Louis: The Child King (1993)
Louis, enfant roi (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 40min
- Biography, Drama
- 21 Apr 1993 (France)
- Movie
- 1 win & 2 nominations.
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Carmen Maura | ... |
Anne d'Autriche
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Maxime Mansion | ... |
Louis XIV
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Paolo Graziosi | ... |
Mazarin
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Jocelyn Quivrin | ... |
Philippe Duc d'Anjou
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Hervé Briaux | ... |
Gaston d'Orléans
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Brigitte Catillon | ... |
Duchesse de Chevreuse
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Irina Dalle | ... |
Grande Mademoiselle
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Serge Dupire | ... |
Prince de Condé
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Isabelle Gélinas | ... |
Duchesse de Chatillon
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Michèle Laroque | ... |
Duchesse de Longueville
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Aurélien Recoing | ... |
Coadjuteur de l'Archevêque de Paris, futur Cardinal de Retz
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Régis Royer | ... |
Prince de Conti
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Vanessa Wagner | ... |
Charlotte de Chevreuse
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Maurice Barrier | ... |
Guitaud
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Marco Bisson | ... |
Le duc de Nemours
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Carlo Brandt | ... |
Duc de la Rochefoucauld
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Isabelle Renauld | ... |
Mme de Beauvais
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Jean-Pol Dubois | ... |
Abbé La Rivière
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Frédéric Bazin | ... |
Colbert
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Thierry Bosc | ... |
Vicomte de Turenne
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Jacques Bourgaux | ... |
Le faux Mazarin
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Marcel Bozonnet | ... |
Louis XIII
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Frédéric Constant | ... |
Marquis de Jarze
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Elodie Frenck | ... |
La servante aux grands pieds
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Ezio Frigerio | ... |
Tonelli
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Laurent Gamelon | ... |
Descouches
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Michèle Gleizer | ... |
Mme de Noirols
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Nathalie Krebs | ... |
Margueritte, duchesse d'Orléans
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Pierre-Jean Larroque | ... |
Le chanteur italien
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Lorenzo Lavia | ... |
Paolo Mancini
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Jean Leuvrais | ... |
Novion
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Claude Lévèque | ... |
Le précepteur
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Sébastien Libessart | ... |
Marquis de Villequier
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Jean-Pierre Malignon | ... |
Le professeur de musique
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Michèle Pezzin | ... |
Princesse de Condé
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Roger Planchon | ... |
Le vieux domestique
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Bruno Raffaelli | ... |
Le Bé
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Nathalie Rebondo | ... |
La fille du jardinier
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Elsa Saladin | ... |
Laura Mancini
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Gérard Simon | ... |
Le préposé aux chandelles
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Richard Sammut | ... |
Le duc de Châtillon
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Frédéric Tokarz | ... |
Le duc de Mercoeur
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Yasmine Tomlinson | ... |
Une fille de Gaston d'Orléans
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Layla Tomlinson | ... |
Une fille de Gaston d'Orléans
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Max Vialle | ... |
Valot
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Françoise Deniau | ... |
Danseuse
(as Françoise Deniau-Leclerc)
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Marc LeClerc | ... |
Danseur
(as Marc Leclerc)
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Serge Ambert | ... |
Danseur (uncredited)
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Charles Berling | ... |
Petit rôle (uncredited)
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Anne-Marie Gardette | ... |
Danseuse (uncredited)
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Nicolas N'Guyen | ... |
Danseur (uncredited)
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Natalie Van Parys | ... |
Danseuse (uncredited)
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Directed by
Roger Planchon |
Written by
Roger Planchon | ... | (scenario) |
Produced by
Margaret Ménégoz | ... | producer |
Music by
Jean-Pierre Fouquey |
Cinematography by
Gérard Simon |
Editing by
Isabelle Devinck |
Editorial Department
Eric Armbruster | ... | apprentice editor |
Mathilde Cousin | ... | assistant editor |
Laurent Rouan | ... | assistant editor (as Laurent Roüan) |
Production Design by
Ezio Frigerio |
Costume Design by
Franca Squarciapino |
Makeup Department
Isabelle Bertaud | ... | hair stylist (as Isabelle Patocska) / makeup artist (as Isabelle Patocska) |
Annie Marandin | ... | key hair stylist / key makeup artist |
Corinne Masselo | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Paillette | ... | key hair stylist (as Jacques Maistre) / key makeup artist (as Jacques Maistre) |
Production Management
Jean-Marc Deschamps | ... | production manager |
Marc Maurette | ... | production manager |
Alain Mougenot | ... | assistant unit manager |
Hervé Ruet | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gilbert Guichardière | ... | first assistant director |
Frédéric Planchon | ... | 2nd Unit director |
Anne Soisson | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Stéphane Cressend | ... | assistant art director |
Didier Dubedout | ... | assistant art director |
Denis Fritsch | ... | assistant art director |
Pierre Guerrero | ... | assistant art director |
Joëlle Marcy | ... | assistant art director |
Alexis McKenzie Main | ... | assistant art director |
Olivier Raoux | ... | assistant art director |
Vincent Sentis | ... | assistant art director |
Piotr Styczen | ... | props |
Bertrand Terreyre | ... | carpenter |
Simon Tric | ... | art assistant |
Valérie Valéro | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
Vincent Arnardi | ... | re-recording mixer |
Gilles Fargout | ... | sound editor |
Thierry Lebon | ... | re-recording mixer |
Nadine Muse | ... | sound editor |
Jacques Thomas-Gérard | ... | sound mixer |
Special Effects by
Georges Demétrau | ... | special effects |
Olivier Zenenski | ... | special effects |
Stunts
Claude Carliez | ... | stunt coordinator |
Frédéric Vallet | ... | stunts |
Daniel Breton | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe Depardieu | ... | electrician |
Bernard Gemahling | ... | gaffer (as Bernard Gemähling) |
Gilles Guillard | ... | camera operator |
Emmanuel Ortner | ... | first assistant camera |
François Paumard | ... | second assistant camera |
Michel Sabourdy | ... | electrician |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gilles Bodu-Lemoine | ... | costumer (as Gilles Bodu) |
Christophe Giraud | ... | costume painter |
Gil Noir | ... | costumer |
Eric Perron | ... | costumer |
Michèle Pezzin | ... | costume supervisor |
Germaine Ribel | ... | costumer |
Music Department
Didier Lizé | ... | music recording mixer |
Additional Crew
Élizabeth Boorn | ... | production secretary |
Claude Carliez | ... | armorer |
Eymeric Jorat | ... | restorator |
Marc LeClerc | ... | choreographer |
Mario Luraschi | ... | horses and carriages |
Sylvie Mortenson | ... | animal trainer |
Production Companies
- Les Films du Losange
- Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes
- TSF Productions
- Téléma
- La Sept Cinéma
- France 2 Cinéma
- Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (participation)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation)
- Région Rhône-Alpes (participation)
- Canal+ (participation)
- Sofiarp (participation)
- Investimage 3 (participation)
- Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep) (participation)
- Avanti Films S.A. (co-production)
- Sabre TV (co-production)
Distributors
- Les Films du Losange (1993) (France) (theatrical)
- Universal (2000) (France) (DVD)
- Camera Film (1995) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- Les Films de l'Elysée (1993) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Remstar Distribution (1993) (Canada) (theatrical) (Québec) (Montréal)
- Sadfi Films (1993) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Blue Efficience (anti-piracy)
- Les Ateliers du Costume (costumes)
- Lumières numériques (restored by)
- Opéra National de Paris (thanks)
- Pompei (Paris) (costumes)
- Sastreria Cornejo (costumes)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
The title of this major French costume drama means "Louis, child-king", and indeed it's a fascinating fresco about the formative years of the young king Louis XIV, before he became the Sun-king at Versailles. It was a dark and violent period, when the Louvre (meaning 'wolves hunt castle', hunting was a major aristocratic pastime), then still the somewhat gloomy royal palace, was the battle field of palace intrigues while the regency was held by queen-mother Anne of Austria but the actual head of the royal government was the aging cardinal Giulio Mazirini ('Mazarin'), the less-known Italian successor of Richelieu, who also introduced to the court and the kingdom a host of his countrymen from whom Louis would learn the passion for Italian culture, especially music which would flourish under the direction of Lully (but that later story is another movie, "Le Roi danse"). The elaborate script sketches the story of French power politics, too complicate and devious to summarize in any detail, but mainly from the viewpoint of the immature king under maternal guardianship, who probably didn't comprehend half of the grave troubles focusing on the strife between the official Catholic church and those claiming freedom of religion, especially for the Huguenots, but in reality mainly driven by personal and family ambitions and the grip of nobles on the kingdom at the expense of the royal power, and climaxing in a full rebellion, known as the Fronde, which forces the royal family to flee for their lives, an experience that may have decided Louis to dedicate his reign to preventing a repeat by establishing absolutism as he did. Some narration is done by Louis's younger brother Philip, the duke of Anjou, who seems smarter but as the spare heir is condemned to life in a golden cage, overshadowed by Louis while any 'disrespect' for his crowned sibling is punishable on the spot by strap lashes administered on his bare behind by a servant. Written by KGF Vissers |
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