La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (The Taking of Power by Louis XIV)(The Rise of Louis XIV) (1966)
Average Rating: 8.9/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Aug 18, 1970 Wide
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Given the opportunity to turn out a Sacha Guitry-style spectacle, director Roberto Rossellini charts his own neorealist course for The Rise of Louis XIV. It's as if a documentary cameraman was let loose in the royal court of the 17th Century Sun King, here played by Jean-Marie Patte. The use of unfamiliar actors in the major roles adds to the film's realism. Though shown to be the product of a decadent lifestyle, Louis is depicted as being trapped by his royalty, forced in spite of himself to be
Aug 18, 1970 Wide
Jan 13, 2009
Cast
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Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV -
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert -
Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin -
Katharina Renn
Queen Mother -
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet -
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan -
François Bernard
Archbishop -
André Dumas
Fr. Joly -
Jean-Jacques Lecomte
1st Chamberlain -
Rita Maiden
Peasant -
Jean Obe
Le Vau -
Raymond Pelissier
Pomponne -
Georges Spanelly
Seguir -
Dominique Vincent
Mme. du Plessis -
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Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier -
Paula Dehelly
Mme. d'Elboeuf -
Violette Marceau
Mlle. de Chemerault
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The complex power study is a picture of clarity.
... history writ small, a layering of subtle (and sometimes grueling) details that accumulate a mysterious gestalt power. The final product is a masterpiece, one of Rossellinis greatest achievements.
clearly a product of the great neorealist director's hand, particularly in the way it emphasizes the small details of life that are often ignored in movies that are built around narrative or visual spectacle
[Roberto] Rossellini directs less like a drama than a pageant, with a largely non-professional cast arranged like figures in a painting...
You can almost smell the powdered wigs in Rossellini's study of a dandified abyss.
Despite accusations of academic dryness, Louis XIV can be an almost overwhelmingly physical picture.
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Foreign Titles
- The Rise of Louis XIV (1966) (DE)
- The Rise to Power of Louis XIV (UK)
What little I know of French history of this time period comes from Richard Lester's musketeer movies.(In "The Taking of Power by Louis XIV," D'Artagnan(Maurice Barrier) has a cameo but I doubt it is supposed to be the same person.) So, I assumed that the French king was always all powerful but history is more complicated than that. And I would have probably known this if my tenth grade history teacher had not shown videos all the time, thinking we were all going to forget what he taught us anyway. But sometimes, this stuff comes in handy.