Albert serras the death of louis xiv opens march 31 at the film society of lincoln center. Special thanks to the university of tennessee cinema studies program for sponsoring his visit, and to cinema guild, the films us distributor, for allowing us to screen it. A series of exquisitely composed images, each one lit like an old master painting with the soft glow of candlelight, present us the last days in the life of one of the most powerful monarchs in modern history, louis xiv, the man who was known as the sun king. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the duke of saintsimon and other courtiers, the death of louis xiv is a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic by albert serra, one of today s most singular directors. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of france, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.
A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of agony for the greatest king of france. The death of louis xiv 2016 the movie database tmdb. Back from hunting, louis xivmasterfully portrayed by french new wave icon jeanpierre leaud the 400 blows feels a pain in his leg. Oct 05, 2016 the death of louis xiv 2016 still courtesy capricci albert serra bothers critics. Le film the death of louis xiv 2016 vostfr admin 20170423t19. In what seems like real time, the film takes its audience through a historical event, the death of louis xiv, placing us by the royal deathbed in the days and hours before he died in 1715 of a. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the duke. Whats interesting is that unlike certain animals who sense death and hide away to spend their final moments in solitude, very often humans do the opposite. Its a particularly significant experience to see a new film in cannes with leaud as lead, given that the festival and indeed french cinema has. A film captures the slow, painful, and breathtaking death of. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the duke of saintsimon and other courtiers, the death of louis xiv is a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic by albert serra, one of todays most singular directors.
Albert serra has earned himself the directorial moniker the catalan king of stasis, and nothing in the death of louis xiv is going to dispel such a reputation if anything, he has honed that characteristic approach further, concentrating this story of the declining days of the sun king into a single royal bedchamber. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 cannes film festival. Upon returning from a hunting expedition, king louis xiv feels a sharp pain in his leg. Filled with ravishing candlelit images and painstaking details gleaned from saintsimons memoirs and other historical texts, louis xiv is as darkly funny as it is moving, revealing the absurdity of the rulebound royal court, but even more so of death itself. Legendary french actor jeanpierre leaud plays the dying king in this visually impressive. A monarchs devotion to duty and service endures until the last breath in the death of louis xiv, a painstakingly realised portrait of the agonising final days of the sun king. Acest website nu hosteaza niciun film pe serverele. The death of louis xiv 2016 online subtitrat in romana. The lawyer sulphur and white those who have been charmed by the wily confidence. Manohla dargis, the new york times the most beautiful film at cannes 2016. The death of louis xiv is contemplative cinema at its. The film was screened out of competition at the 2016 cannes film festival. The death of louis xiv 2017 stream and watch online upon returning from a hunting expedition, king louis xiv feels a sharp pain in his leg. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 cannes film festival on 19 may 2016.
Find where to watch the death of louis xiv in australia. It made its north american premiere at the 2016 toronto international film festival and its u. A film captures the slow, painful, and breathtaking death. The death of louis xiv 2016 changes the movie database. In the death of louis xiv, writerdirector albert serra shows us that monumental events can be conveyed through the smallest of details. The death of louis xiv 2016 still courtesy capricci albert serra bothers critics. A monarchs devotion to duty and service endures until the last breath in the death of louis xiv, a painstakingly realised portrait of the agonising. Film history merges with actual history in albert serras memento mori. Set in 1715, it depicts the final days of louis xiv of france. Nov 21, 2017 albert serra has earned himself the directorial moniker the catalan king of stasis, and nothing in the death of louis xiv is going to dispel such a reputation if anything, he has honed that characteristic approach further, concentrating this story of the declining days of the sun king into a single royal bedchamber. Set in 1715, it depicts the final days of louis xiv. It doesnt care what you think any more than a stone would. In the last 10 years, the 41yearold catalan has made a handful of slow films and installations.
The death of louis xiv 2016 full movie download full hd. The death of louis xiv jeanpierre leaud plays the title role in albert serras claustrophobic and often grimly funny depiction of the dimming of the sun king. The death of louis xiv is a 2016 historical drama film directed by albert serra and starring jeanpierre leaud. The tiny details of discomfort, faraway looks and bursts of frantic concentration convey the torment of a great force fading away in a film that is uncompromising, challenging and deeply felt. The movie was cowritten and directed by albert serra. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors, who sense an impending power vacuum, the sun king struggles to run the country. Back from hunting, louis xiv magisterially interpreted by new wave icon and. Albert serra, after portraying the death of louis xiv, reincarnates the infamous monarch in a modern neonred purgatory.
The same year he received the golden leopard in locarno for his new film story of my death, inspired by casanovas memoirs. With jeanpierre leaud, patrick dassumcao, marc susini, bernard belin. The death of louis xiv is contemplative cinema at its best open this photo in gallery. The film is set almost exclusively in louis bedroom, providing the viewer the opportunity to stand in as one of the physicians poking and prodding the kings aching body. Le film the death of louis xiv 2016 vostfr film complet.
The death of louis xiv 2016 letterboxd social film. The familiar face of jean pierreleaud is replaced by that of frequent serra collaborator and nonprofessional actor lluis serrat. Special thanks to the university of tennessee cinema studies program for sponsoring his visit, and to cinema guild, the films us distributor, for allowing us to screen it versailles, august 1715. Montage histoire le roi danse absolutisme sous louis xiv duration. Trailer for the death of louis xiv king louis the xiv is dying, but his doctors are unclear as to what is the cause. Apr 23, 2017 le film the death of louis xiv 2016 vostfr admin 20170423t19. Apr 17, 2017 trailer for the death of louis xiv king louis the xiv is dying, but his doctors are unclear as to what is the cause. Discussing the death of louis xiv with albert serra on. An actor synonymous with the 1960s reinvention of cinema, made in close. The death of louis xiv trailer new release youtube.
After going for a walk, louis xiv feels a pain in his leg. The death of louis xiv, by albert serra 2016 capricci. Back from hunting, louis xiv magisterially interpreted by new wave icon and honorary palme dor recipient jeanpierre leaud feels. To describe roi soleil as a film would be imprecise. Jeanpierre leaud stars as the dying monarch in a tragedy tinged with black humour. The death of louis xiv 2017 stream and watch online. Jul 12, 2017 in what seems like real time, the film takes its audience through a historical event, the death of louis xiv, placing us by the royal deathbed in the days and hours before he died in 1715 of a. Mar 03, 2017 via yearround programming and discussions. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. The death of louis xiv, his new film starring jeanpierre leaud as the sun king, is presented in the official selection of cannes film festival 2016. The death of louis xiv certainly does live up to its title.