The Marquis

Genre : Romance

Runtime : 0M

Writer : Alexandre Aja

Synopsis

Inspired by Jean Teulé’s novel "Le Montespan", the film depicts the ill-fated passion between the Marquis de Montespan and his wife Athénaïs, a beautiful and ambitious woman who became the mistress of Louis XIV. The marquis dismissed the prestige associated with one’s wife being a lover to the monarch and tried at all costs to reclaim her.

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Alexandre Aja
Alexandre Aja
Screenplay
Jean Teulé
Jean Teulé
Novel