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    • Source: The King Is Dancing

      • The King Dances (Le Roi danse) is a 2000 costume drama by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil (1992). The film, presenting libertine and pagan Lully as a natural ally of the early Enlightenment figure Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with Molière and rivalry with Robert Cambert.


      Plot


      Lully (Boris Terral) starts to gain the favour of the 14-year-old King Louis in 1653 by giving him specially designed shoes for Ballet Royal de la Nuit. His subsequent rise draws hostility from the old cadres of the court, particularly the royal composer Cambert (Johan Leysen).
      Following Cardinal Mazarin's death, Louis (Benoît Magimel) installs himself in full power as the king in 1661. He is now at stake with the religious establishment created and controlled by his mother Anne of Austria (Colette Emmanuelle) at the Palais-Royal. On the other hand, Lully's animosity with Cambert comes to a novel dimension after Cambert's mistress Madeleine Lambert (Cécile Bois), the daughter of Michel Lambert, marries Lully in 1662.
      Lully and another Versailles favourite, Molière (Tchéky Karyo), are keen to further disarm the old court. The duo get to understand their own limitations when conflict becomes more manifest at events such as the staging (and consequent ban) of Tartuffe in 1664. Meanwhile, the passing years bring an end to Lully's position as the king's dance teacher and choreographer and he also has to face the emotional tensions growing with his wife's niece Julie (Claire Keim), which will culminate at the gala of Cambert's Pomone in 1671.


      Cast


      Benoît Magimel as Louis XIV
      Emil Tarding as the young Louis XIV
      Boris Terral as Jean-Baptiste Lully
      Tchéky Karyo as Molière
      Johan Leysen as Robert Cambert
      Cécile Bois as Madeleine Lambert
      Claire Keim as Julie
      Idwig Stéphane as Prince de Conti
      Caroline Veyt as Armande Béjart
      Ingrid Rouif as Madame de Montespan
      Jacques François as Jean de Cambefort
      Pierre Gérald as Jean-Baptiste Boësset
      Vincent Grass as Archbishop of Paris
      Jean-Louis Sbille as Spectator
      Colette Emmanuelle (1943–2021) as Anne of Austria
      Serge Feuillard as Cardinal Mazarin


      Production


      The film was shot on location at Versailles, as well as in other locations in France, Germany and Belgium. Sets for the film were built at MMC Studios in Cologne.


      External links


      Le Roi danse at IMDb
      BBC review of The King is Dancing

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