0:00:02 > 0:00:10This programme contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature
0:00:20 > 0:00:24'The problem with reflections is that most of them tell the truth.'
0:00:28 > 0:00:30God chose me to be king.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32And here I stand undermined at every turn.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35People do not yet see you as you should be seen, sire.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38They will.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57What do you wish for from me, Montcourt?
0:00:58 > 0:01:03In a downpour, one seeks shelter under the largest tree.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05In the north, there is no-one stronger,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08no-one more powerful,
0:01:08 > 0:01:09no-one more resolute
0:01:09 > 0:01:12than the mighty oak Cassel.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I'm a refugee from this royal deluge and I need protection, my lord.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19I am your servant.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Servant...
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Behold the divine right of kings and its gifts.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30This is your king's new law...
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Stripping away the dignity of a true noble,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35defiling the reputation of a man
0:01:35 > 0:01:37whose family forms the bedrock of this country.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Now, once, not long ago, we knew where we stood.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45But now we must prove ourselves, now we must sing for our suppers.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Now the king says, "I am France!"
0:01:47 > 0:01:50But I say it is we...who are France.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Our dear friend Montcourt's condition is a message.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The king shall have his reply.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01This new playground in the woods, the king obsesses over it.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03He sees Versailles and nothing else.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06He's forgotten who built this country.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Were we to remove this new distraction,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11the king might recover himself
0:02:11 > 0:02:13and Versailles could return to the weeds,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15the king to Paris and we...
0:02:15 > 0:02:19to our lands and our lives.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24A noble cause, indeed.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- You would persuade the king by force?- He's lost his mind.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32No appeal to reason will do.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35The future of France lies with its noble families.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40You wish my protection, Montcourt?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I serve my lordship with my life.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Indeed, you will.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51What kind of man do you think I am?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Sire?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Am I merciful?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57If you desire it.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Vengeful?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59If conditions merit.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01All things, then, to all people?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Equally and without condition.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- As a king. I ask as a man. - You are both.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09We cannot separate one from the other.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13When I send my brother to war, I do so as a king.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Should he die there, I would mourn him as a man.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It is as a man I would gain favour in the eyes of another.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20As a king, I cannot.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22You are forever in our favour, sire.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24You think Montcourt feels the same?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33A king will be resented as much for good deeds as for bad.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38The jacket fits well, sire.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I do not like this mirror.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Well, well! Majesty!
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- My dear Rohan, you have returned. You see?- I always do what you say.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I've missed you.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13And I you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16There are more pretty women here than I remember.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Your memory is failing you, friend. You're getting old.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I can only be myself.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Well, that I already know.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25But I have learned my lesson and I return to you atoned,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28anew and at your service, sire.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I saw the plans for the stable.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34And?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Well, either we're doing a very large amount of hunting,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41or you are building something quite different here.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45A palace, perhaps?
0:05:45 > 0:05:47A city.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I wish you luck, gentlemen.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00France thanks you.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22How is my queen?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Much better, thank you.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Change your clothes. The season for mourning is passed.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31You are to resume your official duties.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- I will do as you ask, of course. - We are to receive a guest at court.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36You are to host them personally.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41Shower your attentions on them with your...customary warmth and grace.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Who is this person, so I might prepare myself with conversation?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Are they Spanish, perhaps?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Prince Aniaba.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53You have my word.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I will depend on it.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Sire...
0:07:06 > 0:07:08if I may be so bold,
0:07:08 > 0:07:13I believe Her Majesty has met our visitor once before.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Yes, in Paris.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Why, then, would you compel the queen
0:07:20 > 0:07:24once more into a private audience with him?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29The lands of Africa are a locked room
0:07:29 > 0:07:31and our Prince Aniaba may hold the key.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36We have learned from our missionaries to the Senegal River
0:07:36 > 0:07:39there is wealth in these regions beyond all measure.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Its people and its trade will be the foundations of our future
0:07:43 > 0:07:47and fund a thousand wars, a hundred palaces.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Then we must win Africa.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52And the only question is how.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54And the queen?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Is helping us.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16How do I look?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I dressed you myself. How do you think I think you look?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Talking of which, who puts a dwarf in a drainpipe?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24What are you talking about?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I mean, if the little man was sad, he might have done it himself.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Or do you think the queen tired of him?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Perhaps he was trying to mend the king's fountains
0:08:31 > 0:08:35and restore himself to favour and shoved himself in there like a cork,
0:08:35 > 0:08:39only to pop up and float and scare the young people.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43You have too much time on your hands.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46You should come with me to the front.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Are you inviting me...
0:08:49 > 0:08:51to a war?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Oh, how romantic(!)
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Are you mad?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Not any war.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59My war.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Your brother says one thing and does another.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I would not hold your breath.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08But if you ever do go, I shall remain here, naturally,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11to ensure that your place at court remains assured.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Is that so?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16How generous of you to ensure my place!
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- You look handsome. - I already told him.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22You did not, in fact.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Husband, is there news?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Not yet.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Bontemps!
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Bontemps!
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I have a sword, armour and a horse. Why the delay?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41When will I go to war?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43The king has not yet set a date.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45What am I supposed to do until then?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Perhaps he will send you instead.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- I would be happy to serve, of course.- Naturally!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Do you really think he does not see you exactly as you are?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Oh, he sees me. And he enjoys it.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59That, my dear, is what divides us.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02At least when your husband is gone, I'll know where to find you.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- If you come to my rooms, I will not answer.- Naturally.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I would not think to seek you there,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10just as I would not seek the king at the chambers of Her Majesty.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12I know how very much you enjoy swimming.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16I might find you at the pool house, for example.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I hear it's very popular for young lovers...of nature.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23You are warned, sir.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Constantly, my dear.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Nice house.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37GUNSHOTS
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Honoured guests of the king...
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Aniaba, Prince of Assinie.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Son to the king of Eguafo,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13inheritor of the Coast of Ivory and Teeth,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Lord of the Sky.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19My brother...Kobina.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Prince Aniaba, you will accompany me, please, er, alone.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Your brother will accompany Monsieur Marchal.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28And my friends?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Will bask in the full warmth of the king's hospitality.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Are you sure?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52It's beautiful! Thank you!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56He's so handsome.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00How can he be handsome if he is black?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02How can he not?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04You are so odd!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I hear his lands have rivers of gold.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23How far is it to the trees?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Majesty, as requested, it is done.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Prince Aniaba is suitably ill at ease.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Good! Make him wait.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I received word that my good friends the Parthenays
0:14:00 > 0:14:03are riding to Versailles from their estates in the south.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Little Francoise is coming? - With her husband and family.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08How time has flown.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11The Parthenays are well-regarded in the south.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12As a favour to me,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14they are riding here to submit their noble credentials
0:14:14 > 0:14:16as an example to the rest.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19We will ensure The Gazette reports on this.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Perhaps also strike a medal, Colbert.- Ah!
0:14:22 > 0:14:25The political arithmetic will augur great things to come.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27"The great nobles of the south
0:14:27 > 0:14:29"submit their credentials to the king."
0:14:29 > 0:14:30That would do it.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34"The king receives the credentials from the nobles of the south."
0:14:34 > 0:14:36That sounds better, don't you think?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39That's a lot of shit!
0:14:41 > 0:14:45But only the very finest shit from the king's horses in the Louvre.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48I, erm...
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Speak. What is on your mind?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55On my way back here through the woods,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I came across an old man cooking a rat by a stream.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01At first, I thought he was just an old tramp, but...
0:15:01 > 0:15:02But you recognised him?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07From the court of your father.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09He fought against him.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12During the rebellion?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Yes, well, had they been successful...
0:15:14 > 0:15:15You would be dead.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23One day, I would very much like to know more about my father.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Good day, Prince Aniaba.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Good day to you...
0:16:21 > 0:16:22..highness.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Such a pleasure to see you again.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45What's wrong? You're shaking.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Many reasons...
0:16:49 > 0:16:52You, us, him...
0:16:52 > 0:16:54the Chevalier.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56The Chevalier makes you tremble?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58He scares me.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00The way he looks at me.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04The way he talks about you and my husband.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06You remember when you were 16?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09You stepped on a rose.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Your foot was bleeding.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13You kissed my toes.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I took the pain away?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18In an instant.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Nothing has changed.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27I will always make sure of it.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Your arms protect me now, but when I am alone with him...
0:17:31 > 0:17:33You have nothing to worry about
0:17:33 > 0:17:36when it comes to the Chevalier
0:17:36 > 0:17:37or your husband.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40I'm your safe harbour.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43You'll protect me from the waves?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Even as they roll over us.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Even as the tide takes me.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- BONTEMPS:- He is ready for you now.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Would you come this way, please?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Prince Aniaba of Assinie, you are welcome at my court.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Versailles is more beautiful than I can imagine.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21May I present to you my brother, Philippe, the Duke of Orleans.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23His wife, Henriette of England.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Colbert, first minister of my cabinet.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Mademoiselle de la Valliere.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33You've already met my wife.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46When I hosted a party here a few years ago,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49we did not have the room to accommodate my friends.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Most of them had to take rooms in town.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53So I am building some myself...
0:19:54 > 0:19:57400 apartments, all told.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Where are the workers?
0:19:58 > 0:20:01They are currently engaged in the planning stages
0:20:01 > 0:20:03of a particularly dangerous part of construction.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08We can return tomorrow to see them engaged with the labour.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I would like that very much.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Tell me about the countries of Africa.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14When do we negotiate?
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Prince Aniaba, in France, we have a different way of doing things.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Perhaps I've made a mistake.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Perhaps I should go and talk to the Dutch, the Spanish,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25the English.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27All are keen to discuss the future.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29You're not enjoying our hospitality?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Hm. There is a great deal of it.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36And more besides, as you shall see tonight.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37What happens then?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Then...I shall sit down with you.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I have no explanation.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I'm so very sorry, Monsieur Marchal.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Half the shipments lost and four men dead.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57HE SIGHS
0:21:00 > 0:21:03The king is missing gold...
0:21:04 > 0:21:06..marble, stone and wine.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12This is becoming a pattern.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17DOOR OPENS
0:21:17 > 0:21:20FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Appearance is everything.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Everything!
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Do you not understand?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Has anyone been listening to a word I've said?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41He's a guest in my house
0:21:41 > 0:21:43and so far has shown me more grandeur in his clothing
0:21:43 > 0:21:45than I can show him in my palace.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48A shipment of marble and stone went missing on the road, sire.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51And, naturally, the men cannot work without materials.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Missing? Did this marble dispatch itself into the woods alone?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56There are thieves on the road, sire.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58There have always been thieves on the road.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00You think our man had his pocket picked? This is organised.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- This is sabotage! - The more we build, the more we need.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06The more we need, the greater number of goods we transport to Versailles
0:22:06 > 0:22:09and the more likely these moments are.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11And these moments build to movements.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13And, before we know it, our lands are on fire.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15We cannot build without foundations!
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Sire... - The king's road is sacrosanct!
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Sacred ground!
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Protected and secure!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23And if it is not, then the fabric of the country is torn
0:22:23 > 0:22:25and no-one will know where they are.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Whoever did this is declaring war.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I will take my men and ride to the road, set up patrols.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33At once.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Yes, sire.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Wait!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46You would countermand His Majesty?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53With war upon us, we don't have enough men.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Protecting the king is our priority.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57I will handle the roads.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Make sure your men are of quality.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03I need them as my eyes and ears.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05SQUAWKING
0:23:49 > 0:23:52My name is Madame de Beauvais.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Your mother sent me.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I'm your new tutor.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01What will you teach me, Madame de Beauvais?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Call me Catherine.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Shall I order the workers back to the scaffolding, sire?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Yes.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Yes, of course.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Even if they pretend to work.- Sire?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Where is my brother?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Our visitor has inspired me.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I think I require more colour.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45How does one dress for a war?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51The purple one?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53- Or the red?- The red, of course.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I like the purple.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Me, too.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57That's why I said red.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Philippe, when you do leave...
0:25:04 > 0:25:05..please make sure to come back.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I cannot promise that.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Say the words.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16If I were to die, your life would be simple, would it not?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20My problems will never be solved. You know that.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And, in any case, I would rather you did not die.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33You say the sweetest things, poppet.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I mean it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Since we were small...
0:25:41 > 0:25:42..my dream has been war.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Yours has been my brother.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Look how lucky we are.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Perhaps, one day, we will both live our dreams.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- COLBERT:- 'We may have war or we may have splendour.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20'But I do not believe that we can have both.'
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- LOUVOIS:- 'Then it must be war.'
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- FABIEN:- 'All who surround you will smile and they will deal,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29'but they would all see you destroyed, sire.'
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- BONTEMPS:- 'You are the king of our future.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37'The only question is what kind shall it be?'
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- ANNE OF AUSTRIA: - 'You dream of paradise.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46'But you must build it for yourself.'
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- PHILIPPE:- 'I've been dressed like this since I was three months old
0:26:49 > 0:26:53'so that I would not be the cloud in front of the sun.'
0:26:56 > 0:26:59PRIEST PRAYS IN LATIN
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- PRIEST:- Amen.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19I thought if I began my departure, you might sanction it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I think you've blessed me quite enough now. Thank you.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I do not understand.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27I await your word, brother.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30And when I can await no more, I ask for deliverance from my God.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Which one are you?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I think I might be a horse.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44At least that's what I've been told.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Brother...
0:27:48 > 0:27:50You want me to be serious.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Stay close to your bodyguard at all times.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57You leave today.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00I will bring you glory.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I vow it.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06May God watch over you and bring you home safely.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Go, then.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Run to her.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18You have my blessing.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22God knows you don't need a priest for that.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Sophie, my dear.- Yes? - Your help, if you please.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- A moral quandary.- Mm-hm!
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I will do my best.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54If someone I adore fucks someone else without my express consent,
0:28:54 > 0:28:57is it not right and just for parity to be restored
0:28:57 > 0:28:59that I fuck someone of my own choosing?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- Mm-hm.- I tried to ask Bishop Bossuet on the issue,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04but he was most unforthcoming.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- I...- Sophie, do not answer.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Oh, she has the answer. Look...
0:29:08 > 0:29:09All over her face!
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Enough teasing!
0:29:12 > 0:29:14We should count our lucky stars.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I mean, so many families are being thrown out of court.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18None had papers in place.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Well, even so...
0:29:20 > 0:29:22I suppose none of them had anyone to vouch for them.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25These are the laws we must all now comply with.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Well, at least we have our Chevalier.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31And why are you being so nice to me?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33My own folly. I know in my heart
0:29:33 > 0:29:36you will use us up and cast us out like all the rest.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Naturally. But I will watch out for you in all this madness.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Have no fear of that. Especially you, my pretty.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Sophie...
0:29:46 > 0:29:47- Oh!- Come at once!
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- WORKER:- Hand me that trowel!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55BANGING
0:29:55 > 0:29:57The mixture is too thick. Water it down.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Sophie...
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- Her name is Sophie. - Well, that's a death wish.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Better to die for something you believe in, right?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08What did you say your name was again?
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Benoit, sir.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Jacques.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13What's a gardener doing up here?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16The view helps me measure the lines of the garden.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21- And the girls who walk in it. - You be careful with that business.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Think of your future, huh?
0:30:23 > 0:30:24I am.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29If your friends, the Parthenays,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32prove as meaningful as I believe they might,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34once they have visited and shown their loyalty,
0:30:34 > 0:30:36we could persuade much of the south to comply.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Leaving who?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41The north and east.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Who defies me there?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45The Duke of Cassel, sire, to my mind.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47He commands great influence in the north and east.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Half the nobility are in his debt.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52His family have occupied those lands since before memory.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57He is our keystone, then.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01If we extract him from the wall, the entire structure is demolished.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03If we do not, the collapse shall be ours.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07He does not heed our letters, sire. We've had no response.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Send him a gift.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11My portrait.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14With a messenger, alongside an order to comply with our laws.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16He shall supply his proof of nobility
0:31:16 > 0:31:20or suffer the consequence, to which all of France shall bear witness.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26A messenger from the king.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Bearing gifts.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35Hm.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Hm.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42How very kind(!)
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Would you like some champagne?
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Louis the Great commands your presence to court.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51You are required by his word to present proof of your nobility.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Really?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I should warn you, Kobina.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05The king is throwing an entertainment in our honour,
0:32:05 > 0:32:07but we are not here to enjoy ourselves.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16For as long as we leave alive, I don't care.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21To be sure,
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Chevalier indeed possesses more influence than I first thought.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28But these chambers are much smaller than our previous ones.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- Do you know what I love most about being here?- No, what?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34The noise. All the hustle and bustle of the court.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41How do I look?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46You're not going out in that, young lady!
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Mother, please, do not fuss.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Fuss?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59This is not a game.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03This is my job, to ensure it is you who catches the king's eye.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06Now, look into the glass.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08What do you see?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I see me.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16This is not a time for women. This is a time for men.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18But even the wisest king in the world can be rendered a fool
0:33:18 > 0:33:20by something so fair.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23You may never be a queen...
0:33:23 > 0:33:24- SOPHIE GASPS - ..but with that...
0:33:24 > 0:33:25you may live like one.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31I do believe...
0:33:32 > 0:33:34..you are the fairest of them all.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Good luck, everybody!
0:33:48 > 0:33:49Hm, I adore your perfume.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I'm not wearing any.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56It must be so hard mothering a child by yourself.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57I do what I can.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59You must find it hard being...
0:33:59 > 0:34:02so far away from your husband and children.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05I find the absence is not painful unless someone mentions it.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09That's a very beautiful dress.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11And it's wrapped around quite a lovely creature.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Why, thank you.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19The king wished to sit down with me tonight to negotiate.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- And sit you shall. - We negotiate in public?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26- You would have us send everyone to bed?- If that's what it takes.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- You have a woman? - My wife lives in Paris.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- With you? - I live with the king.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Now I am confused.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Wherever the king sleeps, I sleep.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Er, this is as far as I go.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45His bed must be very crowded.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56NOISY LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
0:34:59 > 0:35:03ROOM FALLS SILENT
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Brother, we're not wanted here. Better if we retire.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Brother...
0:35:14 > 0:35:17..the negotiations have just begun.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Please, husband, don't toy with him this way.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17I believe I have the measure of this game.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Apparently so!
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Alas, fortune at this table does not favour us tonight.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45So...let's play.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49What are you doing?
0:36:49 > 0:36:50Winning.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54There is a spring in your step.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56And a group of worried faces in my path.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Your Majesty, urgent business requires your immediate attention.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03I hope your new-found success carries you quickly to our bed.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Cassel has replied to your message, sire.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20"Here is your proof.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23"A contribution to your noble project."
0:37:26 > 0:37:28May I reply to him in person, sire?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I counsel restraint.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- In the face of insolence? - If I may, sire?
0:37:32 > 0:37:36To send troops and arrest him will end your plan as soon as it starts.
0:37:36 > 0:37:37If you put Cassel in prison,
0:37:37 > 0:37:39you may as well put all of the nobles in jail,
0:37:39 > 0:37:41because that would be the end result of it all.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45At least, let me bruise his face for this insult he has returned to you.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Cut off one head, another will take its place.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51To strike him down is to beg for civil war.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53And we saw how well that went for the English.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Husband, I'm not yet ready.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04I'm not here in duty, but in gratitude.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06For keeping your word to me
0:38:06 > 0:38:10and for showing such hospitality to our guest.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14You availed yourself very well. And for that, I am grateful.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27SHE MOANS
0:38:36 > 0:38:39I wish to bestow a gift upon you.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40I accept.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43The gift is a secret.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46So much the better.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Your daughter is alive.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56SHE PANTS AND MOANS
0:39:24 > 0:39:26DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Brother!
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Brother, wake up! The king wants to see you.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Tell him to wait.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37You can tell him for yourself.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Please, get dressed. We do not have much time.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- Where are we going?- You'll see.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56Sire, we received word the Parthenay family will arrive this morning.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- And will my goddaughter Charlotte be with them?- Yes, sire.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02A little ray of sunshine.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Are we nearly there, Maman?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25You, stay here.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48How did you enjoy my wine?
0:41:12 > 0:41:13What would you offer me?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18The Dutch do not have your hospitality, of course...
0:41:19 > 0:41:21..but they do have money.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Where are we?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39A brief stop.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58My gardener chanced upon this man.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03He was a noble who fought against my family during the uprising.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06MAN GASPS
0:42:06 > 0:42:08He thought himself safe...
0:42:09 > 0:42:11..out here in the woods.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13MAN GASPS FOR BREATH
0:42:20 > 0:42:22MAN WHEEZES AND GROANS
0:42:26 > 0:42:29MAN'S GROANS GROW FAINTER
0:42:31 > 0:42:33MAN FALLS SILENT
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Oh, my God...!
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Your valuables, if you so please.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I know that voice! Montcourt!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Don't! Please...don't!
0:43:26 > 0:43:27GUNSHOT
0:43:30 > 0:43:32- MONTCOURT:- Kill her.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34- TOMAS:- Or I will.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37SHE WHIMPERS AND PANTS
0:43:40 > 0:43:42GUNSHOT
0:44:11 > 0:44:12MAN KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:44:47 > 0:44:49- MAN:- Hey, we have to move!
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Montcourt, come on!
0:44:51 > 0:44:53- It will be dark soon!- She's gone.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55She'll die! Let's go!
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Why are we here?
0:45:29 > 0:45:31The Dutch do have money, but no power.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34We have both.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36BABY COOS
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Why have you brought me here?
0:45:43 > 0:45:44To finish our negotiation.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47- We have not even started yet. - Aniaba, we have been negotiating
0:45:47 > 0:45:49since the moment you stepped off your coach.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57You leave me little choice.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00I offer you security and a fair stake in revenue.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04I also offer you a gunboat to secure your port.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06You've been away from home for a long time
0:46:06 > 0:46:08and your enemies are moving on your capital.
0:46:08 > 0:46:09My father will deal with them.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11BABY COOS
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Do you see this loud little life before you?
0:46:18 > 0:46:20A close friend told me that God himself
0:46:20 > 0:46:22brought this child to me for a reason.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25Only now do I understand.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Her very existence begs a question because, in any other country,
0:46:32 > 0:46:35in England, Spain, the Republics of the Dutch,
0:46:35 > 0:46:38she would be long dead and her mother, too.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42And yet, here she is.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44And here you are.
0:46:45 > 0:46:46You can be sure of one thing.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49You may make a deal with the Dutch, the English, the Spanish.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Rest assured, they will smile and agree.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54Then they will bring their armies, burn your lands,
0:46:54 > 0:46:56kill your families
0:46:56 > 0:47:00and take everything you hold dear. Of that, you can be sure.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02- You would do the same.- Not I.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04And I suggest you decide quickly.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07A country with no king will eat itself in war.
0:47:08 > 0:47:09King?
0:47:09 > 0:47:12BABY STARTS TO CRY
0:47:13 > 0:47:16We received word that your father is dead.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18You are king now.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24My condolences, Your Majesty.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27BABY CRIES LOUDLY
0:47:38 > 0:47:41BABY CONTINUES TO CRY
0:47:48 > 0:47:49Majesty...
0:47:54 > 0:47:57Bless me, father, for I have sinned.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04BABY CRIES
0:48:37 > 0:48:40We're going.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17The Venetians have been working hard on a new glass, sire.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19They hope this one will be more to your liking.
0:49:31 > 0:49:32Better.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43FIRE SPITS AND CRACKLES
0:49:48 > 0:49:49HE CLICKS HIS FINGERS
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Burn him.