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The King's Daughters

5.1 119 mins Drama   History   Romance   2000
ARTE France Cinéma   Archipel 33>35  
Director(s): Patricia Mazuy

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

Casts of The King's Daughters

Isabelle Huppert

as Madame de Maintenon

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

as Louis XIV

Nina Meurisse

as Lucie de Fontenelle

Morgane Moré

as Anne de Grandcamp

Bernard Waver

as l'abbé Gobelin

Jeanne Le Bigot

as Lucie de Fontenelle jeune

Mathilde Lechasles

as Anne de Grandcamp jeune

Pierre Brault

as Lazariste

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