JEANNE DU BARRY
| 2024 – 117′ – Drama, Biopic, History
Written by: Maïwenn,Teddy Lussi-Modeste, Nicolas Livecchi.
Directed by: Maïwenn.
Starring: Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory.
Official Competition Cannes 2023, Opening Film.
In French with English subtitles.
A Vertical films release. |
Jeanne, a young working-class woman hungry for culture and pleasure, uses her intelligence and allure to climb the rungs of the social ladder one by one. She becomes the favourite of King Louis XV who, unaware of her status as courtesan, regains through her his appetite for life. They fall madly in love. Against all propriety and etiquette, Jeanne moves to Versailles, where her arrival scandalizes the court…