The Death of Louis XIV

La mort de Louis XIV

1715, by the deathbed of Louis XIV. A swarm of royal servants is swirling around the dying monarch. The palace’s physicians are muttering through their teeth, petrified in the thought of being accused. The flatterers and backslappers of the court are in denial, insisting on pampering the patient, as if he was a baby. Roi-Soleil is about to set in slow and torturing agony – death has engulfed him. Jean-Pierre Léaud’s wrinkled face reflects every aspect and manifestation of mortality: the gradual retreat of body and mind, the eerie blend of terror and serenity, the chilling plainness of the unavoidable end.
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Direction: Albert Serra
Script: Albert Serra, Thierry Lounas
Cinematography: Jonathan Ricquebourg
Editing: Ariadna Ribas, Artur Tort, Albert Serra
Sound: Jordi Ribas, Anne Dupouy
Music: Marc Verdaguer
Actors: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick d’Assumcao, Marc Susini, Irene Silvagni, Bernard Belin
Production: Capricci Production
Producers: Thierry Lounas, Albert Serra, Joaquim Sapinho, Claire Bonnefoy
Co-production: Rosa Filmes, Andergraun Films, Bobi Lux
Costumes: Nina Avramovic
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: France, Spain, Portugal
Production Year: 2015
Duration: 105΄
Contact: Capricci, international@capricci.fr
Awards/Distinctions: Best Actor, Best CinematographyBest Cinematography – Lumiere Awards, France 2017, OFCS Award – Online Film Critics Society Awards 2017

Albert Serra

Filmography

2006 Honour of The Knights (fiction)
2008 Birdsong (fiction)
2011 Lord Worked Wonders in Me
2013 Story of My Death (fiction)
2016 The Death of Louis XIV (fiction)
2022 Pacifiction (fiction)
2024 Afternoons of Solitude