One Nation, One King
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{{Infobox film
| name = One Nation, One King
| image = One Nation, One King poster.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Un peuple et son roi}}
| director = Pierre Schoeller
| producer = Denis Freyd
| writer = Pierre Schoeller
| starring = Gaspard Ulliel
Adèle Haenel
Laurent Lafitte
Louis Garrel
| music = Philippe Schoeller
| cinematography = Julien Hirsch
| editing = Laurence Briaud
| studio = {{plainlist|
- Archipel 35 / Archipel 33
- France 3 Cinéma
- StudioCanal
- Les Films du Fleuve
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| distributor = StudioCanal
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2018|09|07|Venice Film Festival|ref1={{Cite web |title=Biennale Cinema 2018 {{!}} Une peuple et son roi |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2018/program-cinema-2018-public/un-peuple-et-son-roi-2018-09-07-19-15 |website=La Biennale di Venezia|date=27 July 2018 }}{{Cite web |last=Matheou |first=Demetrios |date=7 September 2018 |title='One Nation, One King': Venice Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/one-nation-one-king-venice-review/5132418.article |access-date=6 June 2020 |website=Screen International}}|2018|09|26|France|ref2={{Cite web |title=One Nation, One King |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/354482/ |website=Cineuropa}}}}
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| language = French
| budget = €16,9 million{{Cite web |first=Julia |last=Benarrous |title=Un peuple et son roi: Louis Garrel, Izia Higelin et Laurent Lafitte revivent le 14 juillet 1789 |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2018/07/14/03002-20180714ARTFIG00050--un-peuple-et-son-roi-louis-garrel-izia-higelin-et-laurent-lafitte-revivent-le-14-juillet-1789.php |website=Le Figaro |date=14 July 2018 |language=French}}
| gross = $2,4 million{{Cite web |title=One Nation, One King (2018) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7073522/ |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Box Office Mojo}}
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One Nation, One King ({{langx|fr|Un peuple et son roi}}) is a 2018 French film written and directed by Pierre Schoeller.{{cite web|url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/films/un-peuple-et-son-roi,n5607792.php|title=Un peuple et son roi de Pierre Schoeller - (2017) - Drame, Drame sentimental|access-date=6 June 2020|via=www.telerama.fr}} It stars Adèle Haenel, Gaspard Ulliel, Laurent Lafitte and Louis Garrel, and shows the French Revolution in Paris from the storming of the Bastille to the execution of the King.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2018/09/26/un-peuple-et-son-roi-la-revolution-comme-un-torrent-de-paroles-et-de-sang_5360286_3476.html|title=Un peuple et son roi » : la Révolution comme un torrent de paroles et de sang|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=September 26, 2018|language=French}} The film made its world premiere out of competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2018.{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=30 August 2018 |title=Venice-Premiering 'One Nation, One King' Pre-Sells for Studiocanal |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/venice-premiering-one-nation-one-king-pre-sells-for-studiocanal-1202921703/ |website=Variety}}{{cite news|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/culture/2018/09/27/31006-20180927ARTFIG00145--un-peuple-et-son-roi-le-film-donne-une-vision-unilaterale-de-la-revolution.php|title=Un peuple et son roi : "Le film donne une vision unilatérale de la Révolution"|newspaper=Le Figaro|date=27 September 2018 |language=French}} It was released in France by StudioCanal on 26 September 2018.
Plot
The film is a historical fresco dealing with the French Revolution, especially the first years of the period (1789–1793), and notably focusing on the role and the perception of the contemporaries of King Louis XVI in the tumult which engulfed France at the end of the Ancien Régime.{{cite web|url=https://www.herodote.net/La_Revolution_vue_par_une_famille_d_artisans-article-1744.php|title=Un peuple et son roi - La Revolution vue par une famille d'artisans - Herodote.net|work=www.herodote.net|access-date=6 June 2020}} The film looks at a number of historic figures of the time, such as Robespierre, Marat, Desmoulins and Danton, in the Estates General, the National Constituent Assembly, and finally the National Convention.
Cast
- Gaspard Ulliel as Basile
- Louis Garrel as Maximilien de Robespierre
- Adèle Haenel as Françoise Candole
- Céline Sallette as Reine Audu
- Laurent Lafitte as Louis XVI
- Ruggero Barbera as le Dauphin Louis Charles
- Maëlia Gentil as Marie-Antoinette
- Denis Lavant as Jean-Paul Marat
- Niels Schneider as Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
- Izïa Higelin as Margot Laforce
- Olivier Gourmet as Louis-Joseph Henri, called the Uncle.
- Noémie Lvovsky as Solange, the Uncle's wife
- Andrzej Chyra as Claude François Lazowski
- Johan Libéreau as Tonin
- Audrey Bonnet as femme Landelle
- Thibaut Evrard as Stanislas-Marie Maillard
- Jean-Marc Roulot as sectionnaire Lechenard
- Grégory Gatignol as Clément l’Effaré
- Cosme Castro as a patriot during the Storming of the Bastille
- Vincent Deniard as Georges Jacques Danton
- Jean-Charles Clichet as Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve
- Julia Artamonov as Pauline Léon
- Patrick Hauthier as François Henri, comte de Virieu
- Philippe Chaine as Jean-Denis Lanjuinais
- Rodolphe Congé as Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
- Jean-Pierre Duret as Gamon
- Guillaume Marquet as Jean-Joseph Mounier, president of the Assemblée
- Pierre-François Garel as Antoine Barnave
- John Arnold as Nicolas de Condorcet
- Jacques Ledran as Jacques Guillaume Thouret
- Etienne Beydon as Camille Desmoulins
- Grégoire Tachnakian as Antoine-François Momoro
- Thibault Lacroix as Charles Varlet
- Frédéric Norbert as César-Guillaume de La Luzerne, Bishop of Langres
- Serge Merlin as Louis XI in the nightmare of Louis XVI
- Patrick Préjean as Henry IV of France in the nightmare of Louis XVI
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Louis XIV in the nightmare of Louis XVI
- Jacques Lacaze as Bertrand Barère
Release and reception
The film premiered out of competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2018.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/one-nation-one-king-review-un-peuple-et-son-roi-1203096461/|title=Film Review: 'One Nation, One King'|website=Variety|date=31 December 2018|access-date=6 June 2020}} It was the opening film of the 8th Festival de l'Ecrit à l'écran,{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-tribune.fr/index.php/le-mag/13324-7e-festival-de-l-ecrit-a-l-ecran-hommage-a-jean-rochefort-avant-premieres-et-popeye-parmi-nous|title=7e Festival de l'Ecrit à l'écran : Hommage à Jean Rochefort, avant-premières et "Popeye" parmi nous|first=Aurore|last=Geneston|website=e_tribune|date=6 June 2018 }} and was screened at the 2018 23rd Busan International Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=One Nation, One King |url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_history_2_view.asp?pyear=2018&s1=&page=30&m_idx=36890 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Busan International Film Festival}}
= Accolades =
- Festival du film politique de Porto-Vecchio 2018 : Jury des médias
- 44th César Awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-theorie/la-theorie-du-jeudi-13-fevrier-2020|title=La révolution des César n'est pas qu'une affaire de famille|website=France Culture|date=13 February 2020 }}
- Nominated – César Award for Best Costume Design for Anaïs Romand
- Nominated – César Award for Best Production Design for Thierry François
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|7073522}}
- {{mojo title}}
- [https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-fabrique-de-lhistoire/relire-la-revolution-francaise-14-grand-entretien-avec-pierre-schoeller Relire la Révolution française : Grand entretien avec Pierre Schoeller], interview with Pierre Schoeller and Emmanuel Laurentin in Fabrique de l'histoire for France Culture 24 September 2018.
Category:French historical films
Category:French historical drama films
Category:French Revolution films
Category:Belgian historical films
Category:Belgian historical drama films
Category:French-language Belgian films