One Nation, One King
One Nation, One King (French: Un peuple et son roi) is a 2018 French film written and directed by Pierre Schoeller.[6] It stars Adèle Haenel, Gaspard Ulliel, Laurent Lafitte and Louis Garrel, and shows the French Revolution in Paris from the storming of the Bastille to the execution of the King.[7] The film made its world premiere out of competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2018.[1][8][9] It was released in France by StudioCanal on 26 September 2018.
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| French | Un peuple et son roi |
| Directed by | Pierre Schoeller |
| Written by | Pierre Schoeller |
| Produced by | Denis Freyd |
| Starring | Gaspard Ulliel Adèle Haenel Laurent Lafitte Louis Garrel |
| Cinematography | Julien Hirsch |
| Edited by | Laurence Briaud |
| Music by | Philippe Schoeller |
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| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 121 minutes[3] |
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| Language | French |
| Budget | €16,9 million[4] |
| Box office | $2,4 million[5] |
Plot
The film is a historical fresco dealing with the French Revolution, especially the first years of the period (1789-1793), and notably focusing on the role and the perception of the contemporaries of King Louis XVI in the tumult which engulfed France at the end of the Ancien Régime.[10] The film looks at a number of historic figures of the time, such as Robespierre, Marat, Desmoulins and Danton, in the Estates General, the National Constituent Assembly, and finally the National Convention.
Cast
- Gaspard Ulliel as Basile
- Louis Garrel as Maximilien de Robespierre
- Adèle Haenel as Françoise Candole
- Céline Sallette as Reine Audu
- Laurent Lafitte as le roi Louis XVI
- Ruggero Barbera as le Dauphin Louis Charles
- Maëlia Gentil as la reine Marie-Antoinette
- Denis Lavant as Jean-Paul Marat
- Niels Schneider as Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
- Izïa Higelin as Margot Laforce
- Olivier Gourmet as Louis-Joseph Henri, dit « l’Oncle ».
- Noémie Lvovsky as Solange, épouse de l’Oncle
- Andrzej Chyra as Claude François Lazowski
- Johan Libéreau as Tonin
- Audrey Bonnet as femme Landelle
- Thibaut Evrard as Stanislas-Marie Maillard
- Jean-Marc Roulot as sectionnaire Lechenard
- Grégory Gatignol as Clément l’Effaré
- Cosme Castro as un patriote lors de la prise de la Bastille
- Vincent Deniard as Georges Jacques Danton
- Jean-Charles Clichet as Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve
- Julia Artamonov as Pauline Léon
- Patrick Hauthier as François Henri, comte de Virieu
- Philippe Chaine as Jean-Denis Lanjuinais
- Rodolphe Congé as Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
- Jean-Pierre Duret as Gamon
- Guillaume Marquet as Jean-Joseph Mounier, président de l’Assemblée
- Pierre-François Garel as Antoine Barnave
- John Arnold as Nicolas de Condorcet
- Jacques Ledran as Jacques Guillaume Thouret
- Etienne Beydon as Camille Desmoulins
- Grégoire Tachnakian as Antoine-François Momoro
- Thibault Lacroix as Charles Varlet
- Frédéric Norbert as César-Guillaume de La Luzerne, évêque de Langres
- Serge Merlin as Louis XI dans le cauchemar de Louis XVI
- Patrick Préjean as Henry IV of France dans le cauchemar de Louis XVI
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Louis XIV dans le cauchemar de Louis XVI
- Jacques Lacaze as Bertrand Barère
Release and reception
The film premiered out of competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2018.[1][11] It was the opening film of the 8th Festival de l'Ecrit à l'écran,[12] and was screened at the 2018 23rd Busan International Film Festival.[13]
Accolades
- Festival du film politique de Porto-Vecchio 2018 : Jury des médias
- 44th César Awards[14]
- Nominated – César Award for Best Costume Design for Anaïs Romand
- Nominated – César Award for Best Production Design for Thierry François
References
- ^ a b c "Biennale Cinema 2018 | Une peuple et son roi". La Biennale di Venezia. 27 July 2018.
- ^ Matheou, Demetrios (7 September 2018). "'One Nation, One King': Venice Review". Screen International. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d "One Nation, One King". Cineuropa.
- ^ Benarrous, Julia (14 July 2018). "Un peuple et son roi: Louis Garrel, Izia Higelin et Laurent Lafitte revivent le 14 juillet 1789". Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ "One Nation, One King (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Un peuple et son roi de Pierre Schoeller - (2017) - Drame, Drame sentimental". Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via www.telerama.fr.
- ^ "Un peuple et son roi » : la Révolution comme un torrent de paroles et de sang". Le Monde.fr (in French). 26 September 2018.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (30 August 2018). "Venice-Premiering 'One Nation, One King' Pre-Sells for Studiocanal". Variety.
- ^ "Un peuple et son roi : "Le film donne une vision unilatérale de la Révolution"". Le Figaro (in French). 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Un peuple et son roi - La Revolution vue par une famille d'artisans - Herodote.net". www.herodote.net. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Film Review: 'One Nation, One King'". Variety. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Geneston, Aurore. "7e Festival de l'Ecrit à l'écran : Hommage à Jean Rochefort, avant-premières et "Popeye" parmi nous". e_tribune.
- ^ "One Nation, One King". Busan International Film Festival. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "La révolution des César n'est pas qu'une affaire de famille". France Culture. 13 February 2020.
External links
- One Nation, One King at IMDb
- One Nation, One King at Box Office Mojo
- Relire la Révolution française : Grand entretien avec Pierre Schoeller, interview with Pierre Schoeller and Emmanuel Laurentin in Fabrique de l'histoire for France Culture 24 September 2018.