Ah, is the tiny. In Versailles, the court holds its breath, as the Spanish Infanta Maria Anna Victoria climbs out of the Carriage. As the stature of the graceful bride, her age is tender. The Princess is four. Your groom, the French king Louis XV, eying his Future as hesitant as clueless. What in the world are a lost Boy to start as he is with this confidence looking up to him girls? Ludwig is eleven. The coming of age of a long-absolutist ruler crowned boy reaches 13.
The privilege of a protected Childhood is 1721 unknown. Even in silk, chosen Prince, and Prince has no right to happiness of the senses. Save dynasties of Europe. And in Marc Dugains elegant historical drama “A Royal exchange” to serve as pawns in the political strategies between France and Spain.
The very special dependence perspective, the child of aristocrats, the of the on history substances specialized writer and Director opens the door, standing in the swaying rustling of the costume films of this season. Just like in Queens that is dedicated to immoral images “The Favourite” or “Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland,” step out here, too, the individuals from your time tableau. And in the troubled eyes of Louis XV, whose family is killed by the smallpox, a mix of emotional Distress and awakening ambition, to offer the ever to him einteufel consultants Paroli. It is an intimate staged spectacle awakened, as in the child of the king. “What do you mean?”, asked the Boy after a political decision. The Igor van Dessel played king responds in defiant self-knowledge: “I don’t mean anything!” From this fainting outbreak up to the Power it is only a matter of time.
Very different is the case of the princesses, who have to acquire in the Ancien Régime, neither Know state business. The twelve-year-old Louise Elisabeth (Annamaria Vartolomei), which determined her father, the Duke of Orléans, the wife of the Spanish heir to the throne, Don Luis (Kacey by the Small). And the education of the heart blessed, but at the beginning of growth, afraid of Infanta (Juliane Lepoureau).
Elisabeth denied
Marc Dugain the absurd, but the magnificent pictures in the greatest of narrative a matter of course side by side: the one with the hobby-horse by Versaille hunting Infanta, the brides-to-be at the sight of you despise the husband in chaste ladies poses decaying child-woman and the hostage exchange is reminiscent ceremonial Handing over of the Precious.
Louise Elisabeth, after all, not with power, reason of state. You denied at the Spanish court: the bigoted piety, and maintains the mad king Philip V (Lambert Wilson) inclusive of morning self-scourge. The family set-up with husband and parents-in-law. And the bed of the prior uncertainty and love tendons quivering 14-year-old husband.
Each of these taboo-breaking for a reason, the unruly Princess stant would be to send back pede. But this means war. And the fear of endless succession slaughters emaciated farms in Spain and France, even more than God, the plague and the smallpox. The diseases in force in the case of carriage to detours, journeys and overcome even the gates of noble king of the castles. The age of 18. Century tends to have a high life expectancy. Yet one more reason to treat children as seriously as adults. The Dugains gives to the Dignity and Position of ring young rulers a Nimbus, the long settings on your facial Expressions. The children are aware of their responsibility. Infantil the culture of the 21st century can polymerize. Century a long time ago much better.
A touch of Shakespeare
That Dugain is not the sacrifice of the aristocratic Aura of his characters, although he illustrated the Degeneration of the monarchy, even by means of beschickerter courtesans-figures, gives the “Royal exchange” Charisma and a excellent touch of Shakespeare’s king drama. Currently no cinema-yard lack of Homo-erotic references will work, although historically accepted, and in the case of of identity and love ring young people-obvious – idea. The more obvious the obsessive confrontation with death, which, as Philip V. stressed, anyway the same thing as life. Mindful of its Power is self-advise, a great-grandson of the sun king’s well, a guard at the foot of the bed to commands. “On the eve of my coming of age, we will refuse to sleep alone.” Thus saith the king.
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