0:00:06 > 0:00:14This programme contains some violent scenes and explicit sexual scenes.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23They all arrived this morning?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Before dawn, Sire.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31This is bigger than I imagined. The King seems content.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33My brother loves the tour.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Later on, I shall take you on a personal viewing of the gardens.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41But first, the East Wing, extended beyond the original lot.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45It is here that you and your families will be accommodated.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47It is my wish, above all,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49that you see Versailles not as the royal palace,
0:00:49 > 0:00:55but as your home. A place of leisure and conversation, a place of...
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- Our shared glory, Sire! - ..joy and light.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Up here!
0:01:01 > 0:01:06What victories have I seen! I fought for you at Douai.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I lost my eye for you at Besancon.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11For which you will be compensated.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And how much for my brother, Sire?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Crushed by a stone as he built your walls.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20What do you want?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23You said that France would honour its heroes. That was your promise.
0:01:23 > 0:01:29Lies! We live and die like cattle, work as your slaves.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32You say you are France,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35but if you truly were, you'd know our suffering.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39You'd feel it in your bones and you'd take the pain away.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47Others feel our pain, Sire, and they are more than worth our loyalty.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Come on, soldier. Don't be a fool.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The King makes fools of us all.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55You will come down here at once!
0:01:57 > 0:01:59You wish me to descend, Sire?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Very well!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04As your brother commands!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09No! Don't!
0:02:09 > 0:02:13THEY GASP
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The man believed he and his fellow soldiers have not been given
0:02:23 > 0:02:27the honour and respect they earned on the field of battle.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29They were soldiers. Do they not now take their orders?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Their grievances are many, Sire.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Many suffer from injuries sustained at their work
0:02:34 > 0:02:36that are as yet untreated.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38How many have joined the stoppage?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40So far, 2,000.
0:02:42 > 0:02:442,000, Sire.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49And unless they return to work, construction cannot continue.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51The rooms on the second floor are not yet complete
0:02:51 > 0:02:53and winter is fast approaching.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55And with no lodgings yet to house them,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I fear our new arrivals might soon depart.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Order them back to work.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07And in the meantime, the rest of the builders will continue.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I fear not, Sire.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Currently, they, too, are refusing to work.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Why?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16They claim that working conditions are too harsh.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Not enough attention is paid to their safety.- Is this true?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22We lose half a dozen men per week, Sire.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Many more injured.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26We have a reckoning of compensation.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- What will this man's family receive? - Nothing, Sire.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- His injuries were self-inflicted. - Pay them, anyway.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36That may assuage their grief, Sire, but not the anger of the men.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58By the age of 30, Alexander the Great
0:03:58 > 0:04:02created an empire stretching from Greece to India.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06But without his men beside him,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09King Darius would have driven him into the sea.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Last year, we retook the Spanish Netherlands.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Soon, we shall turn our eyes to Holland.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38We profit from our trade with the lands of King Annaba,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40even as the Duc de Cassel bows his head.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47I will not be pushed into the sea by a builder on a scaffold.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01# I'm the King of my own land
0:05:06 > 0:05:10# Facing tempests of dust
0:05:10 > 0:05:14# I'll fight until the end
0:05:18 > 0:05:20# Creatures of my dreams
0:05:20 > 0:05:24# Raise up and dance with me
0:05:33 > 0:05:36# Now and forever
0:05:36 > 0:05:44# I'm your King! #
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I am sure the King will be delighted to see you here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06It's an honour to accede to His Majesty's wishes,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09although I fear my resources are not sufficient to maintain
0:06:09 > 0:06:13myself in the style to which he is accustomed.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17The King has extended
0:06:17 > 0:06:20to all nobles a financial inducement.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Those who wish to build a house at the periphery
0:06:25 > 0:06:30of the grounds will be forgiven all outstanding debts.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Then, I shall begin my planning at once.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37In the meantime, we shall do our best
0:06:37 > 0:06:39to make you comfortable within the palace.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46Ah, Cassel! The black sheep returns.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I'm so sorry to hear about your castle.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- I understand it burnt down.- It did.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Any idea how that happened?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- An accident, no doubt.- Yes!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Well, they do happen, sometimes, don't they?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Please, follow me.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27It's no bigger than a broom cupboard!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30As a matter of fact, I believe it was a broom cupboard.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Welcome to Versailles.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50You, at least, do not withhold your labour.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53But I am not a builder, Sire.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54But you were a soldier.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00When you fought for me, did you ever encounter rebellion in the ranks?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Occasionally, Sire.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05How did you come by your scar?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09War, Sire.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10And the other one?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Rebellion.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19How did the generals react?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24That depended on what kind of men they were, Sire.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28But I can tell you one thing.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35The King that brings soldiers to face down soldiers,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37rarely stays King for long.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48I can see no resolution.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56There is one man to whom they might listen to, Sire.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00He has their respect. He fought alongside them.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Brothers can disagree with each other,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11without opposing one another, Sire.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13You were clearly an only child.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Why do they behave this way?
0:09:19 > 0:09:25All men lash out, Sire, when they are in pain.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34You will go to them and address them soldier to soldier.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Offer nothing. This is a parlay.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- There is another more qualified than I, Sire.- But I'm choosing you.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43The winter will soon bring frost and the ground will harden.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45If we are to build, we must have foundations.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48If we are to have foundations, they must be dug.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Now! Send for Bruand, the architect.- Yes, Sire.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54And what is the name of my director of bullion?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Leclerc, Sire, of the Royal Mint.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I want to see him, too.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27You tend to these men?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28I do.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30What do they suffer from?
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Gastric fever, gangrene, crushed limbs that cannot heal.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I would not advise you to approach them, My Lord.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Why not?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42There may be a miasma, a pollution, in the air.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46These are brothers in arms. I shall take the risk.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50COUGHING AND MOANING
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Drummer Brebant?
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Unless I am much mistaken, we took the town of Rochefort together.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Lord Rohan.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Are you in pain?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10All of France feels your suffering.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12And the King?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The King, too, feels your pain.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26DOOR OPENS
0:11:39 > 0:11:42You wished to see me.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Here I am.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Your horses are being fed extra grain, Mademoiselle de la Valliere.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Are you planning a journey?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02She yearns for release, My King.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03From what?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05From torture.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20You only torture yourself, it seems.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23She desires a cloistered life in a convent.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Do not stand in her way. She's suffered enough.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30It appears no-one is content with what they've been given.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34I loved you, Sire.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38And I you, once upon a time,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40but all stories must come to an end.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Then, I may go?
0:12:47 > 0:12:48You may not.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53What harm can it do? She's no longer in your favour.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59This is your home, Mademoiselle. This is everyone's home.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I will not permit it.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Our son, Louis de Bourbon, he's taken care of?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13In Paris.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16My promise to you remains the same.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19A child of France, no matter what.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41KNOCK AT DOOR
0:14:41 > 0:14:42You get it.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Have you heard about the builders?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I try not to hear anything about builders.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21One died right in front of us. The others downing their tools.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Now, my good friend Pascal de Saint-Martin is here,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25but has no rooms.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28If I were him, I'd ride straight back to Paris.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31If you were him, you'd be three inches taller and twice as handsome.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Well, I fancy some air. Join me?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I thought you hated the outdoors.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I do, but not today. Come!
0:15:50 > 0:15:55I know I vex you from time to time and, I admit, I am vain,
0:15:55 > 0:16:00lazy and excessively fond of frivolity,
0:16:00 > 0:16:04but a quick turn around the garden before dinner
0:16:04 > 0:16:07is good for the soul and everyone should do it.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16What is it?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23You're not yourself today.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29We should do this more often.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33We spend far too much time indoors.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Your Highness?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41We need your help, Your Highness.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I recognise you. Who are you?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49A sergeant in His Majesty's army.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51So, what could you want from me?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54We may not be on the battlefield, but we are all of us
0:16:54 > 0:16:57in loyal service and we insist on fair treatment.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01We ask you to speak to His Majesty about our demands.
0:17:03 > 0:17:08Respect, our wounds tended, decent lodging, fair pay
0:17:08 > 0:17:12and compensation, as befits the soldiers of the King.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- And why should- I- plead on your behalf?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21You could count on our support...
0:17:24 > 0:17:28..in the event of a change in circumstances.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38I don't understand your meaning.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40What change?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42If your brother were no longer King.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53Do you realise I could have you hanged for talking like this?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I do.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03The sun is setting.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15What did he want?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18He wanted me to speak to my brother.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Madame de Clermont, you informed me some time ago that your papers
0:18:34 > 0:18:38would soon arrive from your estate. Many months past, in fact.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Yes, they will arrive presently.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43You know how they can be in the south.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44Yes, indeed.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Though, naturally, we would not wish you, of all people,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50to be obliged to leave.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Oh, that is most considerate of you, Monsieur Colbert.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- I shall do my best.- Indeed.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Gentlemen. I trust your lodgings are adequate?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Yes.- Wonderful.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04The King!
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Your Majesty.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20I'm starving.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I notice your friend, Pascal de Saint-Martin,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52has come to Versailles.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54He came of his own accord,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57but now he has nowhere to sleep tonight.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01He will be accommodated in due course.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Your builders are unhappy.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Let me talk to them.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13I will not discuss politics at dinner
0:21:13 > 0:21:16and certainly not with you.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I fought with many of them. They followed me into battle.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Perhaps they might...
0:21:21 > 0:21:24follow me back to work.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26We will go hunting tomorrow!
0:21:26 > 0:21:28OTHERS MURMUR
0:21:30 > 0:21:31You ignore my offer.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I do, Brother. I'm glad you noticed.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Why, then, are you keeping me here?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43My own house is ten miles away.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47If I have no function for you, if I have no position of which you
0:21:47 > 0:21:52deem worthy but that of a brother, why am I still here?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53I can go to Saint-Cloud
0:21:53 > 0:21:56and be your brother in the comfort of my own bed.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58If you wish to see me, you can send up a firework.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01You're here because I want you to be here,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03and that should be reason enough.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Henriette, you must eat.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07If I didn't eat,
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I'd have no energy for the other great pleasures in life.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Here, have a lobster and some wine for Her Highness, please!
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Really, I'm quite all right. Thank you, Athenais.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Henriette, I know you.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23If you don't eat, you'll shrivel up and disappear.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Would you wish to give this up?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30I wish to know a thread of who I am.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35A thread of truth is enough to hang you, my dear.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37And our cousin?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Or was our family a lie, as well?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43The Chevalier believes only what is in front of his nose.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46So long as he feels he might profit, he will be our friend
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and maintain our position at court.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52At least, that was the case until the King demanded his proof.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55And what if we cannot convince him? What happens then?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59We do whatever it takes to survive.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13You are looking very comely this evening.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Why, Monsieur Marchal, you're most kind.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26LAUGHTER AND MUSIC
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I said to him, "Fine!
0:23:29 > 0:23:35"You can call me that if you want to, but I am an exciseman
0:23:35 > 0:23:39"and if the King is losing revenue to bandits on the roads, well,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41"I cannot be held for responsible.
0:23:41 > 0:23:48"There is not a carriage from here to Paris that is not vulnerable.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53"Now, if the King's police cannot control the roads,
0:23:53 > 0:23:58"then he cannot expect a King's tax man to ride on them,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01"let alone arrive with full coffers."
0:24:01 > 0:24:04HE LAUGHS
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Mmm.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13It sounds like you gentlemen might need some help.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Oh, we have no need of help, so...
0:24:15 > 0:24:18No, what you have need of is protection.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23So, there we were lost in the forest, with no idea whatever how
0:24:23 > 0:24:24to get back.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27We happened to pass by a small hut and stopped to seek food
0:24:27 > 0:24:29and directions.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Two sisters...
0:24:30 > 0:24:32If you would join me in the bedroom tonight,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Sire, I assure you I'd broaden your smile.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37You ask for nothing. Why?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Well, I have all I need.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45See? I told you I'd make you smile.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49I spoke to the builders this morning.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50They are tired, hungry.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I do not think harsh measures will work against them.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Then, I will address them.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57And I would be grateful if you keep your voice down.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02If I may be so bold, Sire, it will only diminish their respect for you.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Soldiers understand orders and nothing more.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Now, perhaps, if a military man were to approach them, reason with them?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12You are right.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13I will send Louvois.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Forgive me, Your Majesty.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I am feeling faint and will retire.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26What on earth is the matter with you this evening?
0:25:26 > 0:25:28You have nothing to say for yourself.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32You used to be the brightest light in the room. Now you're...
0:25:32 > 0:25:33absent.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35My apologies, Sire.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Did I not satisfy my King?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Well, allow me to rectify the situation.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53I will return.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Perhaps I can help you with something?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01You can start by not asking so many questions.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Very well. Then, I will wait.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Hurry back.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46What are you doing?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Looking for my brother. I thought he might be there.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Oh, I know where he is.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- Your Majesty... - I was concerned about you.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26I am tired, Sire. That is all.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28And yet, your eyes tell a different story.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31He does this, doesn't he?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Waits until you're tired, to have the big talk.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I mean, he's always done it to me,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37but it's reassuring to know he does it to you, too.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- What are you doing up so late?- Me?
0:28:40 > 0:28:45- Oh, I've only just gotten out of bed.- Some privacy, brother.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- I think you forget where you are.- I think you forget who addresses you.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55- Louvois will not help you. You know that, don't you?- Brother, not now!
0:28:55 > 0:28:57They have no respect for the hilltop general.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00A warrior only trusts the man who stands beside him.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- Take care, Brother, with your words. - You defend yourself! Always!
0:29:04 > 0:29:06But from what?
0:29:06 > 0:29:10How is it possible that you are blind to those who want to help you?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12What you propose is not help!
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Not everyone is trying to knock you down.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19If you stopped attacking for a moment, you might see it.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Let others aid you in your decisions. You cannot do it all.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24The business of government is no business of yours.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- It could be, if you let it! - Please stop!
0:29:28 > 0:29:31But you will never do that. I know that now. You think I oppose you.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- You think the world opposes you. - Husband!
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- But you are mistaken!- Stop!- Oh, for heaven's sake, eat something!
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- What on Earth is the matter? - I am expecting a child!
0:29:50 > 0:29:58MUSIC AND LAUGHTER
0:30:14 > 0:30:16I have a proposition for you.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18I'd rather you paid your share.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26It is here, My Lord.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28HE LAUGHS
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I have not forgotten.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I will not go back on the road with a musket.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39There are too many police.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41We have friends among the police, as you well know.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Not enough.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47So, I decided on a new plan for us.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50To offer protection to the excise men.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Bring me money.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I no longer care how you come by it.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00The King's builders have downed tools.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04They share our frustrations with his plans.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06The King will simply find more.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Most of these builders are soldiers. They fought for the King.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12The army has dissent among its ranks.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Let's see what we can do to encourage that.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17The King will simply stop any insurrection
0:31:17 > 0:31:18with the rest of his army.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20If he has any left, by then.
0:31:21 > 0:31:27His Majesty understands that you do not feel that you have been
0:31:27 > 0:31:29shown the respect you merit.
0:31:29 > 0:31:35You are mistaken. Without you, France would not exist.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39But you are its servants, just as he is.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45There will be other battles to be fought, other wars to be won.
0:31:45 > 0:31:50But just as you stood side-by-side on the fields of Flanders,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54the King asks you now to stand
0:31:54 > 0:31:58by side again, here in Versailles!
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Who is your leader?
0:32:14 > 0:32:19We have no leader. We...we speak with one voice.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24If you do not return to work, I shall have you hanged!
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Kill me and two more shall take my place.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30I understand your complaints.
0:32:31 > 0:32:38Tell the King that we will fight for him again, build for him
0:32:38 > 0:32:42again, show trust and loyalty again,
0:32:42 > 0:32:45but first, the King must show us all
0:32:45 > 0:32:49that he is a man who will honour his promises.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54CROWD MURMURS IN AGREEMENT
0:33:03 > 0:33:05You need new locks on these windows.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Have you lost your mind?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09What are you doing here?
0:33:09 > 0:33:13I could fix it for you, of course, but I'm withholding labour, so...
0:33:13 > 0:33:15You cannot be seen! You have to leave!
0:33:15 > 0:33:17And yet, here I am.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Funny how it works, isn't it?
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Have you been ignoring me? I've sent you, like, a dozen notes.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Stop following me!
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Do you not remember who I am?
0:33:29 > 0:33:30Only too well, do I remember!
0:33:30 > 0:33:33You are more thorn than rose, do you know that?
0:33:33 > 0:33:34- Enough!- Is it mine?!
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- You've got to go!- I cannot say!
0:33:36 > 0:33:37- Cannot or will not? - Abandon me, if you wish!
0:33:37 > 0:33:39My Lady is back. You have to go!
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I don't want anything bad to happen to you.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I can do neither, as you know so well.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Even as I feel betrayed by you, by him, by myself...
0:33:47 > 0:33:49It already has.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Do you hate me?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54How much more straightforward if I did.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56He will use this. You will see.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02In what way?
0:34:04 > 0:34:05To get what he wants.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I do not believe it.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Oh, I can assure you of it.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19It'll be his child on a Monday, mine on a Tuesday,
0:34:19 > 0:34:24depending on his mood, his needs,
0:34:24 > 0:34:28his whim, his health,
0:34:28 > 0:34:32his breakfast or whichever way the wind is blowing.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35You have not given him a child.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42You have given him a club... for him to beat us with.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Your money!
0:35:06 > 0:35:08WHISPERS: And now you say...
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Oh, uh... Never!
0:35:10 > 0:35:12You would rather die?
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Never!
0:35:15 > 0:35:18What happens now? I forgot!
0:35:18 > 0:35:19Do I give you...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22You give me half, you take half.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- And th-then I hit you.- I hit you.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28The driver, remember?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Oh, yes, of course! Argh!
0:35:34 > 0:35:36What do you expect me to tell you? This all ends happily?
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I am a feather in the wind.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- Shush!- I don't know who I am... - Shush! Shush!
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- ..because my mother will not tell me.- Keep your voice down!
0:35:46 > 0:35:49SHE SIGHS
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Come here.
0:35:57 > 0:36:0016 years ago, you were born and I loved you
0:36:00 > 0:36:04and I cared for you and kept you safe in any way I could.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Where was I born? Pau?
0:36:07 > 0:36:08La Rochelle.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13And my father? A noble?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16A very good man.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19An architect crushed by the strictures of the King.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Why would the King crush my father?
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Because of who he was.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30What? A criminal? A traitor?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Worse.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34A Protestant.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Flowers!
0:36:41 > 0:36:43How lovely!
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- I thought they were for you.- No.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Who are they from?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01I have no idea.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Mariette!
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- WHISPERS:- Where's the bloody girl?
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Mariette!
0:37:31 > 0:37:32We cannot continue as we have done.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37I understand.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Do you?- You are the King, Sire.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45We are yours to own and discard, as you see fit.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I have never done either, so far as you are concerned.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54His Majesty is hiding behind words,
0:37:54 > 0:37:56but his sense is clear.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00The child you carry is a symbol of doubt -
0:38:00 > 0:38:04a doubt I do not myself wish to bear.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Would you want me to own you to the exclusion of all others,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09to the exclusion of my own brother?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15I cannot answer that question, Sire.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17I'm sorry.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Please forgive me.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Hello!
0:39:03 > 0:39:05What a pleasant surprise.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12You're fond of your books, aren't you?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Yes.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19At present, I am reading a treatise on espionage in the Roman Empire.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24I like a man who reads.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Do you enjoy your work?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Enjoy is not the word I would use.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54What word would you use?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Satisfaction.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Does it pain you to see people suffer?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I do not consider such matters.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Do you look them in the eye, when you punish them?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Always.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Oh...
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I've never been with a woman like you before.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Oh, my stars! You have so much to learn.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Oh, gently!
0:41:20 > 0:41:21Gentle!
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Gently!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Many thanks and congratulations.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59We are ready.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06I want you to bring them here.
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Sire?
0:42:09 > 0:42:11The soldiers who refuse to work.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13The soldiers, Sire? Here in the palace?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Yes.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17I want to talk to them, and I want it to be in here.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Tell them I have a proposal to make
0:42:19 > 0:42:21which I believe will satisfy their demands.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31She went to the whorehouse and spoke to the apothecary,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35ordered two bottles of arsenic.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40That's a fine cure for a toothache. I use it myself from time to time.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45And one bottle of eros, to aid the vigour of amorous coupling.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50But I think, perhaps, you already know that.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54I pay you to spy on others, not to spy on me.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Right.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06This way.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Don't touch!
0:43:23 > 0:43:26- Is that me?- Come!
0:43:26 > 0:43:28God, I'm ugly.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56I need you.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Good morning, gentlemen.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19It is an honour for me to welcome you here.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24I live here, but this is not my home.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27This is a home for France and her aspirations.
0:44:27 > 0:44:32I wanted to thank you for showing me the error in my thinking.
0:44:32 > 0:44:37You were right to down your tools and refuse to work.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41It was I that was in the wrong.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48I've invited you here today to ask for your forgiveness
0:44:48 > 0:44:52and to try to renew your faith and trust in me.
0:44:52 > 0:44:57You are, all of you, an army in the service of your King.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01Wherever it is, on the field or on the scaffolding,
0:45:01 > 0:45:06now it is time for France to give you something in return.
0:45:10 > 0:45:11A home.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16It shall be known as Les Invalides.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20It will host the finest medical facilities, refectory,
0:45:20 > 0:45:23dormitories, church.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26It will be located in Paris, close to the river.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Every soldier wounded, fighting for France
0:45:28 > 0:45:30will be taken there to be treated
0:45:30 > 0:45:34and every soldier who is unable to return to their village will be able
0:45:34 > 0:45:38to live there for the rest of their life in comfort and free of charge.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45I have also struck a medal, made of gold, in honour
0:45:45 > 0:45:49of our recent victories, and I wish to give one to each of you.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Hurrah for the King!
0:45:54 > 0:45:56- Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! - You said you wouldn't come.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59You really believed everything you said there, didn't you?
0:45:59 > 0:46:01Hurrah for the King!
0:46:01 > 0:46:05But the first to receive it is the man to whom I owe the most.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08A brave soldier known to you all,
0:46:08 > 0:46:14Philippe, Duke of Orleans, who I am also honoured to call my brother.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53France thanks you.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58France thanks you.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00France thanks you.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01France thanks you.
0:47:01 > 0:47:06Your Majesty, the enemy is closer than you think.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Sire!
0:47:08 > 0:47:11The enemy is closer than you think!
0:47:15 > 0:47:18The poor fellow is sick.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Let him be tended to.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Sire?
0:47:24 > 0:47:25I'm fine.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33- Get up! We're leaving! - What are you doing?
0:47:33 > 0:47:35- We're going to Saint-Cloud. We're going home.- Why?
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I refuse to stay here another minute.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Philippe, please! Stop!
0:47:40 > 0:47:41Explain yourself.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I just realised we have a choice.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45We don't have to do everything he tells us.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48We have been cowards. We are free to leave.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51It merely requires the courage for us to resist him.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52I don't understand.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- What do you really want?- Well...
0:47:55 > 0:47:57To come with me or to remain here,
0:47:57 > 0:48:00waiting day and night for his knock at your door?
0:48:00 > 0:48:06I don't care if the baby is mine or his.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07It will be ours.
0:48:13 > 0:48:18But our lives are here. You are brother to the King.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21You cannot leave.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24This place is who you are, who we are.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33If that is true, then we are already rotten inside.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50The cipher has been broken? Are you sure?
0:48:50 > 0:48:52I am.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Then, we must form a new codex.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56This will take some time.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59Until then, we will meet in person.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01I do not like the risk.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03They demand my papers. Do you have the seal?
0:49:03 > 0:49:04I have it.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17Now, our first priority must be the cipher.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19If they can read the cipher, they can read our thoughts.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22However, they do not know that we know,
0:49:22 > 0:49:25which now means we also have an opportunity.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59What are you doing?
0:50:02 > 0:50:05I'm very sorry that it had to turn out this way,
0:50:05 > 0:50:07but you just wouldn't listen.
0:50:07 > 0:50:14SHE SPEAKS IN LATIN
0:50:18 > 0:50:20You forgot to make your peace with God.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02My brother? Where is he?
0:51:02 > 0:51:03And Henriette?
0:51:04 > 0:51:07They're fine. They're sleeping.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Your Majesty.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14Your Majesty, you are sick!
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Bontemps...