The Death of Louis XIV's reviews
Media reviews
Caimán Cuadernos de Cine
El Mundo
"The prettiest film of Cannes Film Festival".
The Hollywood Reporter
"Impressive film".
Screen Daily
"The best interpretation of Jean-Pierre Léaud".
Screen Daily
A monarch's 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. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon and other courtiers, Catalan director Albert Serra?s film has a documentary-like authenticity, matching the unblinking instincts of a modern reality television series with the visual allure of the old masters. Serra has found his perfect Louis in Jean-Pierre Leaud.
La Razón
The faithful historial reconstruction of the King's agony complements, as always in Serra, with a deconstruction of the myth, which is double here (...) a beautiful way to equal History and legend, or life and cinema