---
title: 'Farewell, My Queen (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Benoît Jacquot'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/farewell-my-queen-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753813/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Farewell, My Queen (2012)

2012 · 100 min · Drama, History · France

Original title: Les Adieux à la reine

## Synopsis

Farewell, My Queen is a 2012 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and based on the novel of the same name by Chantal Thomas, who won the Prix Femina in 2002. It gives a fictional account of the last days of Marie Antoinette in power seen through the eyes of Sidonie Laborde, a young servant who reads aloud to the queen. The film stars Diane Kruger as the Queen, Léa Seydoux, and Virginie Ledoyen. It opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012 and has subsequently been screened at other festivals. It was released on 21 March 2012 in France.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Jean-Pierre Guérin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-guerin)
- **Director:** [Benoît Jacquot](https://cinepixo.com/people/benoit-jacquot)
- **Screenplay:** [Benoît Jacquot](https://cinepixo.com/people/benoit-jacquot), [Chantal Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/chantal-thomas), [Gilles Taurand](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-taurand)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bruno Coulais](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-coulais)
- **Director of Photography:** [Romain Winding](https://cinepixo.com/people/romain-winding)
- **Editor:** [Luc Barnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-barnier)

## Cast

- [Véronique Nordey](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronique-nordey) as Madame Tournon
- [Anne Benoît](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-benoit) as Rose Bertin
- [Jean-Pierre Guérin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-guerin) as Monsieur Janvier
- [Noémie Lvovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/noemie-lvovsky) as Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan
- [Françoise Bertin](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-bertin) as la veille marquise
- [Lolita Chammah](https://cinepixo.com/people/lolita-chammah) as Louison
- [Michel Robin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-robin) as Jacob-Nicolas Moreau
- [Léa Seydoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-seydoux) as Sidonie Laborde
- [Diane Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-kruger) as Marie Antoinette
- [Xavier Beauvois](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-beauvois) as Louis XVI of France
- [Martine Chevallier](https://cinepixo.com/people/martine-chevallier) as Madame de la Tour du Pin
- [Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-chretien-sibertin-blanc) as Jules, 1st Duke of Polignac
- [Dominique Reymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-reymond) as Madame
- [Éric Boreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-boreau) as Un révolutionnaire
- [Jacques Herlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-herlin) as Marquis de Vaucouleurs

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Official site: http://www.advitamdistribution.com/les-adieux-a-la-reine/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/farewell-my-queen-2012
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1236069); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.