Maïwenn

Johnny Depp

Benjamin Lavernhe

Melvil Poupaud

Robin Renucci

Pierre Richard

Marianne Basler

Caroline Chaniolleau

Pascal Greggory

India Hair

Suzanne De Baecque

Capucine Valmary

Laura Le Velly

Patrick d'Assumçao

Diego Le Fur

Pauline Pollmann

Noémie Lvovsky

Micha Lescot

Marine Boca

Djibril Djimo

Ibrahim Yaffa

Thibault Bonenfant

Vincent Colombe

Édouard Michelon

Yann Frisch

Laurent Lévy

Teddy Lussi-Modeste

Éric Denize

Raphaël Quenard

Grégoire Oestermann

Coralie Russier

Emma Kaboré-Dufour

Loli Bahia

Vincent Schmitt

Nathalie Richard

Gabriel Arbessier

Guilhem Arbressier

Aurélie Vérillon

Laurent Grévill

Bernard Nissile

Jürgen Doering

Tom Pécheux

Manon Rony

Alexandre Styker

Jean-Noël Martin

Mattéo Di Capua

Luna Carpiaux

Marie Bokillon

Édouard Decker

Léa Keiflin

David Decraene

Owen Rollan

Leeroy Pemsing-Eschylle

Scotty Bernard

Giovanni Pucci

Stanislas Stanic

Sarah Teper

Elise Vogel

Grégoire Sorlat

Pascal Caucheteux

Stephen Warbeck

Lewis Morison

Grégoire Chauvot

Grégory Vincent

Anne Gibourg

Eric Tisserand

Matthieu Tertois

Nicolas Livecchi

Antoine Swertvaegher

Isabelle Julien

Anton Grange

Aurélie Arque

Stéphanie Branchu

Angelo Zamparutti

Céline Ruffié-Camus

Jeremie Oukrat

Céline Vh

Christophe Jeauffroy

Quentin Amiot

Laurent Dailland

Nina Doré

Cédric Meusburger

Camille Nasri

Lucile Bossuet-Jacquet

Fabiola Claz

Mikaël Gaudin

Hugo Le Gourrierec

Frédéric Gérard

Marilou Signolet

Liz Vogel

Vivien Mergot

Marion Pin

Amandine Derdoukh

Nicolas Biaugeaud

Thibault Leclercq

Gaëtan Kiaku

Eve de Franceschi

Nicolas Janty

Manon Manucci

Audrey Borca

Aurore Bougouin

Aude Cogrel

Charline Le Sauce

Elodie Leprince

Mathilde Josset

Sarah Daoud

Hue Lan Van Duc

Tiphaine Gerbeaud

Alexandra Becquet

Marion Di Domizio

Romaric Colombini

Jennifer Guernier

Nicolas Provost

Jorge Escribens

Nina Cuviller

Charlotte Pochart

Jake Russell

Guillaume Lebigre

Michaël Wallet

Manon Naudot

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EXT. FRENCH JACK SPARROW – DAY

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CinemaSerf

Very much in the vein of the recent "Versailles" and "Marie Antoinette" serialisations, this rather opulent drama shows us a little of the excesses and ridiculousness of court life in 18th century France. This time, it's Jeanne Bécu (Maïwenn) who is the shrewd young woman who quickly learns how to use her "charms" to get on in life. Eventually, she is noticed by the ambitious Count du Barry (Melvil Poupaud) who is friends with the Duc de Richelieu (Pierre Richard) who happens to be a procurer of fun for King Louis XV (Johnny Depp). Nervously introduced, she pours a little scorn on the silliness of court protocol and provides him with quite a refreshingly honest companion. Of course, his daughters immediately take offence and the arrival of Marie Antoinette (Pauline Pullman) to marry the Dauphin (Diego Le Fur) ensures battle lines are quickly drawn. The now married Countess du Barry cannot remain at court if she is constantly shunned by the Dauphine, so a bit of well costumed political intrigue ensues as the King and his mistress struggle to find a little recognition for her and happiness for them both. I found there to be quite an effective chemistry between Depp and Maïwenn, especially during the protracted malarkey that was his morning levée, and I loved the absurd wigs on his disproving daughter Princess Adélaïde (India Hair), who led a troupe of her entitled and unpleasant sisters like ducklings along behind her. It's a gorgeous film to watch, the beauty and grandeur of his palatial home and the whole aesthetic really works well at delivering a grand environment for the plotter and the sycophant. Depp doesn't really have too much to do here and the writing isn't the best though. At times it renders it little better than a very well produced, expensive, pantomime and I could have done with just a little more character development of both the principals here. That said, it's a classy and stylish piece of cinema that looks very impressive on big screen.