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Angelique: The Road to Versailles

Angelique: The Road to Versailles

Adventure · Mystery · Romance · 1965

Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman.

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Angelique: The Road to Versailles

1965 Adventure · Mystery · Romance 1h 45m

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6.6 / 10

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Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman.

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Directed by

Bernard Borderie

Written by

Bernard Borderie · Claude Brulé · Francis Cosne

Michèle Mercier

Michèle Mercier

Angélique de Peyrac

Claude Giraud

Claude Giraud

Philippe de Plessis-Bellières

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

François Desgrez

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté

Giuliano Gemma

Giuliano Gemma

Nicolas, alias Calembredaine

Jacques Toja

Jacques Toja

Louis XIV

Robert Porte

Robert Porte

Monsieur, frère du Roi

Court is in session

Put Angelique: The Road to Versailles on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.