Les Adieux à la Reine plot
The lust for power and betrayal reign supreme during the final days of the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger). The Revolution is inevitable. One of Marie Antoinette's readers, Sidonie (Léa Seydoux), experiences it all from the front row. The endless corridors echo the cries of help from hungry subjects. When the news of the storming of the Bastille reaches them, the citizens become very worried. The last hours of Versailles have struck. The court is dying.