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Sidonie Laborde is the young woman who reads aloud to Queen Marie Antoinette at the Palace of Versailles. In July 1789, the court of King Louis XVI and the queen follows its usual routines, little concerned by the growing turmoil in Paris, twenty miles away. Sidonie is devoted to her mistress and believes in the monarchy, and she feels safe under the protection of the royal family. Then word comes that the Bastille has been stormed. Fearing that the government is falling, most aristocrats and their servants abandon the palace, leaving the royal family practically alone. Sidonie refuses to leave the queen's side.
Cast
- Marthe Caufmanas La domestique Alice
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Farewell, My Queen (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Benoît Jacquot added a same-sex relationship between the queen and the Duchess of Polignac to the plot, believing it might be possible given the strong relationships between women of that period.
- Though Léa Seydoux was younger than the age of the lectrice character in the novel, Benoît Jacquot cast her as Laborde because of what he called her "carnal dimension" and "incontrovertible sex appeal."
