The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival has selected the period drama Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell My Queen) as the opening film. Farewell My Queen, starring Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, and Virginie Ledoyen, will have its world premiere at the Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2012, it was announced today by the festival.
Farewell My Queen Synopsis:
“In a screen adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ prize-winning novel of the same name, French Director Benoît Jacquot (Tosca, Villa Amalia, Deep in the Woods) portrays the first days of the French Revolution from the perspective of the servants at Versailles. With ironic overtones, a historical drama unfolds that also draws parallels to the present.
Versailles in July 1789. Unrest is growing in the court of King Louis the XVI. The people are rebelling – a revolution is imminent. Behind the facades of the royal palaces, everyone is thinking of fleeing, including Queen Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and her entourage. Among her ladies-in-waiting is Sidonie Laborde (Léa Seydoux) who as the Queen’s reader has become quite intimate with her. With great amazement, Sidonie experiences the first hours of the French Revolution.”
Source: 62nd Berlin International Film Festival – January 4, 2012
Farewell My Queen to Open the Berlin Film Festival
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