Les Adieux: Г La Reine

Watch this review for a visual breakdown of how the film portrays the beginning of the French Revolution through a servant's eyes: Film Review - Farewell, my Queen (Les Adieux à la Reine) Sophie Tergeist YouTube• Jan 25, 2017

: The novel won France's prestigious Prix Femina in 2002. The film won the Louis Delluc Prize and opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival . Les adieux Г  la reine

(English title: Farewell, My Queen ) is an award-winning 2002 novel by Chantal Thomas that was later adapted into a critically acclaimed 2012 film directed by Benoît Jacquot. Both works offer a fictionalized, intimate look at the final four days of the French monarchy at Versailles from July 14 to July 17, 1789 . Narrative Perspective and Plot Summary Watch this review for a visual breakdown of

: Sidonie is fiercely loyal and romantically devoted to the Queen. Her position allows her access to the private apartments while remaining a servant, providing a dual perspective of the royal family’s panic and the servants' growing unrest as the Bastille falls . Both works offer a fictionalized, intimate look at

The story is uniquely told through the eyes of (played by Léa Seydoux in the film), the young official "reader" to Marie Antoinette .

: The report focuses on the decay of the "miniature universe" of Versailles, contrasting the rigid court rituals with the rising panic and abandonment by the nobility. Critical Reception and Themes