1 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,359 CLAMOURING 2 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,800 Hurrah! Long live the Queen! 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,639 Free the Cardinal! Free him now! 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:17,839 Long live the Queen! 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,599 Support the Cardinal, a victim of royal tyranny! 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:21,760 Long live the King. 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,959 Long live the King. 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,560 God save the King, and God save the Queen. 9 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,279 Madame de Rohan. 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,279 You promised to avoid a spectacle. 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,839 What can I say? 12 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,959 The King's persecution of the Cardinal 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,000 has inflamed public opinion. 14 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,719 We put up with your liberal lawyer, 15 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,479 but now you are using this trial as propaganda 16 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:49,039 for your radical ideas. 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,599 You had better get my nephew off. 18 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,719 Otherwise, I'll denounce you as a traitor to your class. 19 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,560 Down with monarchy! Down with monarchy! 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,080 You should tell them the truth. 21 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,119 Without witnesses, we can't prove Rohan's innocence. 22 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,559 Long live Her Majesty! 23 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,600 SHE PANTS 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,559 Are you sure you need to attend in person, Your Majesty? 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,080 I want to see Rohan confess. 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,000 You could observe proceedings here. 27 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,120 All rise for the President d'Aligre. 28 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,119 Do you need cushions? 29 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,279 No. Really, no, I'm fine. Are you sure? 30 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,199 As President of the Parliament of Paris, I declare that the case 31 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,600 of the Crown versus Cardinal Rohan is now in session. 32 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,600 WHISPERING 33 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,399 What a ham! 34 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,280 Ridiculous. 35 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,519 I hope the parliamentarians are not fooled by his performance. 36 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,320 I'm certain they won't be. 37 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,280 Well, let justice be done. 38 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,479 And so the prosecution concludes 39 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,879 that the diamond necklace was handed to an accomplice 40 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,639 of the Cardinal posing as the Queen's guard. 41 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:25,759 The accomplice has not been seen since he fled, 42 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,639 no doubt on the orders of the accused, 43 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:32,159 or his wizard, Cagliostro, 44 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,800 who will appear later as a co-conspirator. 45 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,359 I think we have a strong case. 46 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,439 The missing guard is a loose end. 47 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,319 Well, the rumour is he's dead. 48 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,879 I'd prefer it to be watertight. 49 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,639 Monsieur Target for the defence, you may question the accused. 50 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,680 Thank you, Monsieur President. 51 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,120 Please state your name. 52 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,599 Louis-Rene-Edouard, 53 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,359 Cardinal de Rohan, 54 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,639 Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg, 55 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,639 Provisor of the Sorbonne, and Grand Almoner of France. 56 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,839 The defence will prove to you that the Cardinal was 57 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,639 the victim of a confidence trick. 58 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,919 Now, in his desire to be a faithful subject, 59 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,639 he was taken in by a cunning and manipulative woman. 60 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,639 Who stole the necklace, Cardinal? 61 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:24,159 As far as I know, and based on the evidence available to me, 62 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,479 the thief was Queen Marie Antoinette. 63 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,519 GALLERY GASPS 64 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,119 GAVEL BANGS Order. 65 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,399 Order! 66 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,559 I should have known he'd lie. 67 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,319 They must correct the record immediately. 68 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,719 It's a dirty defence tactic. 69 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,639 Everyone will see through it. 70 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,479 Why would you suspect the Queen? 71 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,399 It was known that I was out of favour 72 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,280 and hoped to redeem myself. 73 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,999 I donated to one of her charities run by the Countess de Valois. 74 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,079 Yes, you mean Madame Jeanne La Motte? 75 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,319 Yes, sorry. She told everyone she was a countess. 76 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,799 Yes, we'll meet this La Motte later as a supposed witness. 77 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,999 Go on, Cardinal. 78 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,400 Following my donations, I received a note from the Queen. 79 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,959 I replied, and we began correspondence. 80 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,839 Her letters were written on pale blue notepaper. 81 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:24,199 It wouldn't be gentlemanly to reveal what she said to me. 82 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,199 Suffice to say, I believed myself her...intimate friend. 83 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,240 GALLERY GASPS WHISPERING 84 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,760 This is a serious accusation, Cardinal. 85 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,159 What proof do you have 86 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,639 that Her Majesty the Queen wrote these letters? 87 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,439 Because she met me in the gardens at midnight. 88 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,759 If no-one's going to stop him, we should leave. 89 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,999 It's all right. She gave me a rose. 90 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,040 I had it dried. 91 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,559 GALLERY GASPS 92 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:54,999 It was all above board. 93 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,839 Obviously, I...I'm a man of the church. 94 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:02,039 But...why would the Queen do this? 95 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,639 Alas, I now see it was because she wanted to exploit my loyalty. 96 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,639 She knew she could not buy the diamond necklace publicly, 97 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:14,079 given the criticism she received after her purchase of Saint-Cloud. 98 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,079 How dare he! 99 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,879 I admit I brokered the sale of the necklace 100 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,519 and entrusted it to the Queen's guard per her specific instructions, 101 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,759 but that was the last I saw of the necklace and the diamonds. 102 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,440 My only crime is of being too loyal a servant to the Crown. 103 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,399 A crown I now fear is flawed. 104 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,479 GALLERY MUTTERS Shocking! 105 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,520 Silence. BANGS GAVEL 106 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,239 You look pale. You should return to Versailles and rest. 107 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,039 I'll manage. 108 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,039 I really think... I'll manage. I... 109 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,039 Please, would you just go back and check on the children? 110 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,360 Really, I'll feel better knowing you're looking after them. 111 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,920 Monsieur President, I suggest we take a short break. 112 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,439 Free the Cardinal! Free him now! 113 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,399 And the meeting in the gardens? 114 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,719 Hold on. Are you... 115 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,839 It would be helpful to refute the allegation, 116 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,799 if you can tell us where you were on the night in question. 117 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,399 I did not meet that man in a garden. 118 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,280 He is lying to cover his own guilt. 119 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,080 Oh, my God. 120 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:30,920 Leave us. 121 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,080 Fersen was here in early June. 122 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,199 How can we answer Rohan's lies without lying ourselves? 123 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,799 I don't know. 124 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,240 He seemed convinced of them himself. 125 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,279 What if he... 126 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,839 What if he did meet someone? 127 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,360 I don't understand. 128 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,720 Just someone pretending to be me. 129 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,119 I once saw this woman onstage at the Palais Royal, 130 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,039 and she was a... 131 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,919 They... They are impersonators who dress like me, 132 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,639 and they affect my mannerisms, so... 133 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:27,040 If Rohan met a woman and believed her to be you... 134 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,879 ..well, that suggests he was a fool, not a thief. 135 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,400 Yeah. 136 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,839 Well, can you investigate? 137 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,319 Outside official channels? 138 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:43,800 Yes. 139 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:51,399 Well, according to this, we would go bankrupt within six months. We... 140 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,119 I'm afraid so. 141 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,639 Unless Parliament approves the loan extension. 142 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,359 Why are they delaying? 143 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,399 The Rohan trial. 144 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,919 They think you're persecuting the nobility to enhance your own power. 145 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,319 And, I'm afraid, there's a rumour going around Parliament 146 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,999 that we're about to propose radical tax reforms. 147 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,359 How? 148 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,079 How did Parliament find out about the reforms? 149 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,399 Only you, Vergennes, and I knew about those proposals. 150 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,240 I have no idea, but we need that loan extension. 151 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,399 Don't confirm their suspicions about the reports 152 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,440 until we have that money. 153 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,279 Did you tell anyone about our plans? 154 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,319 Of course not, sire. No. DOOR OPENS 155 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:33,680 What? 156 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,799 Someone got out on the wrong side of bed this morning. 157 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,039 These walls have been talking. Have you been... 158 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,199 Have you been rifling through my desk? 159 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,719 What would I want in there? 160 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,799 Can't imagine there's much of interest, 161 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,119 besides your scintillating hunting journal. 162 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,399 No. I merely came to bring the latest tripe 163 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,079 from the Palais Royal. 164 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,359 More attacks on your authority. 165 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,640 This one calls for the separation of church and state. 166 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:07,240 You're dishevelled, brother. 167 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,520 It's not a good look for a king. 168 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:30,920 Please be seated. 169 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,960 Prosecutor Fleury, your witness. 170 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,720 Please state your name. 171 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,479 Jeanne de Valois. 172 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,120 And what is your relationship to Cardinal Rohan? 173 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,079 I understand it is difficult, 174 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:08,880 but we are here for the truth, madame. 175 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,279 The Cardinal exploited my poverty and my innocence. 176 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,359 GALLERY GASPS, MUTTERS 177 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:19,760 Go on, please. 178 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,840 I was born to a noble family. 179 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,480 My father owned land in Champagne. 180 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,559 But we fell on hard times. 181 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:35,240 As a child, I was forced to beg on the streets. 182 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,079 People would take pity on a poor girl, 183 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,839 someone descended directly from Henry II of Valois, 184 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,240 King of France. 185 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:50,039 And then you went to Versailles and encountered the Cardinal. 186 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,799 Yes. 187 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,520 Was this when he started to exploit you? 188 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,680 I asked the Cardinal for guidance. 189 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,839 He gave me some money and asked me to collect donations 190 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,960 at Versailles for his charity. 191 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:13,680 I thought he was being kind. 192 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,040 GALLERY MUTTERS 193 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,039 And the necklace? 194 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,479 No. I knew nothing about the necklace 195 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,680 until the Cardinal was arrested. 196 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,399 But given what I know now 197 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,559 about the Cardinal's vast debts, 198 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:37,280 that this charity was a lie, that everything that he says is a lie... 199 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,159 ..I think that the Cardinal masterminded 200 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,439 the theft of the necklace 201 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,759 with the help of that wicked Count Cagliostro. 202 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,800 INDISTINCT MUTTERING 203 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:51,680 Thank you. 204 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,280 I think that concludes today's testimony, Monsieur President. 205 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:05,879 CARDINAL: You should have let me tell the truth. 206 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,959 Now I've angered the Queen even more, 207 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,919 and that bitch Jeanne will walk free. We had to blame the Queen. 208 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,759 Without any other witnesses, it's your word against Jeanne's. 209 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,839 And she's more believable than you. 210 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,959 How dare you speak to him like that? 211 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,239 He's right. 212 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,879 Why haven't you found any more witnesses? 213 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,599 The missing guard? 214 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,239 The woman who impersonated the Queen in the garden? 215 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:27,759 Blaming the Queen was your idea. 216 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,039 Would everyone calm down? 217 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,120 This trial isn't lost yet. 218 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,399 We can't find the guard, 219 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,639 but we think we know the identity of the woman in the garden. 220 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,639 She fled when you were arrested. 221 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,959 My men are hunting her down. 222 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,799 However, if you don't need my support, I'll withdraw it. 223 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,439 You won't. 224 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,559 Your reputation is as much on the line as ours. 225 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,280 So trust me. 226 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,280 Perhaps we do need a new strategy. 227 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,119 You've asked for this trial because you wanted to know the truth. 228 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,239 I'm just saying, what if there are things we don't want to know? 229 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,119 Well, that's the risk of a public trial. 230 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,360 Ow! 231 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,599 You're meant to be supporting me. 232 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,999 You want me to pander to you like everyone else? 233 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,279 You are decisive, which is a strength, 234 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,759 but you also act without considering the consequences. 235 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,280 I didn't ask you to lecture me. 236 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,399 Do you think there's a chance that the Cardinal could be innocent? 237 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:38,880 He can't be. 238 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,119 We have accused him publicly. 239 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,160 DOOR OPENS 240 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,640 Please, don't... Don't get up. 241 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,319 I hear today went well. 242 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,039 Very well. 243 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,040 I just loved getting accused of stealing the necklace. 244 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:07,760 That's, um... 245 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,839 ..a desperate move. 246 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,599 Don't you agree? 247 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,280 Oh... I agree, yeah. 248 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,280 We'll soon have this Rohan business behind us, I'm sure. 249 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,280 Yeah. 250 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,799 I will come with you tomorrow. 251 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:32,999 You don't need to if... 252 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,280 No, I should be there. 253 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,839 I hear half of Paris now thinks she stole the necklace! 254 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,399 Oh, there you are. 255 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,239 You must tell us everything, blow by blow. Has Jeanne testified yet? 256 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,639 Forget about Jeanne. Tell us about Monsieur Target. 257 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,439 I hear he's rather dashing for a dangerous liberal. 258 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,679 Yes, if you like a peacock. 259 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,639 Oh! HE CLEARS THROAT 260 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,040 Mesdames. 261 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,759 Louis is becoming rather beautifully paranoid. 262 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,159 We must tell Malherbe. 263 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,279 Now, if Antoinette is blamed for the necklace theft... Mm-hm. 264 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,400 the regency will surely be mine, hmm? 265 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,279 Where do we stand? 266 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,279 The magistrates believe Jeanne La Motte's every word. 267 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,679 She's making Cardinal Rohan look guilty as sin. 268 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,279 Oh, good. 269 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,039 We don't want the Crown to actually lose the trial. 270 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,519 But if Rohan is convicted, 271 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,679 I think people will feel sympathy for Antoinette. 272 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,119 Sympathy? That is the last thing we need. 273 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,919 The whole point is to damage her. 274 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,440 Can Jeanne be persuaded to aid the cause? 275 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,119 SHE SIGHS God. 276 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,719 Don't you ever get tired of plotting? 277 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,360 This plotting serves us both. 278 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,080 Don't you want Marguerite back? 279 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,879 Now... 280 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,440 ..we just need to figure out how to get to Madame La Motte. 281 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:08,960 Where is she? 282 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,439 Bastille. 283 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,719 Can't we send someone? 284 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,599 A spy. 285 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,999 Beaumarchais? 286 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,960 Charming confidence. 287 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,960 I heard you gave a good performance. 288 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,399 I'm very flattered. 289 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,520 But it wasn't a performance. 290 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,879 And yet you gaily admitted to stealing money 291 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,479 from half of Versailles. 292 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,599 On the naughty Cardinal's orders. 293 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,919 A crime nonetheless. 294 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,320 You must be relying on someone very powerful to grant you clemency. 295 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,639 If I were, I wouldn't tell you. 296 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,399 Quite right. 297 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,280 But if it were, say, the Queen you were relying on... 298 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,599 ..it's only fair to warn you, 299 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,520 she's known for her inconstancy. 300 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,000 You got a better offer? 301 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:15,159 Look, Marie Antoinette has no say on the sentencing. 302 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,120 The parliamentarians do. 303 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,239 Some factions of Parliament would be happy 304 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,720 to hear anything that damages the Queen. 305 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,479 I'm not a fool. 306 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,079 You've come straight from the Cardinal, 307 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,399 wanting me to back up his ridiculous accusations. 308 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,080 I have not. 309 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,679 My friends are happy for the Cardinal to fall, 310 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,520 provided the Queen goes down with him. 311 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,279 Why should I trust you? 312 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,960 You can't. 313 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:52,600 But we both know you're walking a fine line. 314 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,479 You saw how ready the court was 315 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,760 to believe the Queen stole the necklace. 316 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,840 Can you really rely on her to save you? 317 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,120 SHE SIGHS 318 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,800 CLAMOUR 319 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,040 GAVEL BANGS 320 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:51,039 Madame Jeanne La Motte, wife of Nicholas La Motte. 321 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,799 My name is Jeanne de Valois. 322 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,199 Yes. In fact, you told everyone at Versailles 323 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,239 you were the Countess de Valois, didn't you? 324 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,759 When you were granted this title? 325 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,239 The Cardinal told me to use it. Hmm. 326 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,479 Not that it's inappropriate for me to use a title - 327 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,199 I am descended from kings. 328 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,119 And I suppose the Cardinal also came up with 329 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:09,319 the catalogue of lies you told us? 330 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,039 A disinherited heiress living on the street. 331 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,079 Apparently, your life has been a romance novel, hasn't it? 332 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,079 I have spoken the exact truth. 333 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,919 The exact truth. HE CHUCKLES 334 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,399 Thank goodness for that. 335 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,239 GALLERY CHUCKLES 336 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,919 You see, I think you made it up on the spot. 337 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,879 We all know how convincing you can be. 338 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,159 After all, you...you fooled half of Versailles. 339 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,199 You persuaded them to donate to your fake charity, 340 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,719 for which you'll soon stand trial yourself. 341 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,319 It was the Cardinal's charity. 342 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,479 The truth, Madame La Motte, is that before you came to Versailles, 343 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,839 you were destitute. You were indebted up to your eyeballs, 344 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,639 only really able to eat when... 345 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,039 ..when some benefactor took pity on you. 346 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,479 I'm actually quite surprised you managed to stay healthy enough 347 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,839 for anyone to mistake you as a countess. 348 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,879 All of my money went on the fight to recover my ancestral lands. 349 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,319 Your ancestral lands! I mean, what is it? 350 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:07,319 Half a field in Champagne here with some resident pigs floating around? 351 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,360 GALLERY LAUGHS 352 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,639 Is it true that six years ago, 353 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,679 you were accused of forging letters of recommendation? 354 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,639 That was a slander against me. 355 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,479 Of course it was. And the list of merchants who will testify 356 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,639 to the rash of spending in your household 357 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,399 shortly after the theft of the necklace? 358 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,919 The furniture, jewels, dresses. Slander also? 359 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,399 No. The truth, Madame La Motte... 360 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,199 De Valois. 361 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,239 ..is that you're a fantasist. 362 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,799 You're a fantasist and a career criminal. 363 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,759 I'm not. I mean, who are we to believe stole this necklace? 364 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,399 What, the Cardinal? With his many debts, yes, 365 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,479 but with so many wealthy connections, 366 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,719 who still believes he was only serving his Queen. 367 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,479 What need has he to cheat and steal, 368 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,719 whereas you... 369 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,639 Well, you're absolutely nothing without these lies. 370 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,559 He is obsessed with the Queen. 371 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:04,679 Sexually, I mean. 372 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,719 GALLERY GASPS That's why he did it. 373 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:07,999 What did she say? 374 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,839 Sorry. The Cardinal has testified to being a loyal subject. 375 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,839 Oh, but you should have heard his boasts to me 376 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,239 about his visits to the Petit Trianon. 377 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,319 He said he would cross a plank over a ditch to get to the Queen. 378 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,879 On one occasion, he fell in and got his cassock quite muddy. 379 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,879 This is more of your fantasy, Madame La Motte. 380 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,399 If it is a fantasy, it is his. 381 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:28,959 But can it all be? 382 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,519 I mean, he told me about the wall of diamonds 383 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,279 in her bedroom in the Petit Trianon. 384 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,039 She buys jewels, you know, behind the King's back. 385 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,479 Th-There is no wall of diamonds. Wh-What is she saying? 386 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,879 Your Majesty, no-one must know you are here. 387 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,119 Louis, please. 388 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,559 It's no wonder Rohan thinks he could put the blame on her. 389 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,999 We all know the Queen's penchant for brilliant things. 390 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,839 You'd slander the Queen? 391 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,839 I am merely reporting what Cardinal Rohan told me, 392 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,359 so the crime is his. 393 00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:57,919 He would boast of her insatiable appetites and eclectic interests. 394 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,479 He said she has suitors scurried to her chambers 395 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,959 and is said to be learning Swedish, 396 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,199 although what use she has with that language, 397 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,919 I can't possibly know. 398 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,719 He said it's lucky the King enjoys being a cuckold. 399 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,719 GALLERY GASPS 400 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:16,039 And he even has a giant peephole in his royal closet. 401 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,479 Stop this trial immediately. 402 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,519 No, we can't. It would look like you have something to hide. 403 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,479 Louis, sit down. 404 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,040 And listen to this? 405 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,839 They are ridiculing us publicly. 406 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,319 I will testify and refute all of it. 407 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,959 I will tell them I was with you the night he claimed to have met you 408 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,959 in the garden. No, I won't have you perjure yourself. 409 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,039 W-We're leaving. 410 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,919 I have to hear it out. 411 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,480 Yolande will go with you. 412 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,959 SHE EXHALES SHARPLY 413 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,959 That woman clearly has her own agenda. 414 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,000 At least she's still saying Rohan is guilty. 415 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,399 The meeting in the gardens, did you find anything? 416 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,839 The woman who impersonated you is missing. 417 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,039 My spies are looking for her. 418 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,440 If it turns out she tricked Rohan... 419 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,680 ..we just cannot have her appear in court. 420 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,520 LAUGHTER AND CHATTER 421 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,960 You should have seen his face falling on the floor! 422 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,439 Oh, there you are. We were hoping you'd join us. 423 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,079 Yes, and I was hoping for a quiet evening without my salon being used 424 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,439 as a forum for yet another political cause. 425 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,159 Oh, he's grumpy because Rohan is losing in court. 426 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,199 At least he's taking Antoinette down with him. 427 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,759 Her reputation will never recover. 428 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,599 You've always been too concerned with the Queen's bedchamber. 429 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,999 Join us and discuss the real issues of the day. 430 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:02,159 Have you persuaded the Queen to join your abolitionist movement? 431 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:06,679 We might need the King and Queen's signature to end the slave trade, 432 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,239 but we won't wait for them to convince society what's right. 433 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,439 Isn't it you who talks about the power of the people? 434 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:17,079 Your Cardinal is a distraction 435 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,800 from the real problems, my friend. 436 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:25,599 We have to remember, we are the solution. 437 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,040 Yeah. Yeah. 438 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,999 He's right. 439 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,119 This trial is not about humiliating the Queen. 440 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:35,679 I know. 441 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,719 I am not the fool you all take me for. 442 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,560 I am trying to drive a wedge between Parliament and absolute monarchy. 443 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,879 If you can't help me, then what are you still doing here? 444 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,439 I can help you. 445 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,480 First, I need something from you. 446 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,440 What do you want? 447 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,079 A promise that if you ever become King, 448 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,919 you will give women equal rights to men. 449 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,960 HE SCOFFS 450 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,119 You can't be serious. 451 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:09,160 I have what you need to win the trial. 452 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:12,480 So? 453 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:15,960 Come on. 454 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,599 Who is this? 455 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,359 The missing guard. 456 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:32,919 Why the hell didn't you tell me? 457 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,679 I didn't tell anyone. 458 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,799 If he'd revealed his story, Rohan would have been exonerated 459 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,559 and the trial called off. 460 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:44,359 This way, we have the whole world watching. 461 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:48,200 I will not say a word that damages the reputation of Jeanne de Valois. 462 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,159 It's time we moved you to the Bastille. 463 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,840 There's something you need to see with your own eyes. 464 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,200 You look good... 465 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,360 ..for a corpse. 466 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,880 FOOTSTEPS APPROACH 467 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:46,160 Thank God we can rely on Parliament to vote in our favour. 468 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,039 I'm not so sure. 469 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,520 Excuse me? 470 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,439 Parliament have heard that I'm extending the taxes 471 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,359 to the clergy and the nobles. 472 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,520 Some parliamentarians... 473 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,439 ..suspect that I am mismanaging the finances. 474 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,919 And are you? 475 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,120 We are in a bit of debt. 476 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:14,919 So you... 477 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,479 You're thinking that some parliamentarians 478 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,119 might use the trial to punish you? 479 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:22,760 Maybe. 480 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:25,560 Yes. 481 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,320 Yes, and we need to be prepared. 482 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:33,359 Mm-hm. 483 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:37,960 They might defy me and vote Rohan innocent. 484 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,399 I'm sorry. I... 485 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,519 I should have told you. I wanted to protect you. 486 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,759 I wanted you...to keep you away from the politics. 487 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,279 Louis, please, you... 488 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,119 You didn't want to protect me. 489 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,520 You thought I wasn't capable enough to know. 490 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,559 SHE SIGHS 491 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,120 Parliament cannot vote against us in the trial. 492 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,240 It will tell the country that I've lost control. 493 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:11,159 Well, then, this trial is not about a necklace. 494 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,880 It's a referendum on our reign. 495 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,840 GALLERY GASPS, MURMURS 496 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:49,919 That's the whore from the Palais Royal. 497 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,199 She cannot appear in court. That's what you... 498 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:53,880 I don't know how they found her. 499 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,559 I told you my men would find her in the end. 500 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,760 I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I failed you. 501 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,520 I'm sorry. 502 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,319 What is your name? 503 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,759 Mademoiselle Nicole d'Oliva. 504 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,239 I asked for the truth. 505 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,160 I suppose I must hear it. 506 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,119 Mademoiselle, have you ever met the accused, Cardinal Rohan? 507 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:19,959 Yes. 508 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,559 Someone paid me to impersonate the Queen 509 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,159 and meet him in the Garden of Venus. 510 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:25,399 Who paid you? 511 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,319 I don't know. He never said his name. 512 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,559 He just told me he wanted to play a practical joke on the Cardinal. 513 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,799 Is it plausible that the Cardinal would mistake you for the Queen? 514 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,999 I've had a lot of practice playing her. 515 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:45,439 I used to do it nightly onstage at the Palais Royal, 516 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,399 and in gentlemen's beds after the shows. 517 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,559 MURMURING AND LAUGHTER 518 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,719 You'd be surprised 519 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,160 at the things they want the Queen to do. 520 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,759 Dirty things. 521 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,919 Making her beg, 522 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,959 crawl across the floor for them. 523 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,039 One of them even made me call him "Your Majesty." 524 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,719 GASPS AND LAUGHTER 525 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,799 This trick proves nothing! 526 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,879 The defence has paid a common prostitute 527 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,799 to back up their ridiculous story! 528 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,159 CLAMOUR Order. 529 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,999 Order! 530 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,959 Monsieur Target, I will not stand for any more stunts. 531 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,239 I'm sorry to disappoint, Monsieur President, 532 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,519 but I'm about to bring a man back from the dead. 533 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,559 JEANNE: I have longed to see you, Villette. 534 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:33,959 They told me you were dead. 535 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,719 That makes two of us, then, doesn't it? 536 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,679 After Nicholas stabbed me, I was unconscious. 537 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,399 When I came around, you and him were gone. 538 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,040 He betrayed us both. 539 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:51,519 Look. I've made a deal and told them that Rohan orchestrated everything. 540 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,679 All you need to do is tell the same story, and we're free. 541 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,999 You tell the truth, and we both go down, 542 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,039 and none of those fine people will save us. 543 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,880 You want to save your own neck, you stick to my story. 544 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,520 Please sit down. 545 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,319 Would you please identify yourself? 546 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,199 Um... 547 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,320 My name is Retaux de Villette. 548 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,000 I forged letters and... 549 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,799 ..dressed as the Queen's guard to steal the necklace. 550 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,840 GALLERY MURMURS 551 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,640 On whose orders? 552 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,080 SHE SIGHS 553 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,199 Jeanne La Motte. 554 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,359 GALLERY GASPS 555 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,800 And I have the evidence to prove it. 556 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,479 This was found in the possession 557 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,519 of the man sitting before us. 558 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,840 Monsieur Villette, please tell the court what this is. 559 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,079 It's a draft of one of the fraudulent letters 560 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,319 Jeanne sent to Rohan. 561 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,600 She had me copy it out on the Queen's paper. 562 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:19,199 It's in her handwriting. 563 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,240 APPLAUSE 564 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,440 Order. 565 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,759 Order! 566 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,240 Enough. 567 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,200 Order. Order! 568 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,480 DOOR OPENS 569 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,440 HE INHALES SHAKILY 570 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,840 Well, today proved Rohan's innocence. 571 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,919 Even parliamentarians loyal to the Crown 572 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,679 will find it hard to convict him. 573 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,359 Don't give up. 574 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:17,319 We are working behind the scenes to secure their votes. 575 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:18,920 Many are still loyal. 576 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,920 I'm going to lose all my authority. 577 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,159 We can't prove Rohan is guilty of stealing the necklace, 578 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,600 but we can propose a new charge. 579 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,239 He stood up in Parliament 580 00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:42,120 and accused me of theft. 581 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:48,640 Are you suggesting we charge Rohan with damaging your good name? 582 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,519 Yeah. 583 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:55,999 Exactly. 584 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,079 That's a capital crime. 585 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,319 You risk making Rohan a martyr. 586 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:02,800 No. 587 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:06,999 No. 588 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,800 We charge them all. 589 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,679 This trial has been a circus. 590 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,759 The whole world is watching. 591 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,360 You really want to risk ending it in public execution? 592 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,279 Better than losing the country. 593 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,320 CLAMOUR 594 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,319 GAVEL BANGS 595 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,320 Messieurs, silence, please. 596 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,239 Monsieur Target. 597 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:38,359 The evidence shows that the final defendant was wrongfully arrested 598 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,279 for the theft of the diamond necklace, 599 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,639 but he has a right to be heard in this court. 600 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,640 I call the Count Cagliostro. 601 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,519 That's... 602 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:54,799 You may speak. 603 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,199 ..Cagliostro? 604 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,000 I had nothing to do with the theft of this necklace. 605 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,560 I'm on trial because of my reputation alone. 606 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,479 I've been mistreated, I have been mocked 607 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,999 simply because I seek knowledge. 608 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,319 He was at Versailles. I saw him. 609 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,519 The fact is, I'm merely a man of the age. 610 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,080 I explore... 611 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,279 ..what you consider occult. 612 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,359 And I try to heal people, 613 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,400 even the highest in the land. 614 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,240 Even those who have no hope. 615 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,719 Was he attending Dauphin? 616 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,320 Of course not. 617 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,760 Was he attending the Dauphin? 618 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,560 No. 619 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,320 Call my carriage. I have somewhere else I need to be. 620 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,400 Your Majesty. 621 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,399 Now, the evidence proves that Jeanne La Motte and Retaux de Villette, 622 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,319 with the unwitting assistance of Mademoiselle Nicole d'Oliva, 623 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,640 are guilty of stealing the diamond necklace. 624 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,679 Cardinal Rohan and the charlatan, Count Cagliostro, are innocent. 625 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,720 MURMURING 626 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,200 There's been a development. 627 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,399 The Crown asks the Parliament to consider a second, 628 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,400 even more serious charge against the defendants. 629 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,559 Did their actions tarnish the Queen's name? 630 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,039 GALLERY GASPS 631 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,079 Let me see that. They knew we had them beaten on the theft charge. 632 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,480 Yeah, but why would the Queen risk this? 633 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:12,399 Proceed, Monsieur Target. 634 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,439 Sir, I need time to consider these new accusations. 635 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:15,920 There is none. 636 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,199 Speak now. 637 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,039 In your opinion, did the actions of Cardinal Rohan 638 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,400 and the other defendants damage the Queen's good reputation? 639 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,799 Well, this case has depicted the Queen as an extravagant 640 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,160 and duplicitous adulteress. 641 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,999 But are these accusations new? 642 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,079 Is the Queen not famous for her profligate spending? 643 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,319 Since she arrived in France, she's squandered our resources. 644 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,399 She's made purchases behind her husband's back. 645 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,919 It's also common knowledge that she has lovers, 646 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,479 that she carries on intimate correspondences 647 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,120 and then has scandalous sexual liaisons. 648 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:07,799 The defendants' actions did nothing to damage the Queen's reputation. 649 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,400 By her own hand, she has long since destroyed her good name. 650 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,400 Should these people hang for the sins of the Queen? 651 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,519 This is what you've been asked to decide. 652 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,239 I tell you they should not. 653 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:26,800 The fault isn't here. 654 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,519 It's in Versailles. 655 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,560 SCATTERED APPLAUSE 656 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,639 INDISTINCT CHATTER 657 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,480 Excuse me for a moment. 658 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,519 CLINKING 659 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,080 For a job well done. 660 00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:10,879 Damn Louis and this second charge. 661 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,000 The Crown can't lose twice. 662 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:16,759 What do I do? 663 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:21,200 Just like you said, the whole point is to damage her. 664 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,639 Parliament is split. 665 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,919 My friends and I are willing to vote against the King, 666 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,359 but there are concerns. 667 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,599 Defeat will deal a serious blow to the monarchy. 668 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,799 And the last thing we want is to empower Orleans 669 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,680 and his populist rabble. 670 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,239 We want a king we can work with, 671 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:57,719 but we'll not risk losing our monarchy entirely. 672 00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,640 France cannot follow America into anarchy. 673 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:06,079 If we defeat Louis and he can't recover, 674 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:10,079 are you willing to step into his shoes? 675 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:11,960 You must make a decision. 676 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,919 On the first count, stealing the diamond necklace, 677 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,679 the court finds the defendant, 678 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,879 Cardinal Louis-Rene-Edouard de Rohan, 679 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:36,680 and the Count Cagliostro... 680 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,320 ..not guilty. 681 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:44,679 Order. 682 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,720 Order! BANGS GAVEL 683 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,280 Jeanne La Motte... 684 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,279 ..you are found guilty of theft, 685 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,399 of shamefully deceiving the Cardinal 686 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,399 and, along with your husband, Nicholas La Motte, 687 00:41:58,400 --> 00:41:59,959 of co-opting your accomplices, 688 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:02,280 Monsieur Villette and Mademoiselle d'Oliva. 689 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,079 On the second count, 690 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,040 the capital charge of damaging the Queen's name... 691 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,719 ..all the defendants are found... 692 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,760 KNOCK ON DOOR 693 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,119 They've been found not guilty. 694 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:24,399 ..not guilty. 695 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:25,680 Bravo! 696 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:42,560 Long live the Cardinal! 697 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,280 Long live the Cardinal! 698 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:50,280 Long live the Cardinal! 699 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:55,839 Retaux de Villette, you are banished from this kingdom. 700 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,319 Nicholas La Motte, in absentia, is sentenced 701 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,360 to a lifetime of hard labour in the King's galleys. 702 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,320 Jeanne La Motte... 703 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,439 ..you are the worst kind of criminal, 704 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,360 one hardened since birth. 705 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:17,319 You will be beaten and branded with the sign of the thief, 706 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,279 and incarcerated for life in the Salpetriere women's prison, 707 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,239 where perhaps you will earn a small portion of honour. 708 00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:25,280 BANGS GAVEL Take her away. 709 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,799 CROWD CLAMOUR 710 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,839 SHE SCREAMS 711 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,759 Let go of me! Let go of me! 712 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,800 SHE SCREAMS LAUGHTER 713 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,480 SHE YELLS Oh! 714 00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:54,760 Stop! Stop! 715 00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,640 SHE SHRIEKS 716 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,240 CHEERING 717 00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:23,920 Victory! 718 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:39,960 Count Fersen. 719 00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,000 The reason the Queen studies Swedish. 720 00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,520 You're not going to slap me, are you? 721 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:52,839 CROWD GASPS 722 00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,080 All this because she doesn't love you? 723 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,079 I'm fine. 724 00:44:58,080 --> 00:44:59,560 I'm fine! 725 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,120 Get lost. 726 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:10,999 HE WHISTLES 727 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,039 Hardly a regal look, cousin. 728 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,079 It's what the people see that matters. 729 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:18,879 And they see me as the future. 730 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,120 Hmm. 731 00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:25,239 It's a shame the people have no say in who rules them. 732 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:26,640 Not yet. 733 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,160 May the best man win. 734 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,520 Quite a fire you started. 735 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,839 You're staying? 736 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,000 I thought it politic to go before the King's guards kick me out. 737 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,720 Thank you for my freedom. 738 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:17,840 You once asked me about the... 739 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,599 ..secret that unites my brotherhood. 740 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,359 The truth is there's no secret, 741 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,839 only the understanding that true enlightenment, 742 00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:32,120 true change comes from men working together. 743 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:36,799 Men, not women. 744 00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:38,959 No, I personally don't agree, but most of them 745 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:42,639 still see no place for you at the table. 746 00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:45,120 Then we will make them see it. 747 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,679 I don't care about the verdict. 748 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,719 I don't care if he is praised throughout all of France. 749 00:46:54,720 --> 00:46:57,279 Rohan is banished. 750 00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:01,919 Sire, this loss proves that we can't rely on the Paris Parliament 751 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:05,759 to approve the land tax or any further loans. 752 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,079 Forget the Parliament. 753 00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:10,159 There's another decision-making body you can appeal to. 754 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,719 We think you should call an Assembly of Notables 755 00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:15,480 to help pass the reforms. 756 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,199 Not now, madame, please. 757 00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:19,759 Leave us. 758 00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,880 Majesty... Both of you. 759 00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,039 DOOR CLOSES 760 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,400 I banished Rohan. How much time does he have? 761 00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:43,680 How much time? 762 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,200 No more than two years. 763 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:08,479 How long have you known? 764 00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:09,800 I... 765 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:13,199 I, um... 766 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:14,919 I-I?! 767 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:16,919 I couldn't... 768 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,239 I couldn't bear...bear to tell you. 769 00:48:19,240 --> 00:48:21,200 You lied to me. 770 00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,960 You did. You told me he'd recover. 771 00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,560 How... How could you do that? 772 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,399 I'm sorry. 773 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,279 I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I couldn't bear to... 774 00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,959 You've stolen time from me. 775 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,719 You stole time from me... I wanted to protect you. 776 00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:40,639 So much time. 777 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,519 How could you do that?! 778 00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:44,679 I-I wanted to protect you. I was trying to... 779 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,679 You can't! You can't protect me! 780 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,160 You can't protect me! Please! You can't! 781 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,360 You can't! SHE SOBS 782 00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,080 Not from this. 783 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,280 Not from anything. 784 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:09,240 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please. Please. 785 00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,200 How will we survive this? 786 00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:41,120 DOOR CLOSES