“Farewell My Queen”

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 10, 2012

Director Benoit Jacquot discusses “Farewell My Queen,” along with Diane Kruger, who plays Marie Antoinette in the film. Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, it captures the final days of the court of Marie Antoinette, just before the full-scale outbreak of the Revolution. “Farewell My Queen” opens July 13 at Lincoln Plaza and Angelika Film Center.

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