Albert Serra, film-maker, catalan films the last few weeks of Louis XIV, in 1715. His long agony to be more precise. The Sun King, left leg riddled with gangrene, does not die.
Inspired by the memoirs of Saint-Simon, the director observes this purpose and composed a requiem gorgeous, lined in a philosophical reflection on death and the power within ” tables “ morbid beauty stunning : the heavy curtains, the touch of the velvet opalescence of the dishes, everything is sublime…
The film was produced by the société nantaise Relais. It had been presented out of competition at Cannes, and already aired on the occasion of the festival So Film this summer.
sessions at The Katorza
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