Nikolaj Arcel's A Royal Affair (2012), a true story I was not previously familiar with, can be seen as a sort of serious companion piece to Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006) or Trevor Nunn's Lady Jane (1986). The themes of A Royal Affair and Marie Antoinette are similar, a foreigner is married to an emotionally insecure king in a court where powerful interests are at play. In this case, the Queen and the King's doctor embark and both a love affair and an Enlightenment-inspired reform programme to try to benefit the people. Needless to say, the Church and the nobility are not at all happy. Interesting to watch in the week of the US Presidential election.
This is a film that deserves to be seen more widely.
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1276419/
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0091374/
This is a film that deserves to be seen more widely.
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1276419/
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0091374/
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