Watch in cinemas nationwide and on Curzon Home Cinema from Friday 14 July.Albert Serra’s new film, ‘The Death of Louis XIV’, is an adaptation of Duc de Saint-Simon’s memoirs, starring 1960s-era Truffaut and Godard-regular Jean-Pierre Léaud in the titular role. With his costume, hair and poses, the cult actor fully embodies the last few days of the longest serving king of France, who, during his seventy two years in power, changed the face of the monarchy and of France.Léaud brings more than a little wit to the drama, while Serra’s studied camerawork hones in on the minutiae of the monarch’s daily routine and the resplendent beauty of his opulent life.
