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The Death of Louis XIV

La Mort de Louis XIV

2016

Albert Serra

Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick D'Assumçao, Marc Susini, Bernard Belin ...

6.6

1,693

Drama Death and suffering don’t spare the mighty, not even absolute monarchs: In August 1715, King Louis XIV., the Sun King, suddenly feels a pain in his leg. He spends the next days in his chambers, running the government as best he can as death gradually draws closer.

	Media	Author	Review
		Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"By far Serra's most accessible work to date."
		Ben Kenigsberg Variety	"Claustrophobic and often grimly funny."
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"A painstakingly realised portrait of the agonising final days of the Sun King."
		Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"A series of exquisitely composed images (...) The small but wonderfully rich details of the film invite us in (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"Sober, meticulous and entirely convincing in its depiction of period and mortality."
		Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"The cause of 'The Death Of Louis XIV' was boredom (...) It’s such a conceptually fertile film that one wishes that it weren’t also a bore."
		Carson Lund Slant	"Catalan prankster Albert Serra's film ultimately emerges as a compact, improbably riveting viewing experience (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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