Title from sell sheet. Virginie Ledoyen, Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux, Xavier Beauvois, Noemie Lvovsky. Based on the international best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Special features: Making-of featurette; interview with Benoît Jacquot.
Summary:
Sidonie, who serves as reader to Marie Antoinette and displays a singular romantic devotion to the queen, witnesses the final days of the French Revolution from inside the walls of the Palace of Versailles. The film is seen from Sidonie's point of view, and the story takes place over the course of four days.
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