The Death of Louis XIV

La Mort de Louis XIV

Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed.

Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival and at the Toronto International Film Festival.

"A masterpiece." - James Adams, Globe and Mail

"Serra has done his subject justice, transmuting the slow and steady march toward oblivion into an aptly imposing and unyielding work of art." - Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times