Plot
August 1715, France. After feeling a pain in his leg, King Louis XIV, starts sleeping less and getting weaker. Although he tries fulfilling his duties, he is barely able to complete them due to the increasing pains. Surrounded by his closest relatives he attends some meetings at the side of his bed, but he will start to lose control of his reign. His wife Madame de Maintenon, his son Louis XV, and his doctor, are afraid that his passing away might happen, and they try to hide it from the public. This is the slow agony of one of the most important Kings of France, and how his surroundings faced it.
Albert Serra goes back to directing, with 'La Mort de Luis XIV', an adaptación of Saint Simon's memoirs.
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'Last Days of Louis XIV' French Trailer
July 13 2016
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Trivia
Cannes Film Festival
Albert Serra presented 'La muerte de Luis XIV' in the last edition of Cannes Film Festival, but out of competition. Still it was one of the best rated films of the festival.
Jean-Pierre Léaud, the face of the "Nouvelle Vague"
Jean-Pierre Léaud plays King Louis XIV. It is one of the most iconic faces of the "Nouvelle Vague" and one of the accomplices of Jean-Luc Godard. In the last edition of the Cannes Film Festival he received the Palme Honor for his career.
Luis XIV
The film portrays the last days of Louis XIV, absolute monarch in France popularly known as 'The Sun King'.
Soundtrack from 'The Death of Louis XIV'
El gest
Interpretada por
Written Marc Verdaguer
La fúria
Interpretada por
Written Marc Verdaguer
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Interpretada por
Written Marc Verdaguer
Trio Sonata Nº. 1 in G - Moderato
Compuesta por
Domenico Gallo
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