0:00:02 > 0:00:10This programme contains some scenes of a sexual nature
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Poisons can take many forms.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Powders.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Liquids.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Ideas.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Appearances differ,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39but the function is the same.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47It takes root in the dark
0:00:47 > 0:00:49and in the quiet.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Like fire...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54FIRE CRACKLES
0:00:54 > 0:00:55..it feeds.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58And grows.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Engulfs.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04And destroys.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09My minister. Murdered.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12His wife. Slain.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17The killer. Dead by her own hand.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20And still the contagion spreads.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25It is in my walls.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31It is in my blood and in my mind.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Is it any wonder that I've not slept?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46If such tragedies befall me while I wake...
0:01:50 > 0:01:53..what kind of Hell awaits me should I ever fall asleep?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06You have failed me for the last time, Monsieur Marchal.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I do not know that man.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32# I am the king of my own land
0:02:38 > 0:02:42# Facing tempests of dust
0:02:42 > 0:02:45# I'll fight until the end
0:02:50 > 0:02:53# Creatures of my dreams
0:02:53 > 0:02:56# Raise up and dance with me
0:03:05 > 0:03:08# Now and forever
0:03:08 > 0:03:16# I'm your king! #
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Would you have him tossed in jail, Sire? Or in the nearest ditch?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Sire, when you were born, I was six years old...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Hold your tongue...!- Let him speak!
0:04:06 > 0:04:07From that day to this, I have prayed
0:04:07 > 0:04:10that Almighty God would give me the chance to serve you.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I kneel before you today
0:04:18 > 0:04:20to beg for one thing.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Forgiveness.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36INAUDIBLE
0:04:49 > 0:04:50You have it.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27I came to express my regret.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Your sympathy is unnecessary.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34No-one has served His Majesty with greater devotion.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39But I shall not just miss you as a colleague.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I shall miss you as a friend.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Then let me give you a word of advice.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47The truth...
0:05:49 > 0:05:50..and nothing but the truth.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I fear the King is deaf to all.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59If we are carried all our lives,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02we will soon forget how to walk.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I don't understand why the King allowed it.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14A sign of weakness, perhaps?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Of magnanimity.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Of strength.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Cruel one moment,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23kind the very next.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26The winds of power are not constant.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Now, let us talk of the future.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32How might I repay you?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34With your loyalty.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37The court is a ladder.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Have you ever noticed that?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43But opportunity does not shine equally for all.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Particularly if you have the misfortune to be a woman.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Thus, when my noble clients require a little help,
0:06:55 > 0:06:56I am here.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00And there are many.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01How may I help you?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07I fear my good friend, Madame de Montespan, may soon need allies.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10I want you to befriend her.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15What use would she have of me? She already has you.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18The more powerful your friends,
0:07:18 > 0:07:22the longer you remain up the ladder.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25As I help you climb...
0:07:26 > 0:07:28..you help me expand my clientele.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33On every rung that meets your foot.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I will do as you ask.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42HE GASPS
0:07:42 > 0:07:43SHE CHUCKLES
0:07:51 > 0:07:54The world may be poisoned, but you are the antidote.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56And until he realises this?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58You shall continue.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Prying, interrogating,
0:08:00 > 0:08:01hitting people...
0:08:03 > 0:08:05It's not what you do, it's who you are.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10This poison is like love.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11How so?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It has a mystery ingredient.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18I do not yet know where it comes from.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23But I will not stop looking until I find out.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31You see, it's not what I do.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32It's who I am.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Where are you going?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39To a house of ill repute.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Many of these women are very sick.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Will I find you here on my return?
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Do you wish to find me here?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50You're the detective.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58MARCHING STEPS
0:09:04 > 0:09:07The English will have sight of the Dutch coast in days.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Turenne will retain command.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11You are to take charge of the assault of Maastricht.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Me?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17And Amsterdam?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Will be yours.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24You are placing the entire fate of France in my hands. Why?
0:09:24 > 0:09:25I hardly have to say it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Might be nice to hear.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Glory.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32- Whose?- Ours.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37It's time for you to carve your name in history.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I was always under the impression only one of us could win.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43There can be two winners,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45providing they're on the same side.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48And we are on the same side, aren't we?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51MARCHING STEPS AND HOOFBEATS
0:09:54 > 0:09:55How are you sleeping?
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Come.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Let us consider the route.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10BAROQUE MUSIC PLAYS, LIVELY CHATTER
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Mademoiselle de Clermont.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41I believe "Duchesse de Cassel" is now the correct mode of address.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Duchesse.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I'm not proud of the title.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50And I must apologise.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I haven't offered my condolences for the loss of your mother.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55It was quite a blow.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Your own mother is...?- Gone.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01A few years ago.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07She'll be looking down, no doubt, glad to see you happily married.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11I fail to see how any marriage can be happy.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16If the terms are satisfactory, the union...productive...
0:11:16 > 0:11:17for some, heaven.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Others, a prison...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22..with no escape.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25There is always means of escape.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28It is...merely a case of finding it.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I have a friend who specialises in such matters.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Excuse me.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Another four weeks, perhaps five.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- Do you have other children?- Five.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Where are they? - Well, one fell to the pox.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04And two are with my cousin in Lyon.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- And Father Etienne takes cares the others.- Father Etienne?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Takes confession and gives money to those who aren't earning.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13And, if we have unwanted children, he takes them off our hands
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and places them at a hospital for orphans and strays.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18He's a saint, mark my words.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I shall return in a week.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Avoid too much exertion.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I'll just have to spend my days in bed, then, won't I!
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Ah. You must be Father Etienne.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You must be the angel who aids these girls in their afflictions.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- I wouldn't call pregnancy an affliction...- I would!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37You take unwanted babies into care?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41We have a small home for orphans near St Denis, yes.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44They each receive food, a bed and education,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and are kept as far away as possible from...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49The sins of their mothers!
0:12:50 > 0:12:51I prefer "errors".
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- If only there were more like you. - We all do what we can.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I shall be back later, drunk.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12But I shall expect to find you and the bed...
0:13:13 > 0:13:14..quite warm.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19DOOR CLOSES
0:13:19 > 0:13:22LAUGHTER AND CHATTER
0:13:22 > 0:13:24COINS JINGLE
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Bravo, Sire.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38History will show you to be the finest player in France.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41What you will notice about billiards is that there is no strategy,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43only tactics.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51You missed deliberately, Thomas.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55No, Sire. I merely lack the necessary skill.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I would have thought that a man facing such a journey
0:13:59 > 0:14:01would have his mind on other matters.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03What journey would that be?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10You may speak freely, Madame de Montespan has my trust.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12To have an intelligent woman as one's counsel
0:14:12 > 0:14:14is perhaps the best tactic of all, Sire.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18If I may, madame, I believe women to be the equal to most men
0:14:18 > 0:14:19where strategy is concerned.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Explain.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Well, it seems to me, Sire, that living in Versailles
0:14:24 > 0:14:27is a constant balance between power and negotiation.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30But it is women who must negotiate the hallways of Versailles
0:14:30 > 0:14:32with no power at all.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Not all women are without power.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Please do not misunderstand me, madame,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42your skills may not be visible to most,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44but they are just as effective.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49The journey, Sire, is war.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51You are preparing to leave for Holland.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54No, I'm staying here.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I see.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Then who will lead the army, Sire?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03My brother.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Yes, he showed great bravery in the Spanish Netherlands.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I remember hearing such stories about him.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14He is a master of the battlefield.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18While you are a master of war, are you not, Sire?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Battles require tactics. War requires a strategy.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Are you saying that my brother is also good at billiards?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28I am saying nothing at all, Sire.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Not from where I'm standing.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33It is rather surprising how many words are emanating from your mouth.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38I was rather under the impression that writers were busy writing...
0:15:38 > 0:15:39rather than talking.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45My only wish, Sire, is to chronicle YOUR exploits.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Why did you not speak before?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Following the death of her child,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I wondered, perhaps, she was not of her right mind.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Madame de Montespan does nothing without forethought.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58She is a forceful woman
0:15:58 > 0:16:01and God is punishing her with equal potency.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I hope her compulsion was not persuasive.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Your Majesty,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08my vows of chastity are sacrosanct.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12I am relieved to hear it. The King must be informed, of course.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15We shall visit him together.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17He would no doubt dismiss my own account,
0:16:17 > 0:16:21but he can hardly question the word of a man of God.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23GRUNTING AND SCREAMING
0:16:23 > 0:16:26SCREAMING
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Get off!
0:16:31 > 0:16:33HE GRUNTS
0:16:33 > 0:16:35SHE GROANS
0:16:48 > 0:16:50BAROQUE MUSIC PLAYS, CHATTER
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Very attractive, don't you think?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56As are its contents.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Fragrances?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Of a sort, yes.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Each is carefully crafted
0:17:07 > 0:17:10to induce certain feelings or pleasures.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Whether you seek repose
0:17:13 > 0:17:15or stimulation,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18we have just the thing for you.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19HE INHALES DEEPLY
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Mm.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Here,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27the perfect stimulus for a dreary day.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Normally six thousand, but, for you?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- WHISPERS:- Five.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Go.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Yes! Are you looking for something special?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Have you bought anything, Your Highness?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48No, and I have no intention of it.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Allow me to convince you otherwise.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Being at Versailles and not throwing one's money around is frowned-upon.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55SHE CHUCKLES
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Good morning, Your Highness.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00May I interest you in some silks?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I find wool to be more insulating.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05But then, you are wearing a sheep.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Better than wearing a worm.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11These are rather fetching.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Fragrance?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Packing fragrance, Your Highness, to perfume the fabric.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17That is all.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Oh.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22How bizarre.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Oh, Duchesse!
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Your beauty puts every woman in the room to shame.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39You once mentioned a friend of yours.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42That offers...marriage advice.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46I think you'll find her a source of great wisdom.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Where will I find her?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54A hand.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58On your person.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- To steady herself, perhaps?- That, of course, was the first thought
0:19:03 > 0:19:06that came into my head, Sire. Nonetheless...
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Have you ever lost a child?
0:19:10 > 0:19:11No, Sire.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Then what qualifies you to speak of her state of mind or her motives?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17If I understand the details correctly,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19her motives were very clear
0:19:19 > 0:19:22and inappropriate towards someone of the cloth.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24They were of a sensuous nature.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25PEN CLATTERS
0:19:26 > 0:19:28My king?
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Leave the matter with me.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41DOOR CLOSES
0:19:44 > 0:19:46HE BREATHES UNEVENLY
0:19:55 > 0:19:58STREET BUSTLE, CHATTER
0:20:11 > 0:20:13FIRE CRACKLES NEARBY
0:20:23 > 0:20:25CRASHING, THUD
0:20:25 > 0:20:26SHE GASPS
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Is that how you seduce all the women?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Did it work?
0:20:39 > 0:20:40You're still here.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I like that.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10SHE GASPS
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Did you miss me?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15If the King sees you...
0:21:15 > 0:21:16He already has
0:21:16 > 0:21:18and he's given me his blessing.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21I kissed his hand.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23And now...
0:21:24 > 0:21:25..I kiss yours.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30We have so much catching up to do.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46Father Pascal came to visit me just after the passing of our daughter.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51I was feeling weak and faint and I almost collapsed.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53As I did, I stretched out a hand
0:21:53 > 0:21:55and I clasped him by the cassock.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58He helped me to my feet,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00but his hands wandered in the most intrusive way.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04You have not mentioned this before.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I did not, because, frankly, I feel sorry for him.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Imagine listening to the sordid confessions
0:22:13 > 0:22:15of the most beautiful women in court all day.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18He's a starving man at a banquet.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Have you not noticed how he looks at her?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Her Majesty.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26One has to wonder what else is really going on.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40DOOR SLAMS
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Are you in love with him?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55My king...
0:22:55 > 0:22:59I believe he made up this story to make you jealous and to seduce you.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Why do you listen to that woman?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Why do you hate her so?
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Is it wrong to hate the woman
0:23:04 > 0:23:07who has poisoned and twisted my husband's mind?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10At least you admit hatred WAS your motivation.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12You're putting me through Hell!
0:23:12 > 0:23:15The flames will do wonders for the ice around your heart.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39DOOR CLOSES >
0:23:39 > 0:23:41STREET BUSTLE
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Ariadne sent me.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Your husband is sick.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16How do you know?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Because you are here.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Is there a cure?
0:24:23 > 0:24:24There is.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31A slow treatment
0:24:31 > 0:24:34which may cause discomfort
0:24:34 > 0:24:37over a period of time.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Or a rapid remedy...
0:24:39 > 0:24:41..with instant effect.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48The slow treatment, will he be aware of it?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51He will.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53But have no sense of the cause.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59My dear.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01The choice is simple.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Death...
0:25:03 > 0:25:05or suffering?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Suffering.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Why does the King get to declare war and I don't?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Why can't I do that?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35In fact, you know, I think I will.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I will declare war on someone.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Today.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48You can't go.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51I forbid it.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53I don't care.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Very well.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Then I shall come with you.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03You can't stop me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05If you want to come to war...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09..you can't bring this.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Regrettably, then, I will remain.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Anyway, you know my opinion on mud and tulips!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- I shall stay here, keep the bed warm.- Spend my money...
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Fortunately, you can stop worrying about that,
0:26:26 > 0:26:27for I have come into an inheritance.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32My uncle Hugues. Miserable bugger.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34The only time I ever saw him smile
0:26:34 > 0:26:36was when his wife fell off her horse.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38You'll miss him terribly, I suppose.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Not as much as I will miss you, darling.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51I beg your pardon. The...
0:26:51 > 0:26:52The door...
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Bontemps?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57What's the matter?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03He once commanded me to tell him...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08..should the situation ever arise,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12if a woman ever tilt his mind
0:27:12 > 0:27:14in matters of state...
0:27:14 > 0:27:16How can you be sure it is she who affects him so?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18All I know is...
0:27:19 > 0:27:21..ever since he has chosen Madame...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26..our needs are plenty
0:27:26 > 0:27:28and his time is finite.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34We can all be drunk in love, Bontemps.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Drunk or sober...
0:27:40 > 0:27:42..he will not listen to me.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- SADLY:- As his valet,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I have no voice.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00FIRE CRACKLES
0:28:10 > 0:28:12DOOR OPENS
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Come and have a drink with me.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Perhaps you should try to get some sleep, Sire.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30HE LAUGHS
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Kings do not sleep.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34The wise ones do, Majesty.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I've seen you sleep.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I must speak my mind, Sire.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50These are not the words of a valet.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54No, Sire.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56They are the words of a friend.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Well, I do not wish to hear them.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02I anticipated that, Sire.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05So I have given my words to another.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Highness!
0:29:09 > 0:29:10DOOR OPENS
0:29:21 > 0:29:27So, both my brother and my valet are plotting against me, is that it?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Not long ago, you looked me in the eye and said...
0:29:32 > 0:29:34What is this madness?!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36..if any woman would influence me in matters of state...
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- That's enough!- ..you will tell me, and by the morning,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- she will be gone.- I said, "Enough!"
0:29:41 > 0:29:42Sire!
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- This was your idea, was it? This SPECTACLE!- It was mine.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47You? You don't care enough.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Sire, yes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Yes, it was my idea.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57"Friend".
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Leave.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25DOOR CLOSES
0:30:29 > 0:30:32CHATTER
0:30:39 > 0:30:41A bumper of wine.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43It is not yet nine o'clock.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I've made an enemy of the Queen
0:30:45 > 0:30:47and she is plotting against me.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49I need wine.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50I can understand her disapproval,
0:30:50 > 0:30:54but conspiring against another seems far beyond her character.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Then it's that idiot priest.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58He's turned her to it.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Father Pascal? I find that surprising.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02He is both devout and inspiring.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Sometimes, Francoise, you're so naive, I wonder if it's not just
0:31:06 > 0:31:09an elaborate joke you are playing on us all.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10FRANCOISE CHUCKLES
0:31:10 > 0:31:13< Do you know, I have a queue of seven traders, four accountants
0:31:13 > 0:31:15< and two Portuguese traders waiting outside my office?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18< Sometimes I think we're the only two people who work around here.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20< The other nobles come here to play, not work.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Has your niece Isabelle arrived?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Imminently, as I understand it.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Though, frankly, I must confess, I pleaded with her not to come.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Why ever not?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Versailles is no place for a young and impressionable girl.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36She insisted, naturally, as they all do,
0:31:36 > 0:31:39hoping to come to court in the hope
0:31:39 > 0:31:41of catching some important noble eye.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43But lately...
0:31:45 > 0:31:47..I find the palace to be a den of depravity.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Most unsuitable.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54Will we win?
0:31:56 > 0:31:57I believe so.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Though I confess I was surprised when the King chose to remain.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04As glorious as he is,
0:32:04 > 0:32:06on the battlefield,
0:32:06 > 0:32:08he is NOT his brother.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13No doubt he prefers to confront his adversaries closer to home.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17But where is the glory in that?
0:32:38 > 0:32:39Ho-ho!
0:32:39 > 0:32:40Huh?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Yah!
0:32:59 > 0:33:01BLOW CONNECTS, MAN GRUNTS
0:33:03 > 0:33:05PANTING
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Ha...
0:33:07 > 0:33:10HE PANTS
0:33:12 > 0:33:13HE CHUCKLES
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Swords over muskets any day. If you ask me, a fight is not a fight
0:33:20 > 0:33:22unless there's a blade involved.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23You're not going.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Kings must lead.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30They do not follow.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35I am called by a higher purpose to command my armies myself.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37It is I who must go. You are to remain here.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Is that it?!
0:33:42 > 0:33:44No apology?! NO NOTHING?!
0:33:44 > 0:33:46I cannot stay here any longer.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51What is this "higher purpose"?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Bontemps, he came to me because he was concerned.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Because we're ALL concerned.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Then you will know why I must go.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Take me with you.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Side-by-side on the battlefield.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11I need you here while I am gone.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Who knows? Perhaps in war I will find some peace.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20The palace needs protection with rules, with an iron hand.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Our survival depends on us both.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25I will fight the war in Holland.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Please, Brother,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29fight the war here.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34I'm sorry, Philippe.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Destiny calls us to a greater mission.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Perhaps His Majesty has forgotten?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01DOOR OPENS
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Whilst I appreciate my brother's bravery.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09I believe he is a winner of battles, not wars.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12I shall lead the attack on Holland.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14This is wonderful news, Sire.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16TERSELY: Your loyalty gives me great comfort.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23The question of regent remains.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30Madame.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33I owe you an apology.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37My mother asked you for your help.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38You gave it gladly
0:35:38 > 0:35:41and received, in return, a betrayal of that goodwill.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Is that why you came here?
0:35:47 > 0:35:48To apologise?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52In part.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56I also came here because
0:35:56 > 0:35:59we have a common acquaintance.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01A curious woman. Lives in the village.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Sometimes goes by the name of Ariadne.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- You know her?- Yes.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10And now she has asked me to...
0:36:12 > 0:36:14..help you.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17With what?
0:36:18 > 0:36:19You tell me.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Well, I cannot think what she meant.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35Do you know the Queen's new confessor? Father Pascal?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41I know his face.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45And...reputation.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Perhaps we should take a turn in the garden.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52I hear the lilies are in bloom.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27You're here for confession perhaps?
0:37:27 > 0:37:29No...
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I came here on a matter of some delicacy.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I will help you in any way I can.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40There is a letter that must be written
0:37:40 > 0:37:42to a person of great importance.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Surely, you are able to write?
0:37:45 > 0:37:48My father taught me to wield a sword, not a quill.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50For shame.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54The contents, as I said,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57really are most sensitive.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00I see.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Come with me.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13What do you wish to say?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16"To my queen.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19"My life.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22"My love.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26"Pity me.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29"Forgive me.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33"I was tempted...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38"..by the sins...
0:38:42 > 0:38:44"..of the flesh."
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Oh, er...
0:38:48 > 0:38:53Could you please press this bloom between the fold?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58I believe it is what heaven must smell like.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00The chapel should be filled with them.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02HE SNIFFS Very pleasant.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05What is the meaning of this letter?
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Alas, it is a suicide note.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10My son, you do not plan to take your own life?
0:39:10 > 0:39:11HE SNIFFLES
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Not mine, no.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21HE GROANS AND CHOKES
0:39:21 > 0:39:22HE COUGHS
0:39:28 > 0:39:30CLATTERING
0:39:34 > 0:39:37GUTTERAL CHOKING
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Watch over me while I take my rest and deliver me from danger.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48May Thy grace be with me always.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Amen.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Amen.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01I admire your devotion.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I know no greater love in this world.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Will you pray for me, madame, when I go to war?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Sire, I pray for you...
0:40:19 > 0:40:21..every day.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33CLUNKING
0:40:38 > 0:40:40CLATTERING I wish I could be of more comfort.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45I don't need comfort. I need another brother.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49What will you do?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52What I always do.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Nothing.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56And he knows it.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Do you want me to say what I think or what you want to hear?
0:41:03 > 0:41:05I think you're behaving like a child
0:41:05 > 0:41:07who always wants the toys other children have.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Instead of sulking because your brother is king,
0:41:11 > 0:41:13you should be a king in your own right.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16He has an empire.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Why can't YOU build an empire?
0:41:19 > 0:41:22He has a dynasty.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Why can't you build a dynasty?
0:41:26 > 0:41:27You're my king.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48SWORD CLATTERS
0:41:55 > 0:41:57SHE GASPS
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Knock-knock.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I have found just the thing for you!
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Some thick wool from the sheep of England.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Perfect for hats, gloves,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19and, if you're that way inclined, underwear.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Oh...!
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Shall I come back later?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- PHILIPPE, MUFFLED:- Good idea.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37Oh.
0:42:38 > 0:42:39I see...
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Hm.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44And here I was, looking for someone to declare war on...
0:42:46 > 0:42:49..when the answer was right under my nose.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03DOOR SLAMS
0:43:03 > 0:43:05HE SIGHS
0:43:05 > 0:43:08'In accordance with the laws of our kingdom...'
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I, Louis XIV, King of France...
0:43:13 > 0:43:18..solemnly confirm that in my absence for reasons of war
0:43:18 > 0:43:20the regency of France and all her possessions
0:43:20 > 0:43:24shall be placed in the hands of Marie-Therese of Austria,
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Queen of France,
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Queen Consort of Navarre.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56My mother performed the same role with distinction.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59I know I can rely on you to do the same.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18I shall take you to the salon
0:44:18 > 0:44:21to effect some key introductions.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23CHATTER NEARBY
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Please allow me that honour.
0:44:25 > 0:44:26Ah!
0:44:27 > 0:44:29Chevalier de Lorraine,
0:44:29 > 0:44:30may I present my niece, Isabelle.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Isabelle, Chevalier.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37One of the court's most...
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Charming bachelors.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45I can see already you will be a great success.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49I assure you, she is in safe hands.
0:44:56 > 0:44:57Isabelle, let me introduce you
0:44:57 > 0:45:00to one of the most glorious members of the royal family.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, Duc d'Anjou and brother to the king.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05Welcome to Versailles.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07I trust I shall see you later?
0:45:07 > 0:45:11Who knows? Isabelle and I have a very busy day ahead of us.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33SHE SIGHS
0:46:09 > 0:46:12RAUCOUS SHOUTING
0:46:12 > 0:46:14CHATTER
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Excuse me.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35I am looking for some seeds.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37What kind of seeds?
0:46:37 > 0:46:38Akar Saga?
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Why this seed?
0:46:41 > 0:46:43I am a student of the healing arts.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46No-one can heal from this plant.
0:46:47 > 0:46:48I cannot help you.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51I have many other seeds with healing properties.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Perhaps you have some ashoka seeds?
0:46:53 > 0:46:56I have a patient with an intestinal disorder.
0:46:56 > 0:46:57Yes, of course.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06Thank you.
0:47:06 > 0:47:07COINS JINGLE
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Excuse me.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20No, no, no!
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- SHOUTS:- Help! Help! Help!
0:47:23 > 0:47:25WET SLICING
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Get out of my way in the name of God!
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Be gone! Do you hear me?
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Are you hurt, my dear?
0:47:36 > 0:47:39May I suggest that I accompany you out of here?
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Come. Quickly.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Step aside!
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Out of my way!
0:47:54 > 0:47:56ROPE CREAKS
0:48:04 > 0:48:07I believe this was intended for you, Majesty.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13Is it by his hand?
0:48:17 > 0:48:18How could he do such a thing?
0:48:20 > 0:48:21How indeed?
0:48:27 > 0:48:30SHE HUMS TO HERSELF
0:48:35 > 0:48:36I'm sorry for your loss.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39He's not a man to take his own life.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41The note was by his hand.
0:48:43 > 0:48:44You think otherwise.
0:48:44 > 0:48:48I don't know what I think, Sire. I am too bound in grief now.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51You understand the weight that falls upon your shoulders in my absence?
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Trust your advisors.
0:48:55 > 0:48:56Keep your own counsel.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Hide your true feelings.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Good day, madame. Make me proud of you.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04Your word will be law, Sire, and disobedience will find its reward.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Please take me with you.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32I will be safer at war in Holland than at war here.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37You fear the Queen as regent?
0:49:39 > 0:49:43Right now, Sire, I fear everything I've ever dreamed of.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50No harm will come to you.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55His Majesty does not see how strong she is.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58She knows the place that you have in my heart
0:49:58 > 0:50:00and she will do anything she can to come between us.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09She will rule on my behalf, not her own.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14You decided to be your own First Minister!
0:50:14 > 0:50:16You decided to rule alone! You chose me!
0:50:16 > 0:50:19You kissed me by the fountain! It was you and it was only you!
0:50:19 > 0:50:20Enough!
0:50:22 > 0:50:23Enough.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32I cannot remember the last time that I truly slept.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Take some herbs, Your Highness.
0:50:49 > 0:50:50It will help.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58If you say they will help.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02I do with all my heart.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32What happens now?
0:51:34 > 0:51:35We close our eyes.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39And we welcome sweet oblivion.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57You knew I'd come, didn't you?
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Tomorrow I leave for war.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07I needed to say goodbye.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29HE PANTS
0:53:40 > 0:53:43Your Highness! The King...
0:53:54 > 0:53:56I was lost.
0:53:56 > 0:53:57But now...
0:53:57 > 0:53:59I'm found.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03I was lost, but...
0:54:04 > 0:54:06But now I'm f-found...
0:54:11 > 0:54:13But now I'm found...I'm found...
0:54:15 > 0:54:17I was lost...
0:54:19 > 0:54:21..but now I am found.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30I was lost...