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  • 2012
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, the film stars Léa Seydoux as one of Marie’s ladies-in-waiting, seemingly innocent but quietly working her way into her mistress’s special favors, until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path. With the action moving effortlessly from the gilded drawing rooms of the noble...

Directed By: Benoît Jacquot

Written By: Gilles Taurand, Chantal Thomas, Benoît Jacquot

  • 2012
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 40 m

Farewell, My Queen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 24 User Ratings
6.1
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Summary Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, the film stars Léa Seydoux as one of Marie’s ladies-in-waiting, seemingly innocent but quietly working her way into her mistress’s special favors, until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path. With the action moving effortlessly from the gilded drawing rooms of the noble...

Directed By: Benoît Jacquot

Written By: Gilles Taurand, Chantal Thomas, Benoît Jacquot

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
67
55% Positive
11 Reviews
45% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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45% Mixed
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100
Jul 12, 2012
Other films about Marie Antoinette have had their moments, but Benoît Jacquot's Farewell, My Queen is the first to give a real sense of what it must have felt like to live inside that palace as the walls were caving in.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
88
Aug 10, 2012
Richly photographed and featuring an attractive cast, Farewell, My Queen is a layer cake of royal pleasures, rote protocols and revolutionary politics. For skeptics who thought this story had grown stale, let them eat their words.
By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW

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33% Mixed
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17% Negative
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80
Jul 10, 2012
Historical drama set in the early days of the French revolution is intelligent Euro eye candy at its most lavish.
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63
Jul 26, 2012
One of the movie's strengths is how we see the revolution - or, rather the anticipation of it - not from the perspective of royal or radical but courtier and servant.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 10, 2012
The pleasure of Jacquot's film is in watching various strains of discreet, heated, and deluded passionate attachment performed.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 13, 2012
Jacquot's lavish décor and costumes are like the perfume the women use instead of bathing: They may cover up the willful carelessness at the center of the project, but it's still there.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 12, 2012
The story refuses to combust; it's a strangely unsatisfying combination of bloodless observations and unresolved sexuality.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
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Production Company GMT Productions, Les Films du Lendemain, Morena Films, France 3 Cinéma, Euro Media France, Invest Image, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, La Banque Postale Images 5, Palatine Étoile 9, Soficinéma 7, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Release Date Jul 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.facebook.com/lesadieuxalareine
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 2 Nominations
Prix Louis Delluc
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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