want your honor to be safe.

Take Mr. De Montespan to the Bastille

after handing over 200,000 pounds.

Goodbye, sir.

"Time passed,"

"The King went to war,"

The King wishes to bid farewell to Mrs. De Montespan.

The King wishes to bid farewell from Her Majesty the Queen.

That of conqueror is the noblest and highest title.

The profession of king is a delight.

Say goodbye to me, ma'am.

Be faithful to me.

Let me just have a moment.

Are you pregnant?

Yes, sire.

My congratulations.

I love you.

Say goodbye to me, ma'am, and don't eat too much.

Let me just have a moment.

- Are you pregnant? - Yes, sire, as always.

Thank you.

Gentlemen,

I have called you to choose one of you.

Since destiny compels me to take up arms to take up arms,

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne,

I name him Marshal of France.

A hug.

I am moved by the sight of them.

Sire,

I will have no better occasion to communicate to Your Majesty

- than de la Béronnière... - Bercantière.

Bercantière, lieutenant to the King, pretended to be excused.

I hope the King will not condone such behavior.

Men are never recruited of a citadel

without speaking to the head of the company.

It is sweet to die for His Majesty,

but it is unacceptable to unincarcerate soldiers

without notifying the person person in charge.

It seems normal to me

to shed my blood for France,

but I do not accept that a lieutenant of the King

spend two days in a citadel

without taking into account the person in charge.

Mr,

wanted to know how far his daring would take him.

Well, it takes you to Flanders.

I appoint you governor of the town of Lille.

Remind me your name.

Charles de Bats,

captain of the first company of of musketeers,

better known as d'Artagnan.

Yes, yes.

"This triumphant return marked the apogee of royal power,"

"However, had he followed his heart,"

"I would have turned around to go off again to war,"

"But let's be honest,"

"France was exhausted, Louis XIV was no less so,"

He took a long break.

Twenty years have passed.

Let's skip 20 pages without illustrations

and meet with the King.

Gentlemen, the King.

"He's not the same anymore,"

"Her face has become dulled,"

"but it does not seem to have affected his haughty majesty,"

"He unraveled the plots hatched by an exasperated Europe. by an exasperated Europe,"

"In the palace itself, scandalous intrigues scandalous intrigues had to be thwarted".

"like the one Colbert is telling you about at this moment,"

"Mme. de Brinvilliers, a poisoner, was successful."

"And Mrs. La Voisin was giving to talk about,"

"The ladies of the court were disputing it,"

"They asked him to read to them the future and then,"

"to free them from a father or a husband or a husband,"

- A pinch in a glass of water. - It is wonderful.

- Are you married? - No, but I won't be long.

Countess, Brinvilliers is not the best.

- What do you mean? - A worse one.

- La Voisin surpasses it. - That's right.

- I didn't remember his name. - La Voisin.

"A few months earlier,"

"the King's mistress, Mrs. de Montespan,"

"received La Voisin in secret in Versailles"

"thanks to the Countess of Soissons,"

"The pretext was simple,"

"Face care,"

"Macassar oil and creams,"

"It didn't take long for them to lower their voices,"

"It was hard to hear what they were saying."

"By their gestures."

"and by their fierce looks."

"infamy was in the offing,"

"We got, by approaching the three grim reapers,"

"surprise a few words,"

If you want to tie him up, it's the only method.

Is it a white powder?

Odorless and tasteless, totally harmless.

Cantharide, stuffed mole powder

and bat blood.

It is the dust of love.

It should be administered twice a day twice a day in any beverage.

And if later,

you never know...

Don't think about it.

- We can talk about it. - Please speak up.

The Countess must refer to these intimate ceremonies,

the black masses, which have been so successful.

No, I meant the other white powder.

It does not suit Mrs. De Montespan.

It is a powder that suppresses without a trace

to those people who seem to us to be in excess,

that harm us, of which we wish to take revenge.

Those persons

whose death seems necessary to us.

We call it the powder of succession.

- But it has no place here. - Good.

Let's talk about black masses.

With pleasure.

But what is a black mass? what is a black mass?

A horror, sire, a monstrosity.

A woman lies down naked.

They use their belly as an altar

and they say mass while they slit the throat a child

whose blood is collected in a chalice and...

Your Majesty will excuse me if I do not continue.

Yes, I had stopped listening to him.

These practices must be stopped at any cost.

Certainly, sire,

but I will bring to your Majesty's of Your Majesty

that the most dangerous of these witches,

the most guilty,

the sacrilegious poisoner called La Voisin

boasts of having among its clients,

so he calls them,

to individuals

of the highest rank.

Well, constitute

immediately a new court.

Compose it

with discernment.

You will be

the one who decides.

I order you

to do justice

without distinction

of rank

or sex.

Mr. Police Lieutenant,

you have my trust and my friendship.

"In saying this to Mr. de la Reynie,"

"Louis XIV unleashed the greatest scandal known,"

"which went down in history as 'The Poison Affair,'"

"It lasted no less than 30 years."

"The King became its involuntary architect".

"by setting their sights on Miss Fontanges,"

Come in, Miss.

Madam, I would like to have at your side

this lovely young blonde

I will introduce you to:

Marie Angélique by Scoraille de Rousille,

Miss Fontanges.

"It did not take long for her to become his mistress,"

- Do you find it presumptuous? - The King seems presumptuous to me.

- If I were in your place... - You are presumptuous!

I have a surprise in store for you,

a pearl gray chariot.

I don't care about color.

I am only interested in knowing how much horsepower it will have.

- Do you want four? - No.

The Marquise de Montespan has six.

- Would you dare ask for so many? - No, I don't want to be compared.

His Majesty will give me two more.

Eight horses!

They will think you are a duchess.

Sire, if I am, there will be no doubt.

"And now Bossuet speaks,"

I will tear out this heart

of the pleasures that bewitch him,

of the creatures that captivate him.

Creatures, shameful idols,

withdraw from this heart that desires to love God.

That is true love.

False love,

deceitful love,

Will you dare to stand up to what?

And he names her duchess.

To that fool, the most foolish in the world,

granted him a pension of 20,000 escudos. of 20,000 escudos.

I want white powder.

- Doesn't fit? - I don't mean that one.

I have administered enough to the King.

What good is the dust of love to me if Fontanges takes advantage of it?

I need the other powder, the second one.

- The succession powder? - Yes.

Go see La Voisin.

"But it has been stopped, Versailles is startled,"

- What's going on? - La Voisin has been arrested.

Better this way.

"Could so many ladies of high birth to fear"

"that La Voisin engaged them?"

Speak and accuse.

I have received echoes of the most annoying.

Apparently, Henrietta of England

ordered masses for her husband's death.

Ms. de Polignac and Ms. de Gramont

attempted to poison Miss De Lavallière.

As for Mrs. De Soissons...

- I do not understand. - The King just called you.

It will come out white as ermine.

Don't forget that she is the sister of Maria Mancini.

Who knows?

Madame, you will leave Versailles instantly.

You will leave France and will never return.

Don't ask me any questions, ma'am.

- You do not approve of my decision? - I do, sire.

I beg you not to take it amiss to speak to you like this.

Mrs. Soissons frequented La Voisin?

He frequented it, it is undeniable.

Therefore, she was to be punished.

I do not object to the punishment, sire,

rather to their benevolence,

I would almost call it tenderness.

Exile is little compared to their crimes.

It is too close to the one who already knows

for others, including you,

judge it.

I do not want Mrs. De Montespan

is splashed by these horrors. by these horrors.

But it's crazy.

If I said all the names, they would be horrified.

And they would be happy, her friends are engaged.

Really?

You were right, Mr. De la Reynie.

From now on, we will act with caution.

I am inclined to believe that La Voisin, seeing herself lost,

will spread slander.

- Abominable. - And without any foundation.

I want to question her about it.

Don't know enough yet?

- How many abortions are you accused of? - More than two thousand, sire.

Incidentally, as things stand,

it is no longer about this dreadful monster

whose days are numbered.

Let him die, then.

Maybe he has some secret left

hidden.

Thirsty for scandal and blood?

No, sire, of justice.

He has uttered names, big names?

Yes, sire.

I hardly dare to repeat them.

Name two.

The least cruel first.

Racine.

- Racine! - Yes, sire.

La Voisin accuses him of having poisoned

to the comedian Duparc, who passed away two years ago,

and of having robbed him on his deathbed

a diamond ring.

- Have you questioned Racine? - That's right, sire.

And not because he felt very violent he denied it with less force.

I have no doubt.

But having accused him,

I now fear the consequences.

You can leave the theater

and withdraw to Port-Royal.

I want the question concerning to Racine remain unanswered.

And the middle name that burns his lips?

I dare not, sire.

The King must know everything.

"He committed, by naming her, to Mrs. de Montespan,"

"The King made an effort not to accuse the terrible blow,"

"Her face did not let us see the pain to which he was prey,"

I want to know more.

But

discontinue

the court for a period of time.

What do you think, Mr. De la Reynie?

Sire, in the face of so many accusations

I have thought it appropriate to examine the evidence

and assumptions to make sure that they are true.

But

I have achieved nothing.

So I've looked into it to the opposite,

with the same result.

Re-interview La Voisin.

As soon as I'm done with her, I'll burn her at the stake.

If we are imprisoned

of the misplacements called amorous,

and even if we lavish our heart,

we must remain masters of our reason. of our reason.

The desire for glory comes before everything else,

I don't want to know if Racine is guilty.

You should not be guilty.

What if it were?

It would bring no advantage to France. to France.

- They say that Racine... - Marquise, do you believe it?

No, I don't want to believe it.

I don't want to believe he is guilty,

but in that case, I'm afraid I'm not being fair.

- Do you know him? - No, I know his work.

- And do you appreciate it? - Very much, although I admit...

Go ahead, my friend, speak.

I am somewhat concerned

because of the accusation you have just told me.

Orestes kills Pyrrhus in "Andromache".

Mithridates kills himself.

Bajazet is killed

and Nero orders Atalia to be tortured.

British succumbs to poison.

Racine kills a lot.

- I have some sad news. - Wow.

- What else can happen? - Speak up.

Fontanges has given birth a stillborn child.

- Poor thing. - Your life is in danger.

- His nights even more so, it seems to me. - What a sad end.

Truly, but how glorious.

Wounded in the service of the King.

"Six days later, beheaded La Voisin,"

"The King called Mrs. de Montespan,"

What do you want?

I don't know, ma'am.

The King is alone?

I don't think so.

- Do you think she is guilty? - Mrs. De Montespan? No.

I don't think she is guilty of anything,

but I think she is capable of anything.

- What is going on? - Montespan is with the King.

With the police lieutenant and Colbert.

But this is atrocious, abominable.

I stagger under a false accusation,

an infamous invention.

Sire, I beg you to take pity on me.

Please be aware, Your Majesty the love I feel for him.

The love of the children that the King has given me.

I implore Your Majesty on my knees.

I am not pleased with these cries nor these cries.

I can't stand to surrender and kneel.

Stand up, ma'am,

and care about your dignity.

She is accused of losing to the cards

200,000 escudos on September 20.

Christmas Eve,

with three cards,

bet 150,000 doubloons.

And I won them.

What do you have to say?

That I could lose them.

She is accused of

to receive a witch,

to this La Voisin.

Follow.

And to go to see her.

From participating in four black masses.

Follow.

From giving to the King

some white powder

to secure His Majesty's of His Majesty.

Once La Voisin was imprisoned,

he turned to a certain Filatre,

his accomplice,

and bought him a poison

intended for the King and Mrs. De Fontanges.

La Voisin insists that it delivered to him

one hundred thousand escudos

for His Majesty to die.

Is that all?

That's all.

Defend yourself, ma'am.

Defend me, sir.

Aren't you going to answer, ma'am?

Of course not.

When the King called me to order, he has dictated my conduct.

Slandered with ignominy,

wounded in self-love and pride,

I have wept before you.

How heavy it weighs on me.

The King gave me back my dignity ordering me to keep it.

I feel protected by the one of whom I care only for his glory.

I remain at your service,

but not theirs.

I prefer it that way, ma'am.

Intelligent, audacious, haughty, shrewd and cunning.

If I am to leave Versailles tomorrow,

if I am to seclude myself in a convent,

I accept my fate with the same calm and coolness.

This possibility does not arise.

You will not leave Versailles without an order from me.

Sire.

Do you keep me?

No, I put her in jail.

And for a long time.

He will stay in Versailles, will live in an attic

as long as it pleases me.

- When will I see the King? - In public

and when I deem it convenient in my interests, not yours.

Do you think I am guilty?

This also does not arise.

I have ordered to set aside

the accusations accusations against him.

These statements shall remain secret.

I will read them on the day of his death.

Give your handkerchief to Mr. De la Reynie.

Let's go, ma'am.

She is already satisfied.

Sire, I have terrible news.

Miss De Fontanges is dead.

The deadest of the two has just retired.

I would like to console the King.

Thirty-seven.

Thirty-seven?

You are the 37th young woman

who had this idea this morning.

- 37! - Yes.

"The King sent for the governess"

"of the children he had with Mrs. de Montespan."

"I had often seen her,"

"but he looked at her for the first time,"

"She was very beautiful, still young,"

- Remind me your name, madam. - Françoise d'Aubigné.

"It was Mrs., de Maintenon,"

I have secretly wanted to see her.

The education of the children we had

Mrs. De Montespan and myself, was entrusted to her.

I know it has done its job to the thousand wonders.

Those children that I have recognized are now

in a critical and dangerous and dangerous situation.

Sire, Madame De Montespan has brought me up to date.

Which excuses me from doing so, and I am glad.

I have only two things left to tell you.

This is the first one.

I like it very much, ma'am.

Get closer to the light.

Yes, I like his age

and your frank look that speaks for you.

I have taken this step to make you feel comfortable

and to give the second when it deems appropriate.

But remember that I don't like to wait.

The second is even more delicate.

But, because of your tact and your kindness, you will understand and obey me.

I wish that Mrs. De Montespan's of Mrs. De Montespan,

of which it is in charge and takes care of,

have very little contact with their mother, very little contact with their mother

to stay away from it.

I ordered two cups.

The second one is for you.

Our adventure will begin

with an infusion of lime blossom and mint.

"Two years later, shortly after the Queen's passing,"

"the King secretly married to Mrs. de Maintenon,"

"It may be that the Archbishop of Paris, called to the Queen's side,"

"take advantage of the visit"

"to unite before God, without losing an instant,"

"to King Louis XIV and to Madame de Maintenon,"

"They were very surprised François de Salignac Fénelon."

"and Mr. de Louvois who acted as witnesses,"

"The matter was kept secret."

"and it was never known on what exact date".

"This incredible wedding took place, unforeseen,"

"celebrated at night in an improvised chapel,"

"a bit like a buffet,"

"It is surprising that the world's most important king in the world"

"shall be secretly espoused,"

"but that a fistula of the one suffered by Louis XIV".

"was known by the European courts".

"through daily reports,"

"They even prayed for his health."

You see, my dear Marquis,

of the topic of conversation we have had with the Lord?

"This fistula heralded the end of the Sun King. the end of the Sun King,"

"For the first time, was the subject of derision,"

That night the premiere of "George Dandin" at Versailles "George Dandin" at Versailles."

"Molière strolled with Armande Béjart,"

You don't know how I suffer.

But it is no longer necessary to make me suffer.

I have finished "Dandin" and and "The Misanthrope".

See you later.

See you later.

How strange it is to love.

What weaknesses men fall into for these traitors.

We know their imperfections, they are extravagant and indiscreet.

They are wicked of fragile souls.

There is no one weaker or more imbecilic.

No one else is unfaithful.

And in spite of everything, we would do anything for those animals.

No, you are wrong.

Molière writes comedies.

A style that is too perfect

would impair the naturalness of his works.

There are rules and they must be respected.

It makes me laugh with its rules, Boileau.

It dazzles the ignorant and stuns us all.

Let's see, the biggest rule of all is not to please?

And if a play succeeds,

not on the right track?

They will never agree.

Molière is an author, you are a critic.

Strange enterprise this of making people laugh, Boileau.

He's lucky, he's never made anyone laugh.

There cannot be a single soldier resting

as long as there is a German in Alsace.

Mr. De Turenne, I do not agree.

I think the King would do better by killing fewer foreigners

and making more French people live.

How?

Do I have copies of what I write to my daughter?

Mr. De Vauban, how little you know me.

My daughter, Mrs. De Grignan, receives the copies.

The King would not know how to be without you, Mr. De Louvois.

But he would like to.

Sometimes, when I see myself lost, I think I have to occupy him.

Only a war will prevent me from turning away.

Our great minister and Mr. De Turenne.

Mansart and Mr. De Louvois.

The Marquise de Sévigné supported by Mr. De Vauban.

You will feel strengthened.

"The imminent dignity of the poor in the church".

- I hear Bossuet. - Sermonizing, of course.

Gentlemen,

to see us,

by looking at us,

Mansart, Turenne, Colbert, Racine,

Boileau himself, Vauban and Louvois,

and Bossuet, whom we heard,

La Fontaine, whom we read again,

you, Molière, whom we adore,

and even yours truly,

it is touching to think that we share the same era.

I have the impression,

for I had never seen us all of us together,

I have the impression

that we are Louis XIV.

"And he began to spend long hours in the company of his wife,"

- Stop rubbing, madam. - I don't rub, sire.

I am trying to alleviate a horrendous rheumatism.

I would be pleased if she were less ill.

I know.

I know that His Majesty considers real affronts

the ills suffered by the people people around him.

For you, sire, there is only grandeur and symmetry.

We must withstand the currents

so that the doors face each other.

With His Majesty, we must die with symmetry.

Yes, you are always inclined for the small.

He cares less about the greatness of France

that some domestic details of whose vulgarity

does not realize it.

"Bittersweet conversations fueled"

"because of the suspicion of an impenetrable man".

"and the unwelcome presence of a fat lady in black,"

"But it lasted 31 years,"

- What do you reproach me for? - I reproach you nothing, madam,

but I regret I regret getting married.

- It is inopportune for her to be my wife. - That's the way she wanted it.

And I was wrong.

Even more so because she is not content to be my wife,

even goes so far as to consider me her husband.

To the point that we form a bourgeois a bourgeois marriage

at odds with the majesty that surrounds me.

Should I retire?

It is too late.

The deep and lively friendship you feel for me

does not deserve such cruel punishment.

You don't understand me, ma'am.

- He doesn't understand me either. - It is of less importance.

You see? I am talking to you about me, you are talking to me about you.

I have found and saved, to show it to you,

an exercise that I must have copied a hundred times.

I was five years old at the time.

Maybe it will help to understand me better.

"Kings are honored, they do as they please".

"Kings are honored, they do as they please".

"It honors..."

And if tomorrow it pleases you to return to war...

No one is to give me advice.

"It was a hazardous undertaking, but no one dared to contradict him."

"Only a priest dared,"

"Fénelon,"

Sire,

What does it do?

If the King were a father to his people,

would not rather seek glory feeding it

instead of launching into a new war?

The peoples are brothers and must love one another.

Sad fate awaits for those who seek a cruel glory

in the blood of his brothers, for it is his own blood.

War is indeed is sometimes necessary,

but it shames the human race.

Sire,

sad news.

Lately are the only ones I get.

Speak.

Mrs. De Montespan is dead.

I am intimately pleased to know that he is finally gone.

I will not deny that for 27 years,

I have not taken a glass in my mouth

without some apprehension.

Finally I will be able to eat in peace.

I would like to be received by Your Majesty.

Mr. De la Reynie wishes to see the King.

I was going to send for him.

Mr. Police Lieutenant, was waiting for you.

- Bring the chest? - Yes, sir.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Upon learning of Mrs. De Montespan's death of Mrs. De Montespan,

I thought the King would want to know its contents.

- It is, unfortunately, revealing. - It certainly is.

Mrs,

here is the proof

that Mrs. De Montespan wanted to poison us,

Miss De Fontanges and myself.

Finally, you will be able to dispel this doubt.

This doubt?

You didn't doubt it?

You have a good heart, ma'am.

From time to time, and I appreciate it.

Goodbye, Mr. De la Reynie.

"Obedient,"

"Mr. de la Reynie died the next day,"

Sire, you will not make no provision for this?

Yes.

Order

that Mrs. De Montespan's of Mrs. De Montespan

do not wear mourning.

Apparently, neither wives nor mistresses have played a role in his life.

None, ma'am, thank God.

But it was necessary to

to accompany me young and beautiful women.

The people enjoy with the power of the King.

And the Queen?

I had forgotten about it, that's all I can say.

- There was only one for me. - Which one?

I married her on June 16, 1654,

the day of my coronation.

The Archbishop Duke of Laen, when I put on the royal wedding ring,

said these words:

"He espouses France".

Only her.

Only her until my last breath.

Have you loved her as she deserved?

The future will tell.

What if I were to judge you severely?

It would be unfair.

"At that time, anyone would walk into Versailles,"

"It was enough to wear decent clothes,"

"Swords and hats were rented and hats at the entrance,"

"Once the label is fulfilled,"

"it was possible to attend the King's dinner,"

"even if they called it an insignificant favor,"

"They all watched him undeterred,"

"They admired his appetite,"

"How can you explain that no one dared".

"to raise a hand against him?"

"Against that almighty monarch who condemned them to famine,"

"They rented swords to get in, but no one took advantage of the occasion,"

"Let us recognize that Louis XIV believed himself invulnerable,"

"But if so,"

"we must recognize that others believed it too,"

"There is talk of presence,"

"Let's imagine what it's like that impassive man's,"

"with that strange hat"

"framing a still and secret face and secret"

"that I was still dreaming and that, without looking at anything,"

"all-seeing,"

"At that time the great king was already decaying,"

"From that day forward,"

"a destructive force would incubate for a hundred years,"

"That force was born at Versailles,"

"in 1689,"

"in the eyes of a man who entered by chance,"

"The King saw it,"

"And in those eyes that looked at him without hatred,"

"perhaps he knew how to decipher the implacable destiny,"

All that remains is to go to Versailles.

No bread, thank you.

Grandfather, you know a lot.

From Paris to Versailles, How long does it take to get there?

Hurrying,

at least one hundred years.

You will see how right I am.

- King Cakes. - Please.

Sire,

look at the desperate people whose bread is taken away by their taxes

that they earn with the sweat of their brow.

They have no bread,

but you have no money.

"He was so short of money that he had it melted down".

"almost all his crockery of gold and silver,"

"The sacrifice that was imposed was a new source of pride,"

"However, his health was undermined,"

Brothers, listen to me.

Listen to me and follow me on the way that leads to the Lord.

"Alone,"

"Fénelon was rehearsing early,"

Siblings,

listen to me, hear me and follow me.

They have been in the chapel for two hours.

Of course, he wants to become a devotee

to which he imposed the representation of "Tartuffe of "Tartuffe".

No, no, no.

You are not an example.

Born a Huguenot, he has a lot of catching up to do, I don't.

Good morning.

What a disgrace.

I bid you good morning, Mr. De Boucler.

Sire, after losing the battle of Maleplaqué,

may I say to His Majesty

that never was a misfortune was so glorious.

Thank you, Mr. Mariscal, your words are a comfort to me.

I am deeply grateful.

Flattering and superfluous words.

Since you write it all down, sir,

note that I have never resorted to the nobles to govern.

Colbert is proof of this. of this.

Is it any wonder that His Majesty the prelates.

No wonder.

Certain memories are indelible.

Sorry.

I did not say that, Mr. De Saint-Simon.

Lose once and for all the deplorable attitude

to count with inaccuracy

the words and deeds of which he is a witness.

Be dazzling, Mr. De Saint-Simon, but be fair.

Let's go, ma'am.

Good morning.

Good morning.

It's time for me to go.

What a horror.

Push me to my death and never speak to me again,

I beg you.

Let's go.

Implores to heaven?

No, I admire the ceiling.

And he is afraid to open his eyes.

He fears that they will be opened.

The glory that hardens your heart

is dearer to him than justice.

Your eternal health

is incompatible with the idol of glory.

This is the state you have reached, sire.

Yes, I die alone

and almost abandoned.

But I am not surprised.

I had no friends.

Each time he granted a position,

made a hundred dissatisfied and an ungrateful one.

Mr. Robert de Cotte.

Mr. Architect.

I was waiting for him.

Thank you.

Yes, I wanted to see him.

I am short on time.

Yes, very good.

Very good, that's what I wanted.

Perfect.

By modifying the two tribunes of the old chapel,

we will get a beautiful salon, don't you think?

Mr. De Cotte, take a cue from Mansart

and propose new transformations

to beautify my beautiful castle.

Thus,

for 30 years

I fought the war.

And it took me 30 years to build Versailles.

But what's left?

Versailles.

Mrs. De Maintenon and His Royal Highness the Dauphin.

Quick, my wig.

Don't let the child see me.

And you, gentlemen, stay away, it's not a pleasure.

Thank you.

Come closer, I want to say goodbye.

"The Great Dolphin died, and four more followed him,"

"Of the 18 children he had given to his mistresses and to the Queen,"

"there was only one great-grandson left, the future Louis XV,"

He will be a great king.

Do not tilt,

like me, by buildings and wars.

Try to relieve the people.

I regret that I did not know how to do it.

Come closer for me to kiss you

and bless you.

I don't want you to spoil Versailles.

It scares you, sire.

He scares me more.

Do not take it amiss, doctors, if I think of Molière when I see you. if I think of Molière when I see you.

Courtiers, come in, come in.

Go ahead.

I asked to see you in this my last hour

and ask for their forgiveness

because of the bad examples I set for them.

Sire, the Church.

Please leave, ma'am.

I bid you farewell.

Be happy

and improve your health.

Do not withdraw, Mr. Architect.

That this new hall be at least 18 by 13 meters,

but no more than 11 meters high. than 11 meters high.

Pater noster...

"While the King mumbled an Our Father,"

"one man wrote another"

"who would soon walk the streets,"

Come closer.

Come closer.

Come all of you.

Let's go.

Hear my prayer.

Our Father who art in Versailles,

we no longer glorify your name,

your will is no longer done on land and sea,

but give us our daily bread daily bread.

Forgive those who have defeated us,

but not to the generals who allowed it.

Do not succumb to the temptations of the Maintenon.

Deliver us from the minister of war

and finance.

"The agony came, the death."

"and autopsy,"

"Dreadful detail, the King was torn to pieces,"

"Their entrails went to Notre Dame,"

"Sully took his heart to the Jesuit convent."

"The body was deposited at Saint-Denis,"

"But the most incredible thing was that,"

"out of prudence, Louis XIV did not have a funeral."

"The great King left Versailles by night,"

"What were they afraid of, hostile cries,"

"the uncontainable anger of a discontented people?"

"No, worse,"

"They feared that the passing of the retinue."

"a movement of joy was born, a cry of liberation,"

"even dances and songs of rejoicing,"

"Massillon, that day,"

"had the audacity or the courage to pronounce that famous phrase".

"before the body of the great King:"

Only God is great, brothers.

This is the instant when man is no longer

what I thought I was.

END OF THE FIRST PART

"June 1725,"

"King Louis XV settled definitely in Versailles,"

"Endowed with beauty,"

"of elegance and unparalleled charm,"

"had conquered France,"

"He drove the women crazy, the people adored him,"

"They called him "The Well-Beloved,""

"At the end of 25 years, the whole of France hated him,"

"He had just married Maria Lekzinska,"

"I presented him to Versailles and to the court,"

"When they got married, she was seven years older than him,"

"But the King was not long 15 or 20 less,"

"Louis XV would make proof of extreme indolence,"

"of refined taste"

"and of a lightness which became proverbial,"

"One fact speaks in your favor,"

"His qualities were indecipherable,"

Your name, ma'am?

Mrs. Lenormand d'Etioles, sire.

Do you know a charming village called Pompadour?

No, sire.

It looks like you, ma'am, I give it to you.

I am pleased to be at your side the Marquise de Pompadour.

Yes, Versailles is beautiful, but perhaps too much.

Too tall, heavy and golden.

I almost prefer the Trianon.

Love is best made there.

As of today, I hope you share my opinion.

I can't imagine any other opinion.

My architect is most opportune.

Mr. Legal, good thinking,

divide some rooms into four,

high, wide and long.

Convert them into apartments easier to heat and,

above all, more intimate.

I don't like to be two leagues away from the person I'm talking to.

Mr. Marchaud d'Anouville and the Count of Argenson.

Let my ministers pass.

I do not want to attend the interview,

but I will not answer.

Let's meet tonight,

just in case.

Sire, I remain at your service.

Sire, we need to raise certain certain problems.

- Of the most acute interest. - And of the utmost urgency.

Solve them, to each his task.

And I don't understand any of yours.

My words show that I trust you that I trust you.

Sire, I have made a sketch.

Excellent idea.

What beautiful eyes, Miss.

They are at Her Majesty's at Her Majesty's disposal.

Wait for me.

- I am 17 years old. - Yes, I am.

You can wait for an hour.

Very small apartments, real canvases,

mere sketches.

"On July 3 of that year."

"the King gave a dance where the black and white black and white prevailed,"

"The women wore white, the men, in black,"

"He himself and Mme. de Pompadour had conformed to the rule,"

"They were all wearing masks,"

"You had to guess who was the King and Madame de Pompadour."

"Some people thought they were so smart,"

"It was a comedy libertine and gallant"

"which could be called "The Loving Mistake,"

Sire.

Any woman can hide her face her face

to excite men and provoke love and provoke love.

Anyone except Mrs. D'Etioles.

There is no trickery or metamorphosis.

Her waist accuses her,

her smile gives her away.

Your perfume betrays you, madam.

What's more, it announces it, and his hands denounce it.

Lady, your delicious hands, more than hands look like wings.

Despite its naive air,

to see them naked seems an indiscretion.

When I caress and feel them, sensual, fine and agile,

I am trying to guess if they are twins

or if it is a pair of females of females.

And since this is what we have to come to,

take off your mask or I will take it off.

Sire, put an end to the most beautiful of my dreams and I go mad.

Unfortunately, I am not Mrs. D'Etioles.

- Imagine my excitement. - How little I care.

Unfortunately, I am also not

the King of France.

Unfortunately, I am not Mrs. D'Etioles.

Nor I the King.

What is it called?

Marivaux.

Marivaux.

It is possible to be honest

and have a name that no one remembers.

- What does it do? - I paint.

- No, I mean now. - I'm trying to draw it.

If only it were Fragonard.

I am Fragonard.

In that case, touch me.

What if I told you that I am the knight Déon?

What?

I wouldn't believe him.

And why?

Because I am

the Déon knight.

How?

Do these shoulders belong to a man?

Unfortunately.

Shall we continue?

- Would you play Love? - Are you joking?

No, ma'am, never, especially when I work.

I am the great sculptor Pigalle, I want to make Psyche and Love.

Would you pose for Love?

Allow me.

Head a little more inclined.

Allow me.

Yes, ma'am, God made us in his image

and we have paid him with the same coin.

Voltaire and Fragonard: France.

No, no, stay, don't bother about me.

I don't want to interrupt a job

that heralds a masterpiece.

Besides, I want to enjoy the show. with the show.

Madame de Pompadour poses for Fragonard

while Mr. Voltaire, smiling, blasphemes.

That is the canvas that should be painted.

I like the battle paintings,

but what I contemplate now

immortalizes the century.

Genius, talent and beauty.

This agreement between furniture and colors,

between fabrics and words, between form and thought

moves me.

Voltaire and Fragonard, irony and grace,

untransmissible and imperceptible virtue and imperceptible.

I mean good,

Voltaire and Fragonard: France.

- Sire, you are France. - No, sir, of course not.

I don't have any illusions.

I trust you more than in myself.

It seems to me that Your Majesty is too modest.

Even if he never does more than expel the Jesuits,

is enough for us to be eternally eternally grateful.

We must be free to pray to God as we see fit

and eat as we please.

I took his advice.

Just like when, in order to save money, I sold half of my horses.

The people were favorably impressed impressed

when the King gave up half of his horses.

But I believe that if His Majesty had sent for a walk

half of those around him, would have been preferable.

Charming.

It is only a sketch,

the beginning of a masterpiece.

Sire, I do not believe that a sketch is the beginning of a masterpiece,

rather its achievement.

I'm missing the beginning, but the work will live without it.

"I saw little of the poor Pole,"

"But he saw her, for she bore him seven sons,"

"He made him seven sons without a word,"

"But he was a gallant man."

"and always took the opportunity to show his respect for her,"

"your tenderness"

"and his compassion,"

Sire, you should listen to those who, from afar,

ask you to alleviate their misery

and not to those who, from nearby,

advise you to to increase his fortune.

My beloved, my darling,

my love, do not forsake me.

If you leave me, I won't live to tell the tale.

I live for you.

Pity my tears and give me back your love.

Bravo, charming!

- Whose is it? - Marivaux.

I love acting.

Yes, women are good at it.

How "oh"?

Tilt the head.

I love it.

After us, the flood.

If that sentence comes out of here...

Thank you.

Thank you.

Whatever happens, the people are versatile.

I have heard what the Marquise has dared to say to the King.

Bold?

What the people feel for His Majesty.

But it is much more serious.

Order to be removed.

Leave it. Come on, go on.

The King they worshipped ten years ago

is now frowned upon by his subjects.

It is a pity.

I am convinced that with very little

would once again become "The Well-Beloved".

What do you call "little"?

To an attack.

A small attack.

It occurred to father and me a few days ago.

- What is your name? - Damien, Jacques Damien.

Do I know you?

I arrived this morning, in fact the livery is too short for me.

Yes, Jacques Damien.

Father would commit the attack, it would not be a real wound.

But there would be an injury.

Yes, of course, a lower case.

Made

with the small blade

of my razor.

In other words, a small wound for nothing

between the fourth and fifth ribs.

- On the right. - Obviously.

Three drops of blood, but everyone would say:

"My God, what a horror, an attack."

"They tried to kill the King, what an infamy".

And the King will again be "The Well-Beloved".

Not a bad idea.

But if father does,

I must be sure that he will not be condemned to death.

Do not be afraid.

What's more, I will see to it that no one touches you.

What a joy, I'm going to tell father.

Long live the King.

"Viva el Rey".

Nice exclamation for a regicide.

What does it mean? Why did he answer you this way?

We should not antagonize crazy people.

"Four days later,"

"Damien lightly wounded the King above the fourth rib."

"for which he was quartered,"

My beloved, my darling,

my love, do not forsake me.

If you leave me, I won't live to tell the tale.

I live for you.

Pity my tears and give me back your love.

Madam, spare me these scenes, these tears, these cries.

When a favorite acts like a wife,

you should not be surprised that it is treated as such.

She has become more whiny than my poor Polish woman.

She wanted to be more than a queen.

If that's what it's all about, it already is, my love.

I would be his love if he still loved me.

I still love her.

With what tone he says it.

But I say.

Yes,

but when you still love each other,

love each other less.

It is clumsy to point this out to me.

Clumsiness is born from a lack of love.

At every moment I fear losing my balance.

I don't deserve to be treated like this,

after having done so many favors so many favors.

Yes, very large, ma'am.

Although I don't really know which ones,

but if it pleases you I will proclaim it everywhere.

How do you feel about me?

I feel very attached to his person.

- When you feel bound... - You realize that you are not free.

How beautiful.

All that remains is for us to disappear.

You first, ma'am.

The Academy would be ashamed that Voltaire was one of its own.

And someday he will be ashamed that it wasn't.

In this place where La Fontaine,

Racine and Molière

met,

let's look at

and let us recognize that if the previous century

was the century of genius,

ours must be that of intelligence. that of intelligence.

So, gentlemen,

let's look things in the face and tell the truth.

Go ahead, Voltaire.

Where are we going?

To the revolution, no doubt.

Under Louis XIV

misery killed to the sound of the "te deum".

But the people understood.

And when the populace reasons,

all is lost.

Rousseau, my friend, stay out of it.

- What news from the King? - The best.

What do you mean by that?

Agonizing.

Do you find it advantageous?

The people will take it as a concession.

- Let me tell you... - No way.

Why?

Montesquieu spoke of a revolution

for which you are responsible.

You and your admirable books.

Scoundrel!

He sacrifices everything for other scoundrels.

I am referring to the people.

And to think that someday the people will invoke this monster.

"A sun went out with the death of Louis XIV,"

"To announce the death of Louis XV,"

"someone blew out a candle in the window,"

"Thus were Versailles and the court and the court,"

"He had died of a contagious disease,"

"Versailles went to sleep again,"

"Twenty years later and for the last time,"

"Versailles would emerge from its stupor with the arrival of Louis XVI,"

"His arrival was welcomed by France."

"with great sympathy,"

"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI had an unblemished reputation,"

"Nothing could be said of the Queen, she was young and beautiful,"

"Of him it was said that he was very virtuous,"

"After the reign of the dissolute Louis XV,"

"it didn't take more to earn trust,"

"the esteem and respect of the people,"

"When it became known."

"that it had taken seven years"

"in getting to become his wife's husband,"

"his reputation as a virtuous man took on another meaning,"

"But there was nothing to presuppose that these two heads"

"were to roll on the scaffold 20 years later,"

"Let's not rush, let's go back to the time"

"in which Marie Antoinette ordered to be built".

"this adorable little town,"

"She played hide-and-seek with her bridesmaids,"

"They were jumping rope, they had fun,"

"they laughed without malice,"

"The King looked with tenderness these games."

"which she believed to be pastoral,"

"But infamy was already rising up all around him,"

"Here are the actors of the unthinkable plot,"

"The Cardinal Prince of Rohan,"

"The Countess de la Motte, who hid herself for nothing".

"and showed up for everything, whom we shall see again,"

"The jewelers Baumer and Bassange,"

"abusive merchants who lost their heads,"

"Mme. de la Motte, fearsome adventurer,"

"great-granddaughter of a bastard of Henry II,"

"And Queen Marie Antoinette."

"central character and innocent victim of the comedy,"

No, no, and no.

Tell Mr. Cardinal de Rohan that I do not know him. that I do not know him.

Maybe then he will understand that I know who he is.

Goodbye.

He is a frivolous and dangerous being who dishonors the habit.

He behaved very badly in Austria.

That's why my mother asked to leave.

Tell him I will never receive him.

"Thus began the scandalous adventure"

"known as "The Queen's Necklace""

"which precipitated the plummeting fall of the monarchy,"

"No matter how hard she tries Mrs. de la Motte,"

"will not be long in being imprisoned with justice in the Bastille,"

"All this occurred in 1785,"

"when Cagliostro was doing and undoing as he pleased,"

"The disgraced cardinal and the scorned Mrs. de la Motte,"

"she, Machiavellian, he, naive,"

"they began to see each other secretly at her house,"

My husband the count.

"Count de la Motte looked like what he was,"

"The following Thursday,"

"the cardinal met at night Mr. de Cagliostro".

"illustrious magician who restored health,"

"read the future"

"and prolonged life as some said,"

"Although others treated him as a charlatan as a charlatan,"

- Cardinal, how nice to see you. - Thank you.

For reasons that concern me,

I didn't want to hear about of their torment

without first having seen his eyes,

nor have touched his hands.

Allow me.

A man blessed by God.

How much there is in his gaze.

Happiness, health, fortune.

She has wonderful eyes.

- Wonderful eyes. - Of course they are.

I see him fulfilling his greatest ambitions.

I see him at the feet of a great lady.

The largest of all.

It leans toward you.

He gives her a kiss.

She kisses him.

You can write to him.

- May I write to him? - He will reply.

- He will answer me. - If you tell him...

- You will bring the cards yourself. - Of course you will.

"The poor Queen did not grant secret appointments,"

"Still impregnable, but besieged without indulgence,"

"had to break up with a very dear friend,"

"I refer to his predilection for Hans Axel de Fersen,"

"called "the handsome Swede","

What a disgrace.

Goodbye, madam.

Good morning.

"But she saw him again,"

"A few days before, in the evening,,,,,"

I humbly greet to Your Majesty.

- I think we've already met. - I am the crown jeweler.

I had the honor of introducing last month to the Queen

this diamond necklace unique in the world.

I told him I didn't want it.

Even the Queen must deprive herself of things however beautiful they may be.

- We have added two stones. - I don't mind.

We need ships, not collars.

""He's dying for it." thought Bassange,"

"and Baumer decided to return to the charge."

"through Mrs. de la Motte, with whom they went to talk. with whom they went to talk,"

"The necklace became the protagonist".

"of this incredible adventure that we will tell in detail,"

"An unexpected coincidence made it possible"

"that the predictions of Cagliostro Cagliostro's predictions would be realized."

"A young milliner, Nicole Leguay,"

"looked an awful lot like the Queen,"

"It had been discovered Mr. de la Motte,"

- Oh, my goodness. - No, it's not the Queen.

Ask who he is.

- Who is she? - Nicole Leguay, milliner.

Can you imagine all that?

Shut up, it's fabulous.

I can see it all.

You must have been told that she looks like the Queen

to hallucination.

At least a hundred thousand times, Mrs.

Numerous gallant gentlemen excited

have fun

by calling me the Queen's name at certain times at certain times.

I am not surprised.

Go.

"Eight days later the meeting took place".

"between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan,"

"Réteau de Villette, another scoundrel, accompanied him,"

"Nicole Leguay, identical to the Queen,"

"wearing a wig and flanked by the Counts de la Motte,"

"went to the appointment holding a rose a rose and thinking:"

"I have the makings of a queen."

"The full moon did not want to miss the date".

"and brought more mystery to the majestic place,"

"Face to face,"

"Mr. de Rohan could not quite believe it,"

"Nicole Leguay went so far as to wonder if he was a real cardinal," she said.

"The most naive of men, seized by emotion,"

"I couldn't take my eyes off from that surprised look,"

"Mrs. de la Motte thought that with such a naive,"

"anything was possible,"

"And at that moment he came up with the idea."

"that Mr. de Rohan bought the Baumer necklace Baumer's necklace,"

"making him believe that shortly,"

"the Queen would restore to him the sum spent,"

"And so it was,"

"Mad with happiness, without salvation,"

"the cardinal bought the fabulous necklace".

"for a huge sum"

"and gave the jewel to Mrs. de la Motte."

- The jewel. - Thank you.

And his letter.

In response to each article the Queen has written

"approved" in his own handwriting

and has signed it ten times.

- Not angry? - Neither angry nor surprised.

He understands that he was within his rights to ask for certain guarantees.

But please know that she is extremely grateful.

Sit down.

I have driven away the servants

to ensure that this matter enjoys the utmost discretion, of course.

From the Queen.

From the Queen.

Order the jewel to be delivered to the messenger.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

He has already left.

How happy the Queen will be.

I myself am proud to have had to watch.

How much affection you must feel for you.

- See how he trusts you. - Do you?

Today he was to deliver 400,000 pounds.

Did you do it? No.

You know you can count on you, it's wonderful.

I know her and I can assure you

that there are no two men with whom I would act in this way.

- Are you leaving? - Yes, we are.

You are a lucky man, Cardinal.

Do not abuse it, I am at your disposal.

Wow.

- You are magnificent. - Let the curtain fall.

Take this off, it looks terrible on you.

A house in the country,

four horses, two carriages, one solitaire.

- Keep this one. - Sure.

"But everything started to go wrong,"

"On the following Friday a great feast was held,"

"The Queen appeared, dazzling, but, of course,"

"without the necklace of brilliants,"

"Baumer was surprised, de Rohan was troubled,"

"but Mrs. de la Motte reassured him,"

The Queen told me

that he will not wear it as long as he has not paid for it.

- Have you thanked him? - To whom?

To the Queen, for having bought her such a precious jewel.

- Not yet. - It has to.

- Do it without delay. - Do you think it is necessary?

I am sure of it.

I need to talk to someone, excuse me.

Above all, do not thank the Queen,

would be a real scandal.

I will trust you with something terrible.

They have deceived the prince of Rohan, believe me.

The Queen's signature guaranteeing the Cardinal

the repayment of the amount that it advanced

is false.

"We are deeply pleased to know to know

that the most beautiful dressing of diamonds

the greatest and best of queens and best of queens".

I think it's very good.

- But who will deliver it? - Myself.

In hand.

Not afraid of what?

I only fear the ruin that threatens us.

Do not commit the imprudence to address the Queen.

If you have a message for her, give it to me.

No, ma'am.

- We are lost. - The diamonds remain.

Mr. Baumer pays his respects to his respects to His Majesty.

"Outraged by the letter,"

"hesitating between blackmail or the joke,"

"The Queen reacted without thinking, with a nervous and fatal gesture".

"who sowed a horrible doubt in this whole affair,"

"And that her enemies would explode, and that her enemies would exploit her,"

What's your game, ladies?

To the burned riddle.

What do you say?

The Queen never signed for the purchase of a necklace that she does not have.

Never.

"The cake had been discovered,"

"On the morning of August 15, a council took place".

"before the Kings, Messrs, de Miromesnil and de Breteuil."

Mr. Cardinal, you will know how precious the name the Queen's name is.

Because of him, he is compromised.

I can't leave anything to chance, I can't leave anything to chance.

For the last time I will ask you three questions again.

- Where is Mrs. De la Motte? - I do not know.

Where is the contract with the supposed signature?

I don't know either.

And the necklace?

Sire, I don't know.

Prepare to receive the cruelest punishment.

"The Queen looked at him without compassion, motionless, implacable,"

Go to the chapel, Cardinal, we will follow you shortly.

Arrest the Cardinal.

"Such a scandal undermined the altar,"

"Fate was going to throw itself on the throne."

"aided by a man very much in the know,"

"Witty as Voltaire, bolder than Rousseau."

"stuck his nose everywhere,"

"But why was he smiling as you passed in front of the clocks?"

"Why did you open them?"

"Because 20 years ago, when I was the watchmaker Caron,"

"was in charge of to put them on time".

"and to wind them up all over Versailles,"

"We refer to Figaro, to Cherubino,"

- Not Mr. Caron? - Mr. Caron?

- De Beaumarchais. - That's him.

- Mr. De Beaumarchais. - That's right, de Beaumarchais.

Do not doubt my nobility,

I have a receipt.

Goodbye, sir.

Here's another one

that struggled to be born and there it stayed.

Do you know of many masters worthy of being lackeys?

Tell the King of France that the author

of the "Barber of Seville". wants to tell you something interesting.

Mr. De Beaumarchais.

One sheet was enough for me.

One moment.

Mr. Doctor Benjamin Franklin.

Mr. Dr. Franklin,

it is a great honor to receive

to such an illustrious sage.

Please.

Thank you, Excellency.

That's right, sire.

You have just entered Mr. De Vergennes.

Mr. Minister,

speak English?

No, excuse me.

Please.

To let you know how I feel

for France,

I will tell you that when I saw

from the boat appear the coast of France,

I took off my wig

because it brought me closer to the land of truth,

and threw it into the sea.

I will never wear it again.

I wish I were eloquent and could convince the King

that we must intervene in total secrecy

in the matter of America.

But why are you getting involved, Mr. De Beaumarchais?

In the interest of my country, sire.

Believe me, Mr. Ambassador,

the King considers the affairs of of America with hope.

Hopefully?

Wait for it?

Waiting for what, sire? for the English to win?

Mr. De Sartines,

make the King understand

that France would immediately lose its possessions its possessions.

We have created a country without a past,

a people without ancestors.

Our parents are elsewhere.

Yes, I understand, there are no cemeteries yet.

- Sire, what is a million? - It is a million.

A bandit is still a bandit

whether in a band or alone.

Yes,

and a nation waging an unjust war

is nothing more than a gang of thieves.

I know the classics.

I cannot promise you anything, I can't commit myself.

- You understand, don't you? - Yes, sir.

But let me, Your Majesty withdraw from the arsenal

a few tons of gunpowder and 20,000 rifles.

Under no circumstances.

But who is Rodrigo Ortales?

Suppose it is France,

masked.

"But Rodrigo de Ortales was Beaumarchais,"

In other words the King is not aware of this?

Sorry.

May Your Majesty consider

that if it reaches out to America

before she reaches out to her,

the Yankees will not forget.

I am listening, Mr. Ambassador,

and I wonder for the first time

why no major European country in Europe has ever thought of

put your interests in the hands of of the geniuses

that honor its soil.

You may consider that it is a profession

understand and love their country.

Yes.

I consider it a serious mistake to believe

that intelligence is a privilege

of statesmen and ministers if we consider...

But Mr. De Beaumarchais dreams

if you believe that the U.S, someday,

will return the favor.

"Shortly after, thanks to Beaumarchais,"

"America was getting 200 cannons, 30,000 uniforms,"

"27,000 rifles and 600,000 pounds on account".

"of a loan of 6 million francs".

"granted by France,"

"To which Beaumarchais almost added:"

""Hopefully it will never be claimed,""

"On February 6, 1778,"

"having signed a treaty"

"between France and the United States,"

"King Louis XVI received Ambassador Benjamin Franklin,"

Mr. Ambassador,

my wish is that it will be a lasting treaty

and that the friendship between our countries will last.

Majesty.

I am very moved

for the events of this afternoon events of this afternoon.

Your Majesty, we hope that the friendship

between our countries to grow

and flourish for centuries to come.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Well, there's news.

"Time passed,"

"At the beginning of May 1789,"

"the deputies assembled at Versailles,"

"Louis XVI received the delegations,"

"The Third Estate was already retreating."

"and the 20 delegates bowed before the King,"

"One of them stepped back,"

"A footman stepped in, but the man insisted,"

"The King saw it,"

"What will he want?"

"Under the circumstances, you'd better ask him.","

Instead of introducing myself,

let the King to remind him of the visit

that His Majesty made to the Lycée Louis Le Grand.

Yes, I seem to remember him.

He was the best student in high school.

For which I had the distinguished honor of receiving His Majesty

on behalf of my fellow students.

I have not forgotten your speech, it was good to see you again.

Pray to the Queen to meet with me.

- Are you a member of parliament? - Yes, sire, for Arras, and a lawyer.

- Please tell me your name. - Maximilien de Robespierre.

Maximilien de Robespierre.

I don't think I'll forget it, but maybe I should remind myself.

- Did you want to ask me something? - Not at all.

It was just a pretext to see the King up close.

Mr. De Lavoisier.

Welcome, my dear and illustrious sage.

Mr. De Robespierre, deputy for Arras.

- Member of the Third Estate. - How interesting.

And what impression did you get?

Wasn't there?

No, sir.

Too bad.

Her Majesty the Queen.

Mr. Lavoisier, it is a pleasure to see you again.

Mr. De Robespierre, lawyer and deputy.

The Princess of Lamballe.

- I told my friend... - Let's welcome her.

Mr. Lavoisier, I am at your service.

One moment.

Mr. André Chénier.

What a joy.

I know no better poet, Mr. Chénier.

Allow me.

Mr. Maximilien de Robespierre, lawyer, deputy for Arras.

Let us know what you think.

- About the elections? - Yes.

More than favorable.

Undoubtedly, May 5, 1789, will be will be considered

as the most important date in France. of France.

- That much? - I think so.

The sacred happiness of the people on which the King depends,

should be rewarded.

Think that the entire population will vote.

Except for the servants, fortunately.

- What will they ask me for first? - The abolition of the death penalty.

Good idea.

Excellent.

Late.

I wish it were reciprocal.

And after the abolition of the death penalty?

The Bastille.

- For whom? - No one, ma'am.

- The Bastille is only a symbol. - That's why.

Since January 2 of this year,

only one prisoner has entered, Révillon,

but voluntarily imprisoned himself.

And if I told you that, for cost-saving measures,

was planning to demolish it?

I would not be surprised.

It is the project of the Place Louis XVI, by Corbet.

How do you feel about demolition?

I think it is better to leave the the initiative to the people.

It will be your revenge, let it be taken from you, don't give it away.

We can guide you.

If His Majesty does not defend the Bastille too much,

will prevent useless deaths.

Mr. Chénier,

you were the one who wrote:

"Sacred equality,

drives away the darkness,

opens the locks of the dismal Bastille".

"Sacred equality.

Foresighted poet,

is safe from from possible retaliation.

What retaliation?

It is the first miscalculation of Mr. De Lavoisier.

- I am not "of" Lavoisier. - My oversight.

His genius makes him safe from from any retaliation.

I hope so, sire.

I do not see myself dying on the scaffold.

Me neither.

Neither do I.

Neither do I.

Neither do I.

Me neither, in fact.

"However, all six of them fell,"

"One,"

"Two,"

"Three,"

"Four,"

"Five,"

"And six,"

Listen to this, listen to this.

The truth is already known, it was a diamond necklace.

- It cost 30 million. - 30 million?

Even 35.

- Who gave it to him? - The Swede.

You're missing the point, that's been over for a long time.

- Who then? - A priest.

- Well, that's enough! - Yes, you're right, that's enough.

If you are not capable to set an example,

we will give it, the women!

Come on, Henriette, Julie.

Come on everyone, let's go.

Come on, socks.

You too, lazybones!

To Versailles!

To Versailles, they must be hanged!

This one has value, come on down.

What are you laughing at, you fool?

Your thing has always been jokes.

Even the jokers get serious.

My daughters, the hosiery,

all to Versailles!

Aristocrats to the scaffold!

- Mr. De Rivarol. - Sire, it is an honor.

I wanted to see you because some time ago

who tell me their witticisms

not at all flattering to me.

Sire, there are cases of which that I would prefer not to be the author.

Let's leave thanks aside.

"I was asking him for something impossible,"

I need advice and I turn to your intelligence.

Without beating around the bush,

our situation can become tragic.

Let's see that advice.

Since you criticize me so much, speak up.

- What should I do? - Sire, be a king.

"I was also asking him something impossible,"

Sire, the people of Paris set out a hundred years ago on the road to Versailles.

Sire, for a hundred years the people have had enough.

They no longer feel French, they don't enjoy their work.

This lack of interest is what I find most serious.

The worker does not finish the task, he says: "That's enough".

The farmer says, "That's enough."

"That's enough."

From repeating "enough is enough", I fear that one day they will sing it:

"That's enough, that's enough, it's all right now."

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, aristocrats to the scaffold,"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, the aristocrats will be hanged,"

"They've been promising for 300 years."

"who will give us bread,"

"They've been throwing parties for 300 years."

"and keeping their darlings,"

"They've been crushing us for 300 years,"

"Enough lies and words!"

"We don't want to starve anymore,"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, aristocrats to the scaffold,"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, the aristocrats will be hanged,"

"They've been waging war."

"to the sound of flutes and drums".

"while we die in misery,"

"It couldn't last forever,"

"They have been taking from us for 300 years for 300 years,"

"treating us like beasts of burden,"

"It couldn't last forever,"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, aristocrats to the scaffold,"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, the aristocrats will be hanged,"

"Punishment is coming,"

"The people regain their rights,"

"Enough of pulling our leg,"

"It's over, gentlemen kings!"

"We will no longer bow our heads,"

"We will enjoy yours, we make the law,"

- Don't stay by my side, ma'am. - I will not leave you alone.

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, aristocrats to the scaffold,"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough, the aristocrats will be hanged,"

Mom, Mom.

- Where are they taking us? - To see the King.

- To see the King? - Didn't they demand to see him?

- Yes, but we thought... - They thought it wasn't possible.

- But him in person? - Of course.

I am not going!

Don't stand so close, they seem to protect me.

Sire.

You go, I'm afraid.

I don't want to.

I don't want, I don't want to see the King! I don't want to go to the King!

Come in, Miss.

The bow.

Leave her alone.

He wanted to see me.

Yes.

- We want bread. - This is a matter of concern to me.

It comes at a good time, I have given the relevant orders.

What is it called?

Louison Chabray.

How old are you?

Nineteen years old.

What are you working on?

From worker.

Tell those accompanying you

that the King asks for a little more patience,

that they will soon be satisfied.

Will you tell him?

Yes.

Do you trust me?

Yes.

All of it?

Yes.

What happens?

What's wrong with him?

Nothing.

Is it better?

Yes, much better.

Sire, thank you.

- Give him a drink. - Yes.

It should have happened 300 years ago.

- He must have imprisoned her. - Or bedridden.

I would not be surprised.

And now?

We are done.

Join her.

Tell everyone

that the King will fulfill the promise he has made to you.

Thank you.

Will we be able to keep that promise?

They need bread.

I do not dislike the idea that I have been addressed.

You see, he knows nothing.

There it is!

- I have seen him. - Who?

To the King.

- Have you spoken to him? - Of course I did.

- He has not insulted you? - On the contrary.

What has he done to you?

He gave me a drink.

He got her drunk!

He gives her a drink and convinces her!

- What did he give you, bitch? - He didn't give me anything.

I swear I gave him nothing, not a penny, I swear.

No, no, no.

There is no longer hope.

My goodness.

Hans!

I have never stopped thinking about you.

I have never stopped loving her, madam.

- I have come to look for you. - To look for me?

You must obey me, you are in danger.

A car is waiting for her.

Leave Versailles.

I will take you, Your Majesty and you, to a safe place.

I can't.

Only God knows how much I love you.

No one will ever know

the truth of our love.

No one.

Never.

"No one knew the truth,"

"But he had to resign himself to the horrible departure,"

"He had begun his ordeal,"

"Nothing could stop the tragic events,"

"Versailles was desecrated,"

"A picnic area was opened in the Little Trianon,"

"An auction was organized of the royal furniture,"

Gather around, citizens, come and see this!

Citizens, citizens, come, come!

Come, come closer, citizens.

Citizens, you are at home.

There is a reason why this picnic area is called "La parra del Rey".

We have emptied the cellars of the Capet and the Austrian.

Rhymes with magpie.

- You are the Capet. - And I am Marie Antoinette.

What do you give us to drink?

- Wines of Burgundy and Bordeaux. - Champagne and Anjou.

- You can choose, citizens. - Champagne wines,

Charente and Burgundy.

If there is a choice, I'll take the patron saint.

Silence!

Today we offer for sale Austrian furniture.

- That bitch! - We are in agreement.

A canapé, armchairs and chairs of the older pig's wife.

- He betrayed France. - Yes, but that's not the point.

Marie Antoinette's furniture.

- I don't want them. - Better to burn them.

You think you're so smart, asshole?

We sell them for two reasons.

First, to make them disappear,

and for us to enjoy the money, we, the people,

to which those bastards

starve to death for 300 years.

Since ever.

For the furniture of the Austrian, we ask...

- Four bitches! - 300 francs!

Who gives more?

400 francs.

- Who is that? - He has an accent.

- He is a foreigner. - What's the difference?

400 francs, who gives more?

- 500! - This bourgeois says 500.

600 francs.

700.

800.

What do you want that furniture for?

Because they are beautiful, I've never seen anything so beautiful.

- Why do you want them? - They were here.

- Do you care? - Of course I do.

- Do you think they are beautiful? - I think they are wonderful.

He thinks they are wonderful!

Do not touch them!

- They are not sacred. - It's true, they are beautiful.

We were at the 800 francs from the gentleman.

He has not said the last word.

I raise to 900.

- And the song, citizen poet? - Almost there.

- We already have music. - I will sing it.

"There is dancing at the Trianon, the Queen's friends are there,"

"22 dukes and 30 barons raise their glasses in unison,"

"Duchesses, baronesses, empty your glasses to your health."

"of a young woman named Liberty,"

"Freedom,"

"Come, viscount, dance the mazurka."

"with the archduchess,"

1,800 francs.

Two thousand.

- Another effort, sir. - I can't.

They will go abroad.

It hurts me the most, but....

Two thousand.

Two thousand.

No one gives more?

Awarded!

It is a pity that they take things from us.

Those Englishmen!

How will you take them?

- I chartered a boat. - I had everything ready.

I don't think this is the time to fool around.

"Duchesses, baronesses, empty your glasses to your health."

"of a young woman named Libertad,"

"Freedom, Freedom,"

"Versailles fell asleep and dreamed fabulous dreams,"

"But one night, at dusk, a military step was heard"

"that woke him up and chased away the ghosts,"

"Let's not try to guess what a great man thought"

"before the bed of a great king,"

"But something impresses us and that's why we tell it:"

"He preferred not to sleep there,"

"He spent the night at the Trianon, where Louis XIV never slept,"

When a picture book comes to an end,

we turn the pages faster.

Nos,

Luis Felipe I,

King of the French,

we order

that,

as of

from September 1

of 1833,

the palace

of Versailles

becomes

in a museum

consecrated

to all the glory

of France.

Please remove this portrait of Robespierre.

- Replace it with one from Lafayette. - Yes, sir.

Leave those of King Louis XVIII and King Charles X.

Show me that delicious effigy

of Emperor Napoleon.

Bonaparte, sire.

I prefer it.

And now,

remove this marvelous work of art work of art

and place my portrait

where is that of Citizen Marat.

"From that day on, the guide is followed,"

Follow the guide.

Follow the guide, gentlemen.

Follow the guide, ladies and gentlemen, follow me.

You have entered into the Hall of War.

Look at the architecture, see the beauty.

The walls are made of marble, the ornaments, of gilded bronze.

It must have been very expensive!

Yes, ma'am, very expensive.

But don't stop enjoying for thinking about such things.

On the left, the Gallery of Mirrors,

often considered

as one of the wonders of the world. of the world.

You can take a look.

But I will not accompany them.

- Well, well. - Yes, that's right.

I bet it's a love story. a love story.

And he's not far wrong.

It is 1900.

Of course.

Well, you see, 29 years ago...

Do the math, if we subtract them from a hundred, that leaves...

Seventy-one.

Seventy-one.

You see, sir, that year

something happened in the Gallery of Mirrors,

y... No, I prefer not to talk about it.

As long as the memory remains, I will not set foot in the Gallery.

Please, ladies and gentlemen.

Ladies and Gentlemen, follow the guide.

Gentlemen.

Follow the guide, ladies and gentlemen, listen to me.

We entered the Peace Room.

Look at the architecture, see the beauty.

The walls are made of marble, the ornaments, of gilded bronze.

- It must have been very expensive. - Very expensive, ma'am.

Their great-grandparents' great-grandparents began to pay for it.

Come back often,

and in 25 years we will have covered our costs.

The Hall of Peace owes its originality

to its location at the back of the of the Gallery.

There at the back is the Hall of War.

Charming.

And here something extraordinary and something extraordinary and moving.

With every visit, and I've been here for eight years,

with every visit there are always there are always two or three men,

never the same,

who repeat the same gestures and who say the same thing.

Look, like these two.

They are always between 58 and 60 years old.

Listen.

They are going to hear a name,

is always the same.

- Clémenceau was here. - Yes, in the center.

"Yes, Clémenceau, Clémenceau,"

"They saw him,"

"They saw him with the eyes of memory,"

"they even pointed to him so that others could see him,"

Follow the guide and pass in front.

This way.

Go ahead, go ahead.

How nice.

How nice.

Continue.

Yes, very nice.

The hat.

How nice.

The hat.

If you like, ladies and gentlemen,

This is the end of the visit,

in this splendid room,

one of the most beautiful of the palace of Versailles.

I would have been able to talk to them more

of each of the halls we have crossed,

but I have not.

What is the point of stating

that a historical event happened here or there?

The important thing is that it has taken place.

Important to know

that much of this country's history of this country

took place in this palace for 300 years.

Whether it occurred in this room or in the next room,

that Louis XIV said "bravo" to Molière. to Molière,

"thank you" to Turenne, "I love you" to Lavallière,

The important thing is that he said so.

If it pleases them

imagine Voltaire opening this door this door,

Madame de Pompadour strolling with Jean with Jean de La Fontaine,

forward.

The omissions, the errors, and the...

Anachronisms, what do they matter if they come from the heart.

And if I feel like it

imagine them all

together

going down down the most beautiful staircase,

I can do it.

And so it is,

I can imagine them.

I see them.