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The Death of Louis XIV

2016, Movie, 1h 55min

August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.

Country: Spain,France,Portugal

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Reviews

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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Movingly, and often terrifyingly, Léaud gives a superb approximation of what the slow approach of mortality looks like...

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Critic Simon Crook

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Léaud barely speaks. He doesn’t need to: it’s a performance of micro-expressions, his every flinch and wince amplified in intense, screen-filling zooms.

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Critic Simran Hans

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Louis may be dying, but Léaud is alive.

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In the opulent courts of Versailles,surrounded by his loyal subjects and doctors,the greatest king of France, Louis XIV, Endures a slow and agonizing death. After a hunting trip,he feels a sharp pain in his leg,and his health rapidly declines. Despite temporary rallies, he becomes increasingly frail ,unable to perform his duties. Word of his condition spreads, and four doctors are summoned to provide care. They diagnose gangrene, but the king refuses amputation and prepares for his imminent death. He receives the sacraments, organizes a regency for his young grandson Louis XV,and provides advice on wise ruling. Quacks attempt to heal him, but he succumbs to worsening gangrene . He lapses into a coma and dies on September 1,1715 . After a post-mortem examination , his heart and intestines are separated from his body as per his wishes, and he is interred in the Basilica of Saint-Denis

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