0:00:22 > 0:00:24I shall ride ahead and announce His Majesty's arrival.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27No. I shall announce my own arrival.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29A little surprise will do them a world of good.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46May I ask what this is about?
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Her Majesty did not confide in me, Madame.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51You mean, you know, but you won't tell me?
0:00:58 > 0:01:00The Marquise de Montespan.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Her Majesty has summoned me here for a reason, I imagine.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Yes. It relates to your debts.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I was not aware that I had any.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17A new carriage, 40,000.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19A silver locket, 7,000.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Wine, 2,000.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23All of these were placed against the king's account.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27They total over £100,000 and should have been paid one month ago.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Well, I am sure when the king returns,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31he will settle any outstanding debts.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50As you know, anyone unable to pay their debts loses their allowance
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and is automatically banished from court.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Her Majesty seems ignorant of the fact that we are not in Spain,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and we do not have Inquisitions in France!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Sire. It is a pleasure to see you return.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Where is Her Majesty? - She is in conference, Sire.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12The King!
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Clear the room!
0:02:23 > 0:02:24HE COUGHS
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The Marquise de Montespan shall remain.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45You have been missed. By none more so than myself.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I missed you, too.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57You did not reply to my letters. May I ask why?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05While I was at war, I thought back to the vision I had
0:03:05 > 0:03:07when they laid the first stones of this palace.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13The dream of an eternal empire with Versailles at its centre.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18And I realised that my dream was suffocating.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Versailles was dying, and I was dying with it.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25And the person who had been my companion for so long
0:03:25 > 0:03:28was blinding me to my true purpose.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32His Majesty is weary, perhaps.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I would be alone.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59# I'm the king of my own land
0:04:05 > 0:04:08# Facing tempests of dust
0:04:08 > 0:04:12# I'll fight until the end
0:04:17 > 0:04:23# Creatures of my dreams raise up and dance with me
0:04:31 > 0:04:34# Now and forever
0:04:35 > 0:04:39# I'm your king. #
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Solange, please close the door.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09No doubt the war has taken its toll and he is in need of rest.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- He was in good spirits?- Indeed.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Keen to throw himself back into matters of state
0:05:13 > 0:05:15and the construction of the palace.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Well, no doubt he was delighted to see you.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Solange, please ask the maid to prepare my bath.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Of course, Madame.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33He loves me, and I will give him the attention
0:05:33 > 0:05:35and affection that he needs.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Of course.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50His Majesty must be tired after such a long journey.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Tired, yet reinvigorated.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59When I last saw you, Sire, you seemed...
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Lost?
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Now I am found.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I want you to organise a banquet for this evening.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Send out invitations.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The entire court will attend.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13A fine idea, Sire.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14But first, tell me news.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17All that has happened in my absence.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Hide nothing.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35And your husband?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38He grows sicker by the day.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41The last few weeks are the worst.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It is too late to regret what you have done.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47I regret nothing.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53But I will live the rest of my life a murderer.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54No.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59You will live the rest of your life as a woman who defended herself!
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Go.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15The prodigal brother is returned.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I understand you made a fine monarch in my absence.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I did my best, though, of course, I could not fill your shoes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Anyway, I thank you for your efforts.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30You drove a good bargain and we now have a foothold in India.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32All for the sake of France.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36How was the war?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Exhilarating?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Educational.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I left to escape my foes here
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and to confront another foe on the field of battle.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52But I realised my only true enemy had accompanied me all the way.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Who is that?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Huh!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Welcome home, brother.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05You've changed.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Though I cannot yet see how.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13You soon will.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17How is your wife?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Oh, you know her. Bouncing through life.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23SHE RETCHES
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Well, that was fun(!)
0:08:36 > 0:08:41I can't possibly see the king now, unless he likes being vomited upon.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42You must see a doctor.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Tell His Highness to come immediately.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46It's really not necessary.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48I'm certain it was the pastries I had last night.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Your Highness, you must see a doctor,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52given all that's happened of late.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Oh, I see.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Yes, perhaps you should call for a doctor.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09An invitation from the king.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14An invitation from the king.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19You must send a message to my dressmaker
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and Monsieur Cornereau in Paris.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Tell them they must come to the palace immediately.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Monsieur Cornereau? - He makes fireworks, you idiot!
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Queen of Versailles, that's what he called me.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38And I'm going to show him how queens welcome home their kings.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53This is most heartening news, Sire.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I was deaf to your advice.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57I shall not be again.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Even the Lord Jesus was lost in the wilderness.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03In three weeks, we shall celebrate Easter, Sire.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07You shall receive Communion,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and all the children of God will rejoice.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11As shall I.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14And what does His Majesty intend
0:10:14 > 0:10:18for the unfortunate object of his...previous affection?
0:10:19 > 0:10:20I shall forget her.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24And the Lord will forgive her.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30In return, I insist on the Church's unconditional support
0:10:30 > 0:10:32in my war against the Dutch.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37- And you shall have it.- It is my goal to drive out the Protestant scourge
0:10:37 > 0:10:39and create a Catholic empire
0:10:39 > 0:10:41with justice and enlightenment at its centre.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44I need Rome by my side,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46not blocking my path.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51SHE WINCES
0:10:54 > 0:10:55The quill?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01That...hurts!
0:11:03 > 0:11:05The blood's been contaminated, Your Highness.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09By the process of purging and xenotransfusion,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11the humours will be returned to their normal state.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14"Xenotransfusion", meaning...?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The introduction of the blood of another species.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19In this case?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22The blood of a sheep.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I shall return later today.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Do you believe that she's been poisoned?- I do.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Nausea, vomiting,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51general feeling of weakness.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Those are common symptoms, yes.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57And do you believe that this is the best course of treatment?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I do.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- HE GRUNTS, BOWL CLATTERS - You'd better pray you're right.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Because if you're not, and something happens to her,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07I'm going to stick that quill right through your eye.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Was it you?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Was what me?- How did you do it?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Did you slip poison into her wine?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31What are you talking about?!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33My wife!
0:12:33 > 0:12:35She's been poisoned and I think I know who did it!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Don't be ridiculous!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40You yourself said you would declare war on her.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I may dislike her clothes, I may mock her,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I may hate her for stealing you from me,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57and in the dark of night, I have wished her dead.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01But I would not go so far as to...MAKE her dead.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08HE STIFLES SOBS
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I'm sorry.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21You should be.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35I believe it to be the only option left open to us, Sire.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- The only option? - Sire, Bonn has fallen.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42We have received word that William's army has crossed the Rhine!
0:13:42 > 0:13:43If we sue for peace now,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46at least we shall do so from a position of relative strength.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49No. Give orders for Turenne to bolster his position.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51And the Palatinate, Sire?
0:13:51 > 0:13:52An invasion is imminent.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Our forces are greatly outnumbered
0:13:55 > 0:13:57and the army of the Palatinate is too weak to defend itself.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Do whatever is necessary.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I'm not certain I understand, Sire.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Do whatever is necessary!
0:14:06 > 0:14:08You requested my presence, Sire.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Follow me, gentlemen.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25France is sullied...
0:14:26 > 0:14:28..by events here at the palace,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30by our reverses in Holland.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I want the people of France to see their king and country
0:14:36 > 0:14:38in a better light.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Whatever setbacks we may suffer in the war,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44they will read of nothing but epic victories
0:14:44 > 0:14:46and I want you to describe them.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Trumpet them to the world with every fine phrase
0:14:51 > 0:14:53and heroic simile at your disposal.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Sire, if I may... - Now, look around you, gentlemen.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58What do you see?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Furniture.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Yes.- Walls.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Yes.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Furniture, walls, curtains, candles...
0:15:12 > 0:15:14What else?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Darkness.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Precisely.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29I dreamed of creating a hallway ten times the size of this room.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34A room without darkness.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37On one side, windows looking out to the gardens.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40On the other, mirrors.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44A hall of blinding light that would make the palace famous
0:15:44 > 0:15:46throughout the world and for time eternal.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Let us now turn this dream into reality.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13It is Her Highness, Sire.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14She is taken ill.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Talk to me, Doctor!
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I beg for your patience, Sire.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- QUIETLY:- It would rather scupper your plans, wouldn't it,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40if she died?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42She will not die.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45As well as having the death of both my wives on your conscience...
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Henriette's death had nothing to do with me.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I beg to differ.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52There is a certain test I wish to perform.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54Here.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56What is this for?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Urine, Your Highness.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Of course.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07SHE SIGHS
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Your staring at me is not making this any easier.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23TRICKLING
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- SHE CLEARS HER THROAT - Ah!
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Thank you.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Wine?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47FIZZING
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Well?!
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Her Highness is pregnant.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57ALL SIGH WITH RELIEF
0:17:57 > 0:17:59PHILIPPE LAUGHS
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Congratulations!
0:18:06 > 0:18:09My heartfelt congratulations to you both.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19We did it.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34From the Comtesse de Brochet.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Still nothing from the Maquets? - They already paid once.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40And they shall pay again. Put another note under their door.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45HE GRUNTS
0:18:52 > 0:18:54HE CHUCKLES
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- ANGRILY:- I am in no mood for tenderness!
0:19:11 > 0:19:13You will stand behind the hedge and you will wait for my signal.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Yes, madame.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17When I raise my hand, you will begin.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20How much longer?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Two hours, madame.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24You do not have two hours. You have one.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Stupid girl!
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Go and find out what time the King is expected to make his entrance.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Yes, madame.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36SHE EXHALES
0:19:40 > 0:19:42BAROQUE MUSIC PLAYS NEARBY
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- I had forgotten.- What?
0:19:46 > 0:19:47How exquisite you are.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Don't ever go away again.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53MUSIC PLAYS
0:19:56 > 0:19:58INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Monsieur et Madame Maquet.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Did you hear the latest news about the Comte de Valette?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14No.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16A very sad affair.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Despite several reminders from his creditor,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20he refused to pay his debts.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21The King was informed.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Sentenced him ten years in prison.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I...thought you should know.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Ah, if it isn't France's favourite couple!
0:20:41 > 0:20:45On the right, the Duc d'Orleans sporting a delicious spring outfit,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and on the left, looking in fine fettle...
0:20:48 > 0:20:51My wife is pregnant.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Oh.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04- BONTEMPS:- The King!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25HUM OF CONVERSATION
0:21:29 > 0:21:31INDIAN MUSIC PLAYS
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Look at me.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Each and every one of you.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28You all have a choice to make...
0:22:32 > 0:22:34..and now is the moment to make it.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38To live the dream of Versailles.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Or to betray it.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44If you choose to betray the dream,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47you will end your days in the gutter of history.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52But if you choose to follow me,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55here, now,
0:22:55 > 0:22:56tonight.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58CASSEL COUGHS
0:22:58 > 0:23:00There is no limit to what we can achieve.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Tomorrow is the equinox,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07when the hours of the sun are longer than the hours of the night
0:23:07 > 0:23:11and the shoots of branch and blossom are reborn.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Let us banish the shadows that have haunted this palace for too long.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17CASSEL CONTINUES TO COUGH
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Let us now be reborn.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22FIREWORKS FIZZ AND POP
0:23:23 > 0:23:25FIREWORKS ROAR
0:23:25 > 0:23:27GASPS AND MURMURS
0:23:27 > 0:23:29APPLAUSE
0:23:51 > 0:23:52You have forgotten your place.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00ALL MURMUR
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- WHISPERS:- She had it coming to her.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05HUSHED WHISPERS AND MURMURS
0:24:28 > 0:24:31How the mighty have fallen.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36FIREWORKS POP IN DISTANCE
0:24:58 > 0:25:00CASSEL COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS
0:25:07 > 0:25:09HE COUGHS
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Inform the Duc de Luxembourg my collar needs adjusting...
0:25:21 > 0:25:24..and tell the Duc de Cassel to retire to his rooms.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Go to your rooms. - CASSEL GRUNTS
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Apparently, the Dutch are attacking Utrecht.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- I want to send someone I trust. - It would be an honour, Sire.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47< SCREAMING
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Heavens above!
0:25:58 > 0:26:00HUSHED WHISPERS
0:26:15 > 0:26:17AGITATED MURMURS
0:26:30 > 0:26:32ALL WHISPER
0:26:52 > 0:26:56The forest warden tells me he returns here every day
0:26:56 > 0:27:00to pay his respects at Mademoiselle Masson's grave.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06She was murdered shortly after leaving His Majesty's service.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I would speak with him alone.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Why did you bury her here?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48She used to walk here as a child...
0:27:50 > 0:27:52..studying the plants and flowers.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55I am sorry for her death.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I wish I could have done something.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01You could have.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Who killed her?
0:28:15 > 0:28:19She was investigating the poisons being used at the palace.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23She must have discovered something she was not meant to.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28I need you.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I wish you to return to my service.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32FABIEN SIGHS
0:28:32 > 0:28:34It is not an order.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37It is a request.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43You must take up where you left off. The poisonings continue.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46They must be stopped. Once and for all.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49They can be and they shall be, Sire.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51But on one condition.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- That I trust your judgment? - Yes, Sire.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00I have always trusted your judgment.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05It was my own that fell by the wayside.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09The King is easily influenced.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12We must act swiftly before she twists his mind back in her favour.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15What does Her Majesty propose?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18He listens neither to you nor to me.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Madame Scarron, what do you say?
0:29:20 > 0:29:24I believe we are good when we are surrounded by good people.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Yet I find it hard to believe that His Majesty
0:29:26 > 0:29:29could be so easily influenced by a woman.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31It depends on the woman.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35We must place someone else in his life,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37someone chaste and devout,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39who will show him the path of moderation.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41But who?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48I'm not sure I understand.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Madame Scarron will befriend him
0:29:50 > 0:29:53and influence him with her modesty and piety.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58And impress upon him the benefits of marriage and fidelity.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01I fear you overestimate my abilities.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Perhaps it's you that underestimates them.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Do this for me.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08And for the King. Do you accept?
0:30:08 > 0:30:10- I am sorry, Your Majes... - FORCEFULLY:- Do you accept?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37"No murder comes without a cost."
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Never a truer word spoken.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42What do you make of it?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47They were being blackmailed for murder.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51They were unable to pay so they decided to end their lives
0:30:51 > 0:30:53in order to save the family honour.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56The murder of whom?
0:30:57 > 0:31:02I'm willing to wager that a relative of this family died recently.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06But I'll need you to give me the records of deaths to confirm it.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07Of course.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Yes?
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Monsieur Marchal?
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Yes?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19The palace is a safer place...
0:31:19 > 0:31:24and we shall sleep better in our beds now that you've returned.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37LOUIS: (NEARBY) Remember, geometry and symmetry are paramount.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40I want no line that is not straight, no number that is not even.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Cyclamens, lilies, hyacinths, leading down as far as the bosquet.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45And here...
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Yes?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50I would like a rose bed with orange roses.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- Of course, Your Majesty. - I did not know you liked gardens.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Perhaps you would allow me to give you a tour. I designed them myself.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Please do not be offended, Sire,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03but I am more interested in people than in plants.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06If His Majesty were to tell me of his experiences at war,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09I would find that far more fascinating.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Let us talk of war some other time.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19I should like to ask your advice
0:32:19 > 0:32:20on a delicate matter.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26I would be honoured.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29It concerns the Marquise de Montespan.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30I see.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35As you know, we have been close for some time.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I have decided that we should see less of each other.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42But I remain unsure whether it is a wise idea.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51I want nothing more in the world than to see my friend happy.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55However, it is my belief that intimate relations
0:32:55 > 0:32:57between a man and a woman should remain
0:32:57 > 0:32:59within the confines of marriage.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I believe your decision is for the best.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06For God.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07For her.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10And for His Majesty.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20I hope this is important.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24You know how much I hate mornings.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Please, you have to talk to him.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Why me?
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Because you suffer at his hands as much as I do.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37He forced you to marry for politics, he rejects me to please the Church,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39and you are the only person that he will listen to.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46I fail to see what argument could possibly change his mind.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Love is stronger than any argument, is it not?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53HE LAUGHS
0:33:56 > 0:34:00My brother seems more guided by duty than love or argument these days.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Of course.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18I've decided to set up a new trading company in the East Indies.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I will personally invest £3 million in the company.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25The rest we shall sell as shares to the value of one million each.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Very wise, Your Majesty.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31As for trade within France, the Crown will receive a 10% import fee
0:34:31 > 0:34:34on all goods brought into the country
0:34:34 > 0:34:37and 40% of the transportation tariffs from the Canal du Midi.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Something bothers you?
0:34:43 > 0:34:47It is merely that the levy imposed on all transportation
0:34:47 > 0:34:49on the Canal du Midi has already been claimed.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- By whom? - By His Majesty's brother?
0:34:55 > 0:34:59In his position as proprietor of the area of Languedoc.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02I see.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09HE COUGHS
0:35:09 > 0:35:11DOOR CLOSES
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Was that the doctor?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Oh, it's you...
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- You're suffering, aren't you? - CASSEL GROANS
0:35:25 > 0:35:26Yes,
0:35:26 > 0:35:30from an imbalance in the humours
0:35:30 > 0:35:33caused by an excess of yellow bile.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35HE SCOFFS Or so he says...
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Well, nothing a course of leeches can't cure.- Indeed.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43And speaking of leeches... THOMAS CHUCKLES
0:35:43 > 0:35:46No doubt you were praying that I had been torn apart
0:35:46 > 0:35:48by a Dutch cannonball.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49Hope springs eternal.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Now then, I trust you have some useful information for me?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57I do not.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00And yet, I happen to know
0:36:00 > 0:36:02you were of the presence of the King just this morning.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05The answer is no. And it will remain no.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Why?
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Because I am no longer in a condition
0:36:14 > 0:36:17to fulfil my duties as a minister.
0:36:17 > 0:36:23Now, I've decided to spend the rest of my days in quiet repose.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26HE COUGHS
0:36:29 > 0:36:31May I remind you, dear friend,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34that should you betray me to the King,
0:36:34 > 0:36:36I will find out and then I will kill you.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Not without a certain degree of pleasure, I might add.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Ah.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49DOOR CLOSES
0:36:49 > 0:36:51HE COUGHS
0:36:58 > 0:37:01He was most insistent, Sire, that we should all be present.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04This really is highly irregular.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Though this is hardly the first time he could be accused of THAT.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08DOOR OPENS
0:37:08 > 0:37:10COUGHING
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Your Majesty,
0:37:20 > 0:37:22I have sinned against you.
0:37:22 > 0:37:29For five years, I was part of a conspiracy to have you overthrown.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Why do you tell me this?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Because you did me the honour
0:37:37 > 0:37:40of trusting me when others did not and...
0:37:41 > 0:37:44..I wish to show my gratitude.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46And why now?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48I am tired, Sire.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51No longer fit to serve you.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55You realise I should have you executed for this?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58I trust His Majesty to do what is just and right.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02But I have no plans to leave the palace.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07I can be found in my rooms.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11One more thing.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Your historian, Thomas.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17What of him?
0:38:19 > 0:38:21He knew of my involvement in the plot against you.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25He's been blackmailing me for secret information ever since he arrived.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28He's not to be trusted.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44HE COUGHS VIOLENTLY
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Tell my brother I would like to see him.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16While I applaud your new passion for the world of commerce,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I cannot let personal interests override those of France.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20Yours, you mean!
0:39:20 > 0:39:23My interests ARE those of France.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27All I can be is king, you still do not seem to understand that.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30And all I seek is a place of my own.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33A little spot in the corner where I shall not be trodden upon.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- Is that too much to ask?- The Canal du Midi serves all of France.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39You cannot own it any more than I can.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40COINS JANGLE
0:39:40 > 0:39:42What's this for?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44To save you having to steal it from me.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47There is one way you could retain your commercial interests.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It would require you performing a service for me.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54A service.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56The historian, Thomas -
0:39:56 > 0:39:58you know him well?
0:39:59 > 0:40:00I know him.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Get to know him better.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I want him to trust you implicitly.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Why?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Because he's a spy.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18HUBBUB AND CHATTER
0:40:28 > 0:40:31INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION
0:40:44 > 0:40:46BABY CRIES NEARBY >
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Come on, now. >
0:40:51 > 0:40:53BABY CRIES
0:41:01 > 0:41:03CRIES FADE
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Are you Mathilde?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08SHE SNIFFLES
0:41:08 > 0:41:09Yes, but I'm not on duty.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12I'd like to have a word with you.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14I'm a friend of Mademoiselle Masson,
0:41:14 > 0:41:15the doctor.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20A kind soul.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21Whatever happened to her?
0:41:21 > 0:41:23She was murdered.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28The day before she died,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30she came here looking for poison.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- Poison?!- Yes.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34The kind that kill innocent young doctors.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37I don't know anything about poison, and even if I did,
0:41:37 > 0:41:38I wouldn't say anything.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43If you want to survive around here, you see nothing,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46you hear nothing and you say nothing.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48You gave your child to the Church?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Yes.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52To Saint Genevieve's.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54- Saint Genevieve's?- Yes.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58A refuge for orphans and foundlings just outside of Paris.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01They feed them,
0:42:01 > 0:42:02clothe them...
0:42:03 > 0:42:05..teach them a trade.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10VOICE BREAKING: Hopefully something not the same as mine.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11Hm.
0:42:14 > 0:42:15Here.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Take another day off.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20COINS JANGLE
0:42:35 > 0:42:37My saucy little Hector!
0:42:37 > 0:42:39SHE LAUGHS
0:42:50 > 0:42:53HUM OF CONVERSATION
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- MAN:- Yes!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05I think I may return to my rooms.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07No. You will stay here with me.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Otherwise, I shall have no-one to talk to
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- and that would be embarrassing. - As you wish.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Bitch!
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Oh!
0:43:26 > 0:43:29I believe you've delivered this to the wrong person.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32No. I have delivered it to the Marquise de Maintenon.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34My heartfelt congratulations.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37I don't understand.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Inside, you will find the deeds of title to the Maintenon estate
0:43:41 > 0:43:45that the King himself offers you in your name.
0:43:50 > 0:43:55This is absurd. I have no taste for titles and such things.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56You soon will have.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Gaston de Foix's new-found wealth.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Where does it come from?
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Certainly not the gambling tables.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21His losses this past month have gone into thousands.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Though he has always paid on time.
0:44:28 > 0:44:32By the way, I encountered a friend of yours yesterday in Paris.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Oh, yes? And who was that?
0:44:36 > 0:44:38He goes by the name of Hector?
0:44:38 > 0:44:43Well-dressed, well-spoken, a grave manner.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45Spitting image of you, in fact.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Are you referring to what I think you...?
0:44:48 > 0:44:50To what do you think I'm referring?
0:44:52 > 0:44:55Every so often, I pay a visit to a friend of mine.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57We have tea and converse.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00For reasons I do not understand
0:45:00 > 0:45:02and with no encouragement on my part,
0:45:02 > 0:45:04she likes to call me Hector.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06- "Tea"?- Tea.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Of course.
0:45:10 > 0:45:11Don't worry.
0:45:11 > 0:45:15- DRYLY:- The King will know nothing of these tea parties...
0:45:16 > 0:45:17..Hector.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28I have not yet found the opportunity. You must be patient.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30I cannot be patient.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33I know him.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35If I wait, he will find another.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37But not your equal.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40But you agree.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44He will find someone else.
0:45:46 > 0:45:47Hm.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52This is the first time.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54What?
0:45:56 > 0:45:58That I've seen you like this.
0:45:59 > 0:46:04Not the cold and distant goddess that breaks every man's heart
0:46:04 > 0:46:07and strikes fear into everyone in the salon. But...
0:46:07 > 0:46:09soft.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11Human.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14Vulnerable.
0:46:16 > 0:46:17And broken.
0:46:21 > 0:46:22Go and see him.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25Confront him.
0:46:25 > 0:46:26Tell him your feelings.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30You're wasting your time waiting and hoping.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32If he accepts you back,
0:46:32 > 0:46:34then you have reaped the rewards of your courage.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36And if he rejects me?
0:46:37 > 0:46:39Go.
0:46:48 > 0:46:49Thank you.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53COURTIERS MURMUR
0:46:58 > 0:46:59Get out!
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Do you still love me?
0:47:28 > 0:47:29I gave you my reasons.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32Do you still love me?
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Say, "I do not love you."
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Say it.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50SAY IT!
0:47:52 > 0:47:54I do not love you.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00You're a liar.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22You did the right thing coming to see me.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24I do not have anyone else.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28You say it is the Church
0:48:28 > 0:48:31- that has persuaded the King to renounce his love for you?- Yes.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36You have beauty, wit, intelligence...
0:48:37 > 0:48:41Yet none of these have proved strong enough to retain the King's love.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Only one course remains open to you.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49What do I have to do?
0:48:49 > 0:48:51There is someone you should meet.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53Who?
0:48:56 > 0:48:58His name is Guibourg.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03- Who is he?- He's a friend and he sees the world as we do.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Where shall I find him?
0:49:52 > 0:49:54SHE KNOCKS
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Monsieur Guibourg?
0:50:17 > 0:50:18Yes?
0:50:18 > 0:50:20I need your help.
0:50:23 > 0:50:24Who are you?
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Who are you?!
0:50:42 > 0:50:44I am the Marquise de Montespan.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50HE EXHALES
0:50:59 > 0:51:00And how may I help you?
0:51:02 > 0:51:03I need to reclaim a man's love.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07- The King's?- Yes.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13And you've come to me because all other efforts have...failed.
0:51:16 > 0:51:17I have.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29How far are you willing to go to reclaim his love,
0:51:29 > 0:51:31to own it forever?
0:51:32 > 0:51:34As far as I need.