SPOTLIGHT ON THIS JULY PERIOD FILMS: "FAREWELL MY QUEEN" WITH DIANE KRUGER! "AGE OF THE DRAGONS" WITH COREY SEVIER, VINNIE JONES, DANNY GLOVER
Summer is usually not the time for period movies, but this July we have two films with period settings and luxurious costumes:
FARE WELL, MY QUEEN
The first one is FAREWELL, MY QUEEN, a French film which premiered this February at famous Berlin Film Festival and will hit US theatres July 13th. Directed by Benoit Jacquot the story of the film is set in Versailles in July 1789. Unrest is growing in the court of King Louis the XVI. The people are rebelling - a revolution is imminent. Behind the facades of the royal palaces, everyone is thinking of fleeing, including Queen Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and her entourage. Among her ladies-in-waiting is Sidonie Laborde (Lea Seydoux) who as the Queen's reader has become
quite intimate with her. With great amazement, Sidonie experiences the first hours of the French Revolution. Her status as courtier makes her the best kind of narrator in the film - both an insider and an observer of the royals. She describes the final days before revolution engulfs the palace with insight and surprising slices of humor.
AGE OF THE DRAGONS
And to finish in the epic style, here's an epic film which hits cinemas July 24th! AGE OF THE DRAGONS is a re-imagining of Herman
Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick". Set in a mythical realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner joins their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession is to seek revenge on a great "White Dragon" that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled, drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness. In the White Dragon's lair Ahab's secrets are revealed and Rachel must choose
between following him on his dark quest or escaping to a new life with Ishmael. The cast includes Corey Sevier, Danny Glover, Vinnie Jones...
