0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some violent scenes, some strong language, and scenes of a sexual nature
0:00:42 > 0:00:44THUNDER RUMBLES
0:00:56 > 0:00:57'Are you scared?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01'Of course you are.'
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Your mother is dying,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16and the world is on fire.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25If history teaches us one thing, it is this...
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Terrible things happen to kings.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34HE SOBS
0:01:37 > 0:01:39THUNDER RUMBLES
0:01:45 > 0:01:48'You were anointed by God.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52'Blessed by the sun.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59'But you do not yet possess what really matters...
0:02:01 > 0:02:03'The power.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09'Without it, you will perish...
0:02:10 > 0:02:12'..and all of France along with you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18'For a king without a castle...
0:02:20 > 0:02:22'..is no king at all.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32'And now you dream of paradise...
0:02:35 > 0:02:38'..but you must build it for yourself...
0:02:39 > 0:02:42'..and let all the world know...
0:02:44 > 0:02:48'..Louis the Great has arrived.'
0:03:01 > 0:03:03THUNDER RUMBLES
0:03:17 > 0:03:18I had a vision.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20A dream about a palace.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Bring my architect - here in Versailles.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Monsieur le Vau?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Yes, I want to talk to him about mirrors.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32How is my queen, Bontemps?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Everyone tells me it's going to be a boy.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38THUNDER CRACKS
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- Guard, what business here? - An attempt on the king's life.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47By whom? The Spanish? The Dutch?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49We do not yet know. Fabien is moving to quell the threat.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Bontemps, explain.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Sire, you must be escorted to the guardroom immediately.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58On whose word?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Sire, away from the window! Sire! Away!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I do not know these men.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05I am going nowhere and my second son will be born in Versailles here.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08While I breathe, I will not show fear. I will not leave!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Philippe? Where is he? Where is my brother?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Bontemps! Where is my brother?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Your Majesty, you must come with us.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22DOOR SLAMS
0:04:24 > 0:04:26God, you are good at that.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28KNOCK AT DOOR
0:04:28 > 0:04:30'Monsieur? Monsieur? The king summons you!'
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- HE PANTS AND GRUNTS - 'Monsieur?'
0:04:32 > 0:04:34We heard you the first time!
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Is the baby born?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38'You are to come at once, Monsieur.'
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I'll send for a snack.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Couldn't eat another thing.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Have they caught the men?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Fabien Marchal is leading the search.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Tell me what is going on.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Brother...
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Another plot uncovered. This time, they found four men.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14In the village, sent to kill you.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17We must all leave for Paris at once.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18This lodge is not safe.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19I decide where I go.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23I decide what to do.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Make them go away.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Leave us!
0:05:36 > 0:05:38You too, Montcourt.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50You had that dream again.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52You held her hand when she died.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54You could have done the same.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57They would not permit me that honour. My own mother....
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Who permits the king but the king?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02You will never understand. There is something bigger than you!
0:06:06 > 0:06:08The king has not given you leave.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13My dear Bontemps, I know that look well,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15and someone's about to get hurt.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16I'd rather it was not me.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18They mean to kill me. Let them come!
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Let them try!
0:06:22 > 0:06:23The power lies with you.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Believe it.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37The deer in those woods follow the same tracks as their ancestors...
0:06:39 > 0:06:41..going back hundreds of years.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It's instinct. They... They simply follow.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Once in a while, though, one will turn...
0:06:54 > 0:06:58..but those who challenge never win, for one good reason.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02If you blindfolded me in that wood,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05turned me around a hundred times, I would find my way back.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Not a path I do not know.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Not a tree I have not climbed.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19This is where I hunt, and this is where we will stay.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20We're not going anywhere.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24You may leave now.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36A fine day for a walk.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Have you lost your way, gentlemen?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43HE SPEAKS SPANISH
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Since you are clearly lost, perhaps...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07..you do not know where you are.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14FABIEN GRUNTS
0:08:21 > 0:08:24My name is Fabien Marchal.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26My work protects the king.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Welcome to Versailles.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30THUNDER RUMBLES
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And now the taxes for Epernon.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39The harvest was poor, Monsieur Colbert.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Secure all the coffers and load the carriages. Four men to each.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45We'll deal with it later.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48What is the meaning of this, Louvois?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Fabien, did you get them all? Who are they?
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Four Spanish mercenaries were found plotting an ambush.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56They were prevented from doing so.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59We really are out in the wilds here.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Defences are porous, non-existent.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04The sooner we've returned to Paris, the better.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I do not believe the king nor his valet
0:11:06 > 0:11:08appreciate the full picture of this threat.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11In any case, it's not up to him.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14The ministers and council, we all must guide the ship.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Do you believe the country's governed by one man?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Bontemps? Is the king informed? What does he say of this?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Where is he?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26He said he would be here.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Then we must find him.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Calmly.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Search all the corridors, the kitchen.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I don't care where you look, just find the king.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54You cannot find my brother?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56You cannot find the King of France?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Protocol demands while the king is lost, you must remain in place.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Oh, he's not lost. I can promise you that.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31WOLVES GROWL AND SNARL
0:13:03 > 0:13:05GUNSHOT
0:13:05 > 0:13:08GUNSHOT HORSE NEIGHS AND WOLVES WHIMPER
0:13:15 > 0:13:17What the hell do you think you're doing?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19You could have been killed!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Perhaps.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Perhaps? You surpass yourself.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29You and I have never been more alone than we are right now.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Brother, we need to go.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33We will never get this chance again, so I want you to listen to me.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35The wolves will come back and there will be more of them.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39I am about to drag this country out of the darkness and into the light.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41We must build our own destiny, right here.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45A new France will be born, and this palace will be her mother.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49What palace?
0:13:49 > 0:13:50That one.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Our father's hunting lodge?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Versailles.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Get back on the horse.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05With great change, enemies are quick to follow.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I only need to know one thing.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11In this moment, no matter what, are you with me, Brother?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Do you have my back?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Where am I now?
0:14:28 > 0:14:30'The king! The king!'
0:14:32 > 0:14:33It's the king!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36DOGS BARK
0:15:04 > 0:15:06My Queen.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08This is Masson, your new doctor.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11He will attend to you and deliver the boy when it is time.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14If I may just say, Majesty, I consider this appointment
0:15:14 > 0:15:18to be the very apotheosis of honour, both to myself and to my family.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I think he waits for you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25When do we go home?
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- Home?- To Paris.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31The birthing bed is to be prepared. We're not going anywhere.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Wouldn't you agree, Doctor?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Oh, yes, Sire, most certainly.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I'm tired, my king.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51You're keeping us all in suspense.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm so jealous that you're going to Mass without me.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57It is for the welfare of the child,
0:15:57 > 0:15:58as well as your own.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Then let us go back to Paris. Confine me there.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13At least make them change the tapestries. You promised you would.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I will.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I wish you kept more promises.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19The bed is very big without you in it.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23My proud Spanish Queen.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Sire, important matters of state.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37When the time comes, I do not want many people here.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Why on earth not?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I do not feel the same as I did the last time.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48All will be well.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Fear not.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Tea. Bring it now.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Si, mi reina.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- SHE GASPS - The baby is coming!
0:17:07 > 0:17:08The baby is coming!
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- The baby is coming! - Stop, stop, stop, stop!
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Nabo, you naughty thing. Bed.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24PRISONER SOBS AND SHIVERS
0:17:31 > 0:17:34You will have been given a name.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Only Calderon knew.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38He said we would receive word.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41This?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43No, I've never seen that before.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48No! No! No, please!
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Por favor! Por favor!
0:17:50 > 0:17:55Only Calderon knew. Por favor! Por favor!
0:17:55 > 0:17:57No, please! Please!
0:17:57 > 0:17:59HE WHIMPERS
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Please!
0:18:03 > 0:18:05No, por favor! No! No!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Please! No! No!
0:18:07 > 0:18:09PRISONER SCREAMS
0:18:15 > 0:18:17PRISONER GROANS AND SOBS IN PAIN
0:18:22 > 0:18:24When I return, the name.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28DOOR CLANKS
0:18:41 > 0:18:43DISTANT MUSIC
0:19:07 > 0:19:08You look frozen.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Quite warm, thank you.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Spring has sprung.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Apparently so.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27How is your husband?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Please, do not talk about him now.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34You made me marry him.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38How else was I going to keep you here?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50THEY BREATHE DEEPLY
0:19:55 > 0:20:00And about your husband, I would have you tell me everything he says
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and everything he does.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04THEY MOAN
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I thought I might have lost you forever.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15I was worried about you.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17No, you weren't.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19What are you doing?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Packing. You're not seriously considering
0:20:21 > 0:20:24staying here another second, are you?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25They just tried to kill the king!
0:20:25 > 0:20:27If they get to him, who's next?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Actually, now, there's an idea.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32You would have me die?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34You are so slow sometimes.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40The prince, little Louis, he's always seemed a bit sickly,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42don't you think?
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Stop it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45My point exactly.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Hardly anyone sees him. He's holed up in Paris,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51and everybody's constantly terrified he's going to catch a chill.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53How many children at court make it to the age of five,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55much less their majority?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58What chance does this latest one have
0:20:58 > 0:21:00of making it out of the royal merkin,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03let alone walk into his own coronation?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06There's a reason why your brother's always desperate for another boy.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08That's why everyone around here
0:21:08 > 0:21:11appears to be willing another male child into existence.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13But don't you see?
0:21:13 > 0:21:17When it all falls down, it all comes to you.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30And what would you do on that day...
0:21:32 > 0:21:33..with all that power?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38What would you be doing right now?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Would you consign us all to linger in the swamp?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Heavens, no!
0:21:45 > 0:21:48You would make Paris the capital of the world
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and we would dine and dance there every night.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59What kind of king goes off hunting alone and then gets lost?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Your brother's lost all sense of himself.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04He's even lost himself.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07What a prize idiot!
0:22:15 > 0:22:17What's this, now?
0:22:18 > 0:22:19You would try to rule me?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26You shouldn't talk about my brother like that.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Oh, you know me by now, Mignonette.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30I talk in whatever way I choose.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Do not judge a man by his words but by his actions.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50And do not worry...
0:22:52 > 0:22:53..I will be a merciful king.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Sire.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05It is in my humble opinion that information is power.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11That is one of 948 journals,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15gathered by our services, detailing every single member of your court.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22Their height, weight, hair and eye colour, their daily movements,
0:23:22 > 0:23:27from your valet to your cook's assistant, Madeleine Dubois.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32You, Sire, are the sun.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41And around you circulates not just our celestial court,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43but those who seek to harm you.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47You have ministers who openly defy you,
0:23:47 > 0:23:52nobles who pay no tax yet believe that France is theirs, not yours.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Then beyond our borders,
0:23:56 > 0:24:01the Dutch, Spain, the English,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03and the Holy Roman Empire.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09All who surround you will smile
0:24:09 > 0:24:10and they will deal.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14But they would all see you destroyed, Sire.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21A strong France scares them, as well it should.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23You would wish a weak France?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I wish for the power to protect His Majesty.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28You have sufficient resources.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Give him what he needs.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37At your discretion, of course.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42PRIEST DELIVERS MASS
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Would they risk moving the queen again at this late stage, I wonder?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Hmm! Perhaps we'll be lucky and they'll leave her on the roof.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Athenais! - Anyway, a little bird has told me
0:25:04 > 0:25:06they've requested a birthing bed,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09so I doubt she's going anywhere, even if we are.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Everyone's saying a boy.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Hmm, she is carrying in the front.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I hope it is, for her sake, not to mention the child's.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Boys have all the fun.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Your husband is staring at you.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I must go down for Communion.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I shouldn't be here. It's wrong.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Your piety becomes you, Mademoiselle de la Valliere.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54I want you.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02I serve Your Majesty as I serve God - with all my heart.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10You are very dear to me.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21I hope with all my heart it will be a healthy child.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32No matter what, your child will be a child of France.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Of that you can be sure.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Oh, chapel, the most pious event of the week.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Yes, the king and his mistress gazing down on us all.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Honestly, I just can't stand it!
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Do they realise who we're praying to?
0:26:53 > 0:26:58I would wager Fabien Marchal prays for peace, Louvois for war,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00and Philippe, well, he prays only to me.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03All of them wondering why La Valliere is up there
0:27:03 > 0:27:05when we all know she's finished.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I wonder what the king sees in her.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I suppose he sees poise!
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Which is more than I can say for some.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18You're slouching.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I need new shoes, Mother.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25No, it's not the shoes. It's the feet inside them.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Slow down.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Eyes up, chin down.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32You're either looking or you're being looked at.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Walking is a skill, my dear, like dancing. Go.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Why does the king ignore her
0:27:39 > 0:27:41when she's clearly the beauty of the court?
0:27:41 > 0:27:45The king cares not so much for beauty as character.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48It's no surprise he does not look on her.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49Ah!
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Well, I thank you, Chevalier. - Don't mention it.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Now, that poor wretch is most interesting.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Young woman, died recently of a stopping of the stomach...
0:28:19 > 0:28:22or perhaps a raising of the lights.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Or blood-letting.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29The letting of blood through venesection
0:28:29 > 0:28:32purges the body of its ills.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35It's one of the cornerstones of medical science.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38It seems to me that doctors stand before corpses
0:28:38 > 0:28:40pronouncing the reasons of death.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44Yet I wonder if they omit the most obvious cause of all.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45And what would that be?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Perhaps their own incompetence.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Father!
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Strong as a mule, twice as stubborn!
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Father, please listen to me! Doesn't that also demand a question?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01If the Lord himself ministered to these children,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03would he really drain them of blood?
0:29:03 > 0:29:09Claudine, my dear girl, look, I know that you are clever and kind.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11But many people will not see you like that.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Many people will see a woman of knowledge...
0:29:15 > 0:29:17(who speaks her mind.)
0:29:18 > 0:29:21And they would use a very different word.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22The word they would use would...
0:29:22 > 0:29:24A witch! Say it!
0:29:24 > 0:29:26I will not see you burned!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36So, we are being robbed.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37Sire?
0:29:37 > 0:29:41The tax revenues you outlined. Nantes down 7%, Limousin down 14%,
0:29:41 > 0:29:47Anjou down 21% and Epernon down 35%.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Robbery!
0:29:49 > 0:29:52They do this because they do not fear the consequences.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57What is worse, they steal from the people of France in my name.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00A common thief in a brocade shirt.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Sire, the expenses you requested, the royal pension.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Sire, the taxation issue is a tedious mess,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09and I would have your royal attention
0:30:09 > 0:30:11fixed on weightier matters.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14This is an administrative issue that can be solved
0:30:14 > 0:30:16once we return to Paris.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17The archives are there...
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Who's our excise man of Epernon?
0:30:22 > 0:30:23Your Majesty.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Who interrupts our council?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Urgent from your wife, Monsieur Bontemps,
0:30:28 > 0:30:29My Lady of Ile de Saint-Louis.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Read it.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I will, Sire, once our business...
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Then I shall. Give it to me.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Go back to your family at once. Take a Swiss with you.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05There are bandits on the road.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- Fabien.- Sire?
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Find our excise man of Epernon. Educate him.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Let me be clear.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30The state of these finances will not pass these doors.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33As far as the world is concerned, our cash flow is strong
0:31:33 > 0:31:35and the royal purse secure.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Is that understood?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Has he transgressed us before?
0:31:40 > 0:31:44For that, Sire, we'd need to consult the archives in Paris.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48A good point, Louvois. Bring the archives here.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01DOOR SLAMS
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Only four women have their aunts staying -
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Clermont, Montbeliard, Anjou and Poitiers.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Hmm.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Poitiers keeps saying she is pregnant, but she is not.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16I must run an errand for the king.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Bring me my book of names from Epernon
0:32:20 > 0:32:22and every parish that borders it.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25It's the red one.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29What are you looking for?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Looking for Monsieur Dupont.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Found him.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44I will return.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38There. Him.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43What would you like?
0:33:43 > 0:33:45I'd like you to get your hands off me!
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- Hey!- Ah!
0:33:47 > 0:33:48But, sir...
0:33:54 > 0:33:57SHE MOANS
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- Dupont! - SHE SCREAMS
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- What...? - After what happened to Fouquet,
0:34:03 > 0:34:06I'd have thought you people would've learned something.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Remind me. As a tax collector, you can count, can't you?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- Hmm? Even in Epernon?- Aah!
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Well, for future reference, so can we.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19HE WAILS
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Compliments of the king.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Montcourt, you seem pensive.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50The king ordered ALL the archives from Paris?
0:34:50 > 0:34:51He's not a boy any more.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55When kings becomes men, they get big ideas.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59And this, I fear, is as big as they come.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06As I mentioned to you before,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08the envelope should be completed around the entirety
0:35:08 > 0:35:10of the lodge.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Along the full length of the terrace, inside,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16a great hall of mirrors which should be reflected in the symmetry.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19We will need to buy in most of Venice for that for the glass.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Now, the gardens on this side will extend from here to here.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Very good, Sire. What is this large rectangle here?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27A lake.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29You wish to put a lake in this area?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31The area IS the lake.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32That is...
0:35:32 > 0:35:34A big lake, yes.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Sire, a lake that size would dwarf any structure
0:35:37 > 0:35:39that looks out upon it.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42That depends on the structure, does it not, Monsieur le Notre?
0:35:42 > 0:35:45But even to feed such a lake, Majesty,
0:35:45 > 0:35:47there are not enough rivers in Versailles.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Bring the rivers here.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09So, you are my gardener.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Your Majesty.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14How long have you worked for me?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Six months, Sire.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19And before that?
0:36:19 > 0:36:20War.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22What happened to your arm?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I left it on a field in Malines.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26How forgetful of you.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33What qualifies a soldier for gardening?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35I am very skilled at digging, Sire.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36Trenches, yes...
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Graves.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Also, Sire, the planning for a garden like this
0:36:42 > 0:36:45is not so different from the planning for war.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51A war fought for beauty against chaos.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58I want you to dig me a lake.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59How big?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Half a league.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06That would take me some time, Sire. I might need a hand.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08How many men?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11An army?
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Good day to you.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Good day, Sire.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17May the Queen enjoy a healthy childbirth.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19May your dreams be full of wonder.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Dreams?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29My mother once told me that before a man becomes a father,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32he will relive his own childhood.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40There are members of this court who are willing to sell
0:37:40 > 0:37:43details of your life to the highest bidder,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46giving no thought to the implications for your safety.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51The Spaniards in your dungeon were confident that the money
0:37:51 > 0:37:54they spent would grant them access to your court.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57One of them gave me the name of Monsieur Montcourt.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02These people you mention would report our business here to others?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Undoubtedly, Sire.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09And regarding Montcourt, Sire, do you wish me to act?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12No.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Sire, they came knowing there would be a friendly face.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20They came confident that they would meet someone...
0:38:20 > 0:38:22There will come a moment tonight
0:38:22 > 0:38:24when our Monsieur Montcourt will wish to leave.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Let him do so.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33People think us weak. Let them hear that we are strong.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Say it once, and all shall hear.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51'The Greeks knew what glory was.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56'Their buildings were temples for their gods to live in.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03'We will build a new temple here.'
0:39:05 > 0:39:08A royal tabernacle of the sun, a dwelling place of the divine
0:39:08 > 0:39:10and of the people,
0:39:10 > 0:39:14with a great hall of light that will follow the sunrise and shine out
0:39:14 > 0:39:19to all corners of the globe so they might all see the glory of France.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30A place of true wonder to remind us all
0:39:30 > 0:39:34of the great and ancient past under our feet,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37and from whose roots we all now grow.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40As a land and as a people who know that true power
0:39:40 > 0:39:43comes not just from our army,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46but from the inner beauty of our immortal soul.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50As our mother, she will cherish us, and as her children,
0:39:50 > 0:39:54we will always know her as our home.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56From the farthest reaches of the Earth,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59men will venture here simply to look upon her.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00And those that do...
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Will never leave.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04..will never forget.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06Fuck me!
0:40:06 > 0:40:08HE SNIGGERS
0:40:08 > 0:40:09HE CLAPS
0:40:09 > 0:40:11ALL APPLAUD
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Whoa.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Father, please tell me a story...
0:41:57 > 0:41:59about the king.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Which king would that be?
0:42:03 > 0:42:05You know which one.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11I will tell you a story of the king and his palace.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18HE GROANS
0:42:28 > 0:42:34Once upon a time, there was a great and glorious king
0:42:34 > 0:42:40who lived in a beautiful palace in the middle of a forest.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45His first valet was an honest man...
0:42:46 > 0:42:50..and he served the king with all his heart.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53The position came to him by his father...
0:42:56 > 0:42:59..just as he will, one day,
0:42:59 > 0:43:01pass it on to you.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05I will work for the king? What will I do?
0:43:05 > 0:43:09You will be the first man the king sees in the morning...
0:43:11 > 0:43:14..and the last he will see before bed.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19You will anticipate his every need
0:43:19 > 0:43:23so he might continue on his course of greatness.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32To see things no other man can see
0:43:32 > 0:43:34and move towards them
0:43:34 > 0:43:37with singular courage and purpose.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02You will meet no other man so wise,
0:44:02 > 0:44:04so kind...
0:44:04 > 0:44:05Nabo.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08..so generous.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10You always cheer me up.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19You will be the luckiest man in the world, my son.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29You will be one of the few
0:44:29 > 0:44:33to truly know his most secret mind.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40You will live a life you can only dream of...
0:44:42 > 0:44:48..and be part of the most important family in the history of the world.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56Then, one day, you will tell your own son of your journey...
0:44:57 > 0:45:00..and pass these blessings on to him.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20Can I come and help you work?
0:45:22 > 0:45:24A midwife would not be amiss.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28And then, one day, I hope to be just like you.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31A woman doctor? There's an idea.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Mother would be proud.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39Come and eat!
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Father, what good are you to the queen
0:45:43 > 0:45:47if you collapse from starvation in the middle of the birth?
0:45:47 > 0:45:50You need your strength. Respect your body.
0:45:50 > 0:45:56I respect the wishes of the king and he wishes me there.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58His power does not lie with the crown, you know?
0:45:58 > 0:46:01It lies with the one who holds royal life in his hands.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06That is you, Father. And the sooner you realise it, the better.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- If it goes wrong...- Don't.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20..we pack our bags and we leave immediately.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Stop it, Father. You're delivering a child!
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Not just any child.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Sire, considering the surroundings,
0:46:32 > 0:46:35the best course of action is to lay siege to its people.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39If we are to emerge victorious in the Spanish Netherlands,
0:46:39 > 0:46:42we must claim our prize with both hands - the north and the east.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Two fronts working together. Here and here.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48Two fronts? We discussed the single column.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52Sire, you being so preoccupied with other affairs of state,
0:46:52 > 0:46:54we thought it best to...
0:46:55 > 0:46:56To what?
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Leave me, all of you.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12So good of you to come.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14A pleasure.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17You spent 50,000 on shoes.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Well, you haven't seen the shoes.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29When I asked if you had my back, I meant that you would guard it,
0:47:29 > 0:47:31not remove it.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34You build your palace, I wear my clothes.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37As you always say, perception is everything.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41Well, I tell you this - if you would only let me go to war,
0:47:41 > 0:47:44I would have your back and more.
0:47:44 > 0:47:49Besides, my brother, I would bring you such glory.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52What do you know of war?
0:47:54 > 0:47:58Exposing your flanks, very dangerous.
0:47:58 > 0:47:59Given the terrain,
0:47:59 > 0:48:02I'd think carefully about thinning out along the supply line.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Take it from me.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08A well-timed thrust might just split you in two.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Look, here.
0:48:10 > 0:48:11Stay your hand.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16I just want to show you.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18Put the piece back.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20It's glaringly obvious.
0:48:20 > 0:48:21Give it to me.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Come and get it.
0:48:25 > 0:48:26Put it down.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Too slow, Mister.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Hand it over.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33I have your back, but what do I get?
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Respect? No.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38Power? No.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40You get money to throw away. Now give it to me.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42I knew it!
0:48:42 > 0:48:45The minute you get the chance, you belittle me again.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Brother.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49The magic word, what is it?
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Do not forget who addresses you.
0:48:54 > 0:48:55Brother?
0:48:56 > 0:48:58We will not ask you again.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18You never were good at sharing.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36There she is.
0:49:39 > 0:49:40My beautiful wife.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54Do you think your brother will like these flowers?
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Bontemps asked me to apply myself to the details.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14What do you want?
0:50:14 > 0:50:17I think I want a son, just like my brother.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19SHE GROANS
0:50:19 > 0:50:21You can say what you like.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Don't!
0:50:24 > 0:50:26It's not going to help you.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Sire, the queen is at work.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27SHE GROANS
0:51:27 > 0:51:28The moment is upon us, Sire.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30So, should events overtake us,
0:51:30 > 0:51:33when the child is born, you will ask me the sex, if you recall.
0:51:33 > 0:51:38If it is a male child, I will answer, "I do not yet know, Sire."
0:51:38 > 0:51:41If it is a girl child, I shall answer, "I do not know, Sire."
0:51:41 > 0:51:44This will give you a moment to compose yourself accordingly...
0:51:44 > 0:51:45Push!
0:51:45 > 0:51:47..should you wish it
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Breathe!
0:51:49 > 0:51:50THE QUEEN BREATHES HEAVILY
0:51:56 > 0:51:58- And breathe.- Good!
0:51:58 > 0:52:00THE QUEEN GRUNTS
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Keep breathing.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Keep breathing.
0:52:09 > 0:52:10(Yes, yes!)
0:52:10 > 0:52:14Your plans for war have no merit. We cannot expose our flank.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17(There's too many people! Too many people!)
0:52:17 > 0:52:19Calm yourself, Majesty!
0:52:19 > 0:52:21- THE QUEEN SHRIEKS - Breathe, Your Majesty!
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Encircle them all, make for the Rhine, and then north to the sea.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Bring me all of it.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- Sire, we cannot afford it. - We cannot afford not to.
0:52:29 > 0:52:30- He's coming!- Push now!
0:52:30 > 0:52:33- THE QUEEN SHRIEKS - Breathe! Breathe!
0:52:33 > 0:52:35Good, Your Majesty! Good!
0:52:35 > 0:52:36Push, Majesty! Push!
0:52:36 > 0:52:38- Keep pushing!- Push!
0:52:38 > 0:52:40- Don't forget to breathe! - Yes! I see the head!
0:52:40 > 0:52:42- Push, now!- Push harder!
0:52:42 > 0:52:44- Almost!- Yes, Your Majesty! - Yes, Your Majesty!
0:52:44 > 0:52:46- Good. - BABY CRIES
0:52:48 > 0:52:52Sire, please, everyone must leave, at once!
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Everyone must leave at once!
0:52:57 > 0:52:59It's the king's words!
0:53:01 > 0:53:02HE CLAPS
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Well? What is the meaning of this?
0:53:16 > 0:53:17Doctor, what is the sex?
0:53:20 > 0:53:23Come, man, speak! Where is your tongue?
0:53:25 > 0:53:26The problem is not the sex, Sire.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29It's her...
0:53:29 > 0:53:31colour.