1 00:00:02,566 --> 00:00:15,233 ♪ 2 00:00:15,233 --> 00:00:17,733 Maid: Look, your baby sister is being added to the painting. 3 00:00:17,733 --> 00:00:31,600 ♪ 4 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,300 She's a pretty little thing, isn't she? 5 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:41,300 ♪ 6 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:45,800 Perhaps some fresh air would do you some good. 7 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,733 Or... 8 00:00:47,733 --> 00:00:49,566 Or a carriage ride. 9 00:00:49,566 --> 00:00:53,100 Well, I just pushed a child out of my body, 10 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:57,833 so bouncing over cobblestones holds little appeal. 11 00:00:57,833 --> 00:00:59,966 I-I just meant that... 12 00:01:02,833 --> 00:01:05,566 you've not left your room in months. 13 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:08,400 I must get used to it. 14 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,266 I'm told it's unsafe for me to leave Versailles. 15 00:01:11,266 --> 00:01:17,566 ♪ 16 00:01:17,566 --> 00:01:19,200 Yes. 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,866 That wretched Jeanne de Valois and her vile lies. 18 00:01:22,866 --> 00:01:25,366 I wish she was the only one slandering me. 19 00:01:25,366 --> 00:01:27,966 [Knock on door] 20 00:01:27,966 --> 00:01:30,000 It's time for Madam Sophie to go to the nursery. 21 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,500 No, I want to keep her with me. 22 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:36,100 Thank you. 23 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:38,666 You are not required. 24 00:01:40,366 --> 00:01:42,833 I told Yolande to keep the secret. 25 00:01:42,833 --> 00:01:45,266 If you're going to be angry with anyone, it should be me. 26 00:01:45,266 --> 00:01:47,466 Don't worry. 27 00:01:47,466 --> 00:01:51,900 I'm still furious at both of you. 28 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:54,766 Now, excuse me, I was reading to Sophie. 29 00:01:54,766 --> 00:02:00,933 ♪ 30 00:02:00,933 --> 00:02:51,266 ♪ 31 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:57,900 [Chains rattling, man moaning in distance] 32 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:02,833 ♪ 33 00:03:02,833 --> 00:03:04,866 I don't want any visitors today. 34 00:03:06,466 --> 00:03:09,433 Are you listening? I said no visitors. 35 00:03:09,433 --> 00:03:11,100 I'm here to help. 36 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:12,900 [Keys jangling] 37 00:03:15,133 --> 00:03:16,966 Who are you? 38 00:03:16,966 --> 00:03:19,666 An admirer who wants you to live. 39 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:21,900 I hear you have an infection. Let me see. 40 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:29,433 ♪ 41 00:03:29,433 --> 00:03:31,000 Oh, it should have healed by now. 42 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,633 You've been picking at it. 43 00:03:32,633 --> 00:03:35,733 Not much else to do around here. 44 00:03:35,733 --> 00:03:37,200 I have an ointment that can help. 45 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,500 What do you want? 46 00:03:45,466 --> 00:03:48,000 [Softly] Oh, ****! 47 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,300 [Softly] You have shown the King and Queen as tyrants, 48 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:52,266 but there is more to be done. 49 00:03:52,266 --> 00:03:54,033 I'm not interested in politics. 50 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:56,500 Are you interested in freedom? 51 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:59,300 We have presses at the Palais Royal. 52 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:01,033 We use them to produce material 53 00:04:01,033 --> 00:04:02,633 that discredits the royal regime. 54 00:04:02,633 --> 00:04:06,033 Write your story, and we'll print it. 55 00:04:06,033 --> 00:04:08,166 In return... 56 00:04:08,166 --> 00:04:10,800 I'll secure your escape from this place. 57 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,833 What would I write? 58 00:04:12,833 --> 00:04:14,700 Tales of life at Versailles with the King and Queen. 59 00:04:14,700 --> 00:04:17,300 I barely knew them. 60 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:19,000 It'd sell better if you did. 61 00:04:22,066 --> 00:04:24,433 I'll bring all you need to write... 62 00:04:24,433 --> 00:04:25,866 and to escape. 63 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:30,100 I'll never get past this guard. He hates me. 64 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:32,000 I haven't had a meal he hasn't spat in. 65 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,766 Mm. Write your story. I'll deal with the rest. 66 00:04:39,966 --> 00:04:43,466 [Keys jangling, cell door banging] 67 00:04:43,466 --> 00:04:45,166 [Indistinct chatter] 68 00:04:48,766 --> 00:04:51,800 Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin. Where's it gonna end up? 69 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,200 Ah... 70 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,466 Giddy up, here comes your horse. 71 00:04:56,466 --> 00:05:00,466 Clippity-clop, clippity-clop, clippity-clop. 72 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:02,233 Breteuil: Your Majesty. 73 00:05:02,233 --> 00:05:05,733 I'm afraid we have another blackmail letter from England. 74 00:05:05,733 --> 00:05:08,133 I told you, I don't want to know. 75 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:11,000 Well, this time La Motte has included proof. 76 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,833 He has your private letters 77 00:05:14,833 --> 00:05:18,800 and has divined their intimate content. 78 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,133 I will go to London and negotiate. 79 00:05:23,133 --> 00:05:25,266 Whatever he wants is a small price. 80 00:05:25,266 --> 00:05:27,233 He gets nothing. 81 00:05:30,966 --> 00:05:34,600 Let him publish and be damned. 82 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,866 Well, yes, but... 83 00:05:37,866 --> 00:05:40,566 you need to think of the wider implications. 84 00:05:40,566 --> 00:05:46,166 I...forbid you from taking this any further. 85 00:05:48,233 --> 00:05:49,966 Thank you, Breteuil. 86 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:58,066 Say what you have to say. 87 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:01,166 He's right. 88 00:06:01,166 --> 00:06:02,800 You can't dismiss this. 89 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:09,166 Listen, I know it's hard to think about 90 00:06:09,166 --> 00:06:11,233 the Dauphin's situation, 91 00:06:11,233 --> 00:06:14,533 but one day, Normandy will be the next King of France. 92 00:06:14,533 --> 00:06:17,233 These letters confirm the timeline of our relationship, 93 00:06:17,233 --> 00:06:20,633 and they'll cast doubt on the boy's parentage. 94 00:06:20,633 --> 00:06:23,233 It's blackmail. 95 00:06:23,233 --> 00:06:25,433 I'm not giving in to blackmail. 96 00:06:25,433 --> 00:06:27,633 Let me deal with this. 97 00:06:27,633 --> 00:06:29,433 I know London. 98 00:06:29,433 --> 00:06:30,733 I'll find your letters. 99 00:06:30,733 --> 00:06:34,733 ♪ 100 00:06:34,733 --> 00:06:40,166 By the time you get back from England, I'll be myself again. 101 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:43,300 ♪ 102 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:44,566 Promise. 103 00:06:44,566 --> 00:06:50,233 ♪ 104 00:06:50,233 --> 00:06:53,600 Mustard paste, to clear the lungs. 105 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:54,966 How kind. 106 00:06:54,966 --> 00:06:57,566 ♪ 107 00:06:57,566 --> 00:06:59,433 [Groans, coughs] 108 00:07:02,266 --> 00:07:03,466 Calonne? 109 00:07:03,466 --> 00:07:04,700 Calonne: Oh, sorry. 110 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:05,966 Oh, Majesty. 111 00:07:05,966 --> 00:07:08,866 [Coughing] 112 00:07:08,866 --> 00:07:10,666 Fear not. 113 00:07:10,666 --> 00:07:12,666 I have battled through to deliver an official draft 114 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:15,366 of the tax reforms for the Notables to approve. 115 00:07:17,766 --> 00:07:20,633 Do other kings have to ask permission to enact their will? 116 00:07:20,633 --> 00:07:23,933 ♪ 117 00:07:23,933 --> 00:07:26,266 What if the Notables defy me, like the Parlement did? 118 00:07:26,266 --> 00:07:27,833 They won't. 119 00:07:27,833 --> 00:07:29,700 Vergennes has chosen them carefully. 120 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:31,600 Apart from Orleans, 121 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,166 they are allies who will put the needs of the country 122 00:07:33,166 --> 00:07:35,200 above their own selfish interests. 123 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,100 And when they endorse your reforms, 124 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:39,833 you will be the king who ushered in a new era for France. 125 00:07:42,466 --> 00:07:45,866 And you will be the nation's greatest financial controller. 126 00:07:45,866 --> 00:07:47,400 We'll see. 127 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,266 And Vergennes will be the most loyal 128 00:07:50,266 --> 00:07:53,866 and honorable minister a monarch could ask for. 129 00:07:53,866 --> 00:07:58,966 ♪ 130 00:07:58,966 --> 00:08:01,100 Vergennes? Vergennes? 131 00:08:03,066 --> 00:08:04,533 Vergennes! 132 00:08:04,533 --> 00:08:06,033 The doctor quickly, the doctor, please. 133 00:08:06,033 --> 00:08:07,500 Yes, yes. 134 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:08,733 Calonne: Help! 135 00:08:08,733 --> 00:08:10,500 Where's the doctor? Now! 136 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:12,433 Please, please, don't you dare leave me, 137 00:08:12,433 --> 00:08:14,166 Please don't leave me, Vergennes. 138 00:08:14,166 --> 00:08:29,133 ♪ 139 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:31,233 What a terrible shock. 140 00:08:32,533 --> 00:08:34,366 No man knows the hour of his death. 141 00:08:34,366 --> 00:08:40,266 ♪ 142 00:08:40,266 --> 00:08:43,100 He was the only minister who never betrayed me. 143 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:46,533 ♪ 144 00:08:46,533 --> 00:08:49,900 And now I must persuade the Notables without him. 145 00:08:49,900 --> 00:08:53,666 ♪ 146 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:59,000 The Count De Vergennes was a fine diplomat 147 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,500 and a great statesman. 148 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:05,066 It was his idea to summon you here today 149 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:09,433 in this Assembly of Notables, 150 00:09:09,433 --> 00:09:14,266 to hear my plans for improving the revenue of the state 151 00:09:14,266 --> 00:09:20,066 and assuring a more equitable assessment of taxation. 152 00:09:20,066 --> 00:09:23,000 Abuses in tax payment are defected-- 153 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,533 Excuse me, are defended 154 00:09:28,533 --> 00:09:32,700 by self-interest and ancient prejudice. 155 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:35,800 These tax abuses oppress the wealth-producing, 156 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,633 laboring, and professional class. 157 00:09:37,633 --> 00:09:41,066 [All murmuring, shouting] 158 00:09:41,066 --> 00:09:43,200 I plan to remedy this defect. 159 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,566 [Murmuring and shouting continue] 160 00:09:49,066 --> 00:09:53,466 A king who wants the nobility and clergy to pay their own way. 161 00:09:53,466 --> 00:09:55,300 Refreshingly democratic. 162 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:57,133 You won't be saying that when you get a land tax bill 163 00:09:57,133 --> 00:09:59,300 for your 6 million acres. 164 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:02,466 -If that's the price of reform. -Oh, please. 165 00:10:02,466 --> 00:10:05,366 The public might believe your egalitarian codswallop, 166 00:10:05,366 --> 00:10:07,200 but you don't fool me. 167 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,033 These proposals are dangerous. 168 00:10:09,033 --> 00:10:10,500 The ordinary people already resent us. 169 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:12,333 If Louis enforces these taxes, 170 00:10:12,333 --> 00:10:14,400 the church and nobility will hate us, too. 171 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,466 Josephine: Someone should assassinate him. 172 00:10:19,633 --> 00:10:22,233 Someone hasn't forgiven Louis for banishing her girlfriend. 173 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:27,800 Still no letters from the lovely Marguerite? 174 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,200 -[Grunts] 175 00:10:31,733 --> 00:10:34,266 Well, she has not forgotten you, my dear. 176 00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:37,533 There could be a thousand reasons for her silence. 177 00:10:39,266 --> 00:10:41,700 Perhaps Marguerite has rediscovered 178 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:42,800 her love for her husband. 179 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,200 It does happen. 180 00:10:45,666 --> 00:10:48,533 A visitor from Parlement. 181 00:10:48,533 --> 00:10:50,400 -Gird yourself. -I can come back later. 182 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,033 Provence: No, no, no. Stay. 183 00:10:52,033 --> 00:10:54,133 Close the door on your way out. 184 00:10:54,133 --> 00:11:01,700 ♪ 185 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:04,233 Does your brother know you're entertaining his enemies? 186 00:11:04,233 --> 00:11:05,766 He sees you here often enough. 187 00:11:05,766 --> 00:11:14,966 ♪ 188 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:18,133 Oh, you may speak freely in front of my wife. 189 00:11:18,133 --> 00:11:22,400 Will the Notables approve these, uh, tax reforms? 190 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,400 They are certainly more amenable to the King's plans 191 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,800 than your parliament. 192 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,833 They've been hand picked to agree, 193 00:11:27,833 --> 00:11:31,100 and they don't know the King is struggling with his faculties. 194 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:32,633 Parlement is concerned. 195 00:11:32,633 --> 00:11:36,033 Well, it needn't be. 196 00:11:36,033 --> 00:11:37,933 Reassure your colleagues 197 00:11:37,933 --> 00:11:39,866 that I have no intention of allowing my brother 198 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:41,533 to enact this lunacy. 199 00:11:41,533 --> 00:11:47,733 ♪ 200 00:11:47,733 --> 00:11:49,166 You knew. 201 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,600 The trial was a mistake. 202 00:11:57,300 --> 00:12:01,333 I wonder what else you've been right about over the years. 203 00:12:01,333 --> 00:12:02,733 My life might have been different 204 00:12:02,733 --> 00:12:04,066 if I'd listened to you. 205 00:12:07,066 --> 00:12:09,033 But perhaps not so interesting. 206 00:12:09,033 --> 00:12:10,366 Be honest. 207 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:15,600 Did you know before I told you about the Dauphin? 208 00:12:17,066 --> 00:12:18,466 No, of course not. 209 00:12:18,466 --> 00:12:21,133 ♪ 210 00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:23,633 Yolande knew. 211 00:12:23,633 --> 00:12:26,500 But she didn't tell me. 212 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:28,333 I'm so sorry. 213 00:12:29,933 --> 00:12:32,466 You would never keep anything like that from me. 214 00:12:32,466 --> 00:12:37,600 ♪ 215 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,666 I have kept something from you. 216 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,033 Go on. 217 00:12:45,033 --> 00:12:49,133 S-So, Yolande was determined 218 00:12:49,133 --> 00:12:52,566 that Calonne be made financial controller. 219 00:12:52,566 --> 00:12:53,933 That's no secret. 220 00:12:53,933 --> 00:13:00,133 ♪ 221 00:13:00,133 --> 00:13:03,100 He was appointed... 222 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:06,900 the night that you had that dreadful miscarriage. 223 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:11,500 Yolande saw you collapsed, but... 224 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:14,533 but she didn't raise the alarm. 225 00:13:14,533 --> 00:13:18,766 And she left you to bleed while she pushed Calonne 226 00:13:18,766 --> 00:13:21,333 for the job, and she denied-- 227 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:28,400 ♪ 228 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,700 I wanted to tell you so many times. 229 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:34,733 But I thought you wouldn't believe me. 230 00:13:34,733 --> 00:13:40,366 ♪ 231 00:13:40,366 --> 00:13:42,266 I do believe you. 232 00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:46,500 ♪ 233 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:47,933 Jeanne, voice-over: How can I compose 234 00:13:47,933 --> 00:13:50,266 a skillful arrangement of events 235 00:13:50,266 --> 00:13:52,400 or gracefully express myself 236 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:57,333 when I can only speak a language dictated by sorrow? 237 00:13:57,333 --> 00:14:00,700 But I must take up this pen to protect my memory 238 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:03,133 from slanderous words of malice. 239 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:06,766 Jeanne: There you go. 240 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:13,300 Jeanne, voice-over: I have been abused, insulted, and disgraced. 241 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:16,933 The wounds inflicted on my honor are too deep to heal. 242 00:14:18,633 --> 00:14:40,166 ♪ 243 00:14:43,933 --> 00:14:46,066 Your Majesty. 244 00:14:46,066 --> 00:14:48,900 I'm pleased to report that the Notables 245 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:51,833 are broadly in favor of the changes to taxation. 246 00:14:54,033 --> 00:14:55,200 [Whispering] Thank God. 247 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,300 [Softly] Never doubted it. 248 00:14:57,300 --> 00:15:05,033 Provence: However, before we discuss your proposals in more depth, 249 00:15:05,033 --> 00:15:08,400 I must clarify a point of confusion. 250 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,733 We are told these new taxes are necessary 251 00:15:11,733 --> 00:15:15,166 for the financial health of the nation. 252 00:15:15,166 --> 00:15:21,466 But according to Mr. Necker's famous report, 253 00:15:21,466 --> 00:15:26,133 our treasury makes an annual profit of... 254 00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:27,533 12 million livres. 255 00:15:27,533 --> 00:15:29,700 [All murmuring] 256 00:15:32,133 --> 00:15:36,566 That is more than enough to serve the country. 257 00:15:36,566 --> 00:15:38,800 So why does His Majesty require more? 258 00:15:40,366 --> 00:15:42,766 It is not for the assembly to question 259 00:15:42,766 --> 00:15:45,333 the King's requirements. 260 00:15:45,333 --> 00:15:50,133 We might be reassured if His Majesty showed us the accounts. 261 00:15:50,133 --> 00:15:52,033 [All murmuring in agreement] 262 00:15:52,033 --> 00:15:55,366 ♪ 263 00:15:55,366 --> 00:15:57,100 I--I wasn't suggesting that. 264 00:15:57,100 --> 00:16:02,466 ♪ 265 00:16:02,466 --> 00:16:03,533 [Door slams] 266 00:16:04,866 --> 00:16:06,766 That bastard. 267 00:16:06,766 --> 00:16:08,366 Remember your place. 268 00:16:08,366 --> 00:16:10,566 ♪ 269 00:16:10,566 --> 00:16:13,033 We have spent years covering up the deficit 270 00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:14,866 to save France from financial ruin, 271 00:16:14,866 --> 00:16:16,966 and your brother's undone all our work in two minutes. 272 00:16:16,966 --> 00:16:20,966 ♪ 273 00:16:20,966 --> 00:16:22,866 Everyone's gonna blame us for this mess. 274 00:16:22,866 --> 00:16:25,400 ♪ 275 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,700 We have to tell them the frightening truth. 276 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:29,900 We can't. 277 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:31,066 [Door opens] 278 00:16:31,066 --> 00:16:35,900 ♪ 279 00:16:38,766 --> 00:16:40,933 You bastard! 280 00:16:43,733 --> 00:16:46,500 I didn't expect them to ask to see the accounts. 281 00:16:48,166 --> 00:16:51,033 Anyway, it was a fair question. 282 00:16:51,033 --> 00:16:54,566 Not in front of the entire Assembly. 283 00:16:54,566 --> 00:16:56,333 Fine. 284 00:16:56,333 --> 00:16:57,600 If we are in surplus, 285 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,233 why are you in need of money? 286 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:05,266 There is no surplus. 287 00:17:05,266 --> 00:17:09,333 -But--but Necker-- -Necker! 288 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:13,066 Necker cooked the books to hide our war spending. 289 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:19,166 ♪ 290 00:17:19,166 --> 00:17:21,566 If I share the accounts, 291 00:17:21,566 --> 00:17:24,000 it will show that France is mired in debt 292 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,533 that multiplies every single day. 293 00:17:27,533 --> 00:17:29,500 How much do we owe? 294 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:30,700 Six billion. 295 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:38,733 ♪ 296 00:17:41,666 --> 00:17:45,366 But you said... "a bit of debt." 297 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,266 Six billion is not a bit. 298 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,933 -I thought I could fix-- -Just don't. 299 00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:54,600 Don't. 300 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,233 Everyone was so pleased with me after the war. 301 00:17:56,233 --> 00:17:57,800 I didn't want to let them down. 302 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,233 Why on Earth would you let me buy Saint-Cloud? 303 00:18:01,233 --> 00:18:02,533 To prevent you and the children from suffering, 304 00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:05,466 not for my mistakes. I would-- 305 00:18:05,466 --> 00:18:08,300 You deceived me. 306 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:12,700 About this, about the Dauphin's health. 307 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:14,033 Louis: I am a truthful man. 308 00:18:14,033 --> 00:18:16,000 I never deceived you about anything. 309 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,466 You are a liar! 310 00:18:21,966 --> 00:18:23,700 I don't know what to do. 311 00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:28,233 Alright? I don't know how to rule. 312 00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:31,533 -I need Vergennes. -No, you don't. 313 00:18:31,533 --> 00:18:33,033 You still have Calonne. 314 00:18:35,066 --> 00:18:36,900 [Indistinct chatter] 315 00:18:38,766 --> 00:18:40,433 Why did you want to see me? 316 00:18:42,466 --> 00:18:44,100 I know you've been whispering in corners 317 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,733 with the King's brother. 318 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:48,033 Is treason afoot? 319 00:18:48,033 --> 00:18:52,066 My concern is always the preservation of the crown. 320 00:18:52,066 --> 00:18:54,266 [Door opens] 321 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:57,566 Well, this is cozy. 322 00:18:57,566 --> 00:18:59,100 I tried to stop her. 323 00:18:59,100 --> 00:19:00,866 She wouldn't take no for an answer. 324 00:19:00,866 --> 00:19:04,166 I heard you'd been summoned to a chinwag. 325 00:19:04,166 --> 00:19:06,066 Did I miss my invitation? 326 00:19:06,066 --> 00:19:08,000 Well, forgive me, Madame De Rohan, 327 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,266 I didn't know you were joined at the hip. 328 00:19:10,266 --> 00:19:12,733 Only when it comes to foiling your nasty 329 00:19:12,733 --> 00:19:14,833 little political maneuvers. 330 00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:19,733 My efforts saved your nephew from the scaffold. 331 00:19:19,733 --> 00:19:22,500 But did not save him from exile. 332 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:25,866 Felicité: No good deed goes unpunished. 333 00:19:25,866 --> 00:19:30,100 Well, now you're here, 334 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:33,766 perhaps we can find common ground. 335 00:19:33,766 --> 00:19:36,133 Show me one point on which we agree. 336 00:19:37,666 --> 00:19:39,633 The King is a fool. 337 00:19:39,633 --> 00:19:43,866 I concede that his plans for tax reform suggest idiocy. 338 00:19:43,866 --> 00:19:47,433 Well, if he wants us to feather his nest, 339 00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:49,500 he must show the Notables the accounts. 340 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:51,900 For all we know, he requires a new tax 341 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:54,900 to fund his wife's jewelry collection. 342 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:56,633 Don't you believe the nobility should pay their way? 343 00:19:56,633 --> 00:19:58,733 -We do pay! 344 00:19:58,733 --> 00:20:04,533 In blood, shed for the King on the battlefield. 345 00:20:04,533 --> 00:20:06,866 Those who don't desert their post. 346 00:20:06,866 --> 00:20:07,933 [Scoffs] 347 00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:09,966 Y-You are mistaken. 348 00:20:09,966 --> 00:20:12,033 I served with honor. 349 00:20:12,033 --> 00:20:14,966 Really? I heard you abandoned ship 350 00:20:14,966 --> 00:20:16,866 at the first sound of cannon fire. 351 00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:21,700 But it's so hard to know who to believe these days. 352 00:20:21,700 --> 00:20:29,233 ♪ 353 00:20:29,233 --> 00:20:31,533 Antoinette, can't we just go back to how we were? 354 00:20:31,533 --> 00:20:34,400 I mean, you can't be angry with me forever. 355 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,966 -I can do as I please. -[Scoffs] 356 00:20:37,966 --> 00:20:40,233 Marie: It's just I can't find my notebook. 357 00:20:40,233 --> 00:20:42,266 -Where is it? -Leave us. 358 00:20:42,266 --> 00:20:44,200 Marie: Oh, stay where you are. 359 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,000 This is petty. 360 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,300 You know Louis swore me to secrecy. 361 00:20:50,766 --> 00:20:52,500 You left me to bleed. 362 00:20:54,766 --> 00:20:56,166 Yolande: She's lying. 363 00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:01,700 She's always been jealous of our friendship. 364 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:04,100 My notebook. 365 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:06,866 I need to write a list of economies. 366 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,733 You cannot believe her over me. 367 00:21:10,733 --> 00:21:12,700 I've been at your side since you were a girl. 368 00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:15,966 I loved you for it! 369 00:21:15,966 --> 00:21:17,766 Even when your behavior has grieved me, 370 00:21:17,766 --> 00:21:20,533 I have preferred it to the pain of losing you! 371 00:21:22,233 --> 00:21:24,866 So many people want me dead. 372 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,066 Just never thought you would be one of them. 373 00:21:30,066 --> 00:21:31,400 No. 374 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,200 -No, no, no, please-- -Don't you-- 375 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,266 [Gasps] 376 00:21:37,066 --> 00:21:39,100 You are not in your right mind. 377 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:46,733 Antoinette, you cannot abandon me. 378 00:21:46,733 --> 00:21:48,866 You may stay at court as long as you please, 379 00:21:48,866 --> 00:21:53,266 but your welfare is no longer my concern. 380 00:21:55,733 --> 00:21:56,833 Leave. 381 00:22:10,766 --> 00:22:13,233 There. It is done. 382 00:22:13,233 --> 00:22:26,633 ♪ 383 00:22:26,633 --> 00:22:28,600 You and I are the same. 384 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,066 We have both devoted years to loving individuals... 385 00:22:37,833 --> 00:22:40,366 unworthy of our affection. 386 00:22:40,366 --> 00:22:44,500 ♪ 387 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,666 Calonne: Necker! 388 00:22:47,666 --> 00:22:50,566 ♪ 389 00:22:52,433 --> 00:22:54,233 [Grunting] 390 00:22:55,966 --> 00:22:59,966 I'm sure you all appreciate that sharing the accounts 391 00:22:59,966 --> 00:23:02,800 outside of an official financial report 392 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,700 would be, um... against formality. 393 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:09,200 Instead, may I suggest, as delegate, 394 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,800 I could confer with His Majesty and relay said information? 395 00:23:13,933 --> 00:23:16,433 You want the truth? 396 00:23:16,433 --> 00:23:19,566 Here it is. The accounts. 397 00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:21,733 [Murmuring] 398 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:25,066 Every single secret loan 399 00:23:25,066 --> 00:23:29,133 that Necker ever took out to hide the war expenditure. 400 00:23:29,133 --> 00:23:32,000 Provence: What the hell, Calonne? 401 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,333 The King is not to blame for this mess, nor me. 402 00:23:34,333 --> 00:23:41,900 ♪ 403 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:43,400 Calonne? 404 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:48,800 ♪ 405 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,800 Calonne: We're not in surplus, and we never have been. 406 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,100 Thanks to Necker, we're in terrible, catastrophic debt, 407 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:57,700 and the only way to fix it 408 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:01,533 is for you dimwits to approve the tax reforms. 409 00:24:01,533 --> 00:24:04,933 ♪ 410 00:24:04,933 --> 00:24:07,533 -What are you doing? -Let them see the truth. 411 00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:10,100 They need to understand what's at stake. 412 00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:12,300 No. No, don't. 413 00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:16,500 You traitor! 414 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:17,866 Calonne: We have to. It's over. 415 00:24:17,866 --> 00:24:19,266 You traitor, get out of my sight! 416 00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:20,466 [Grunts] 417 00:24:20,466 --> 00:24:22,333 [All murmuring] 418 00:24:22,333 --> 00:24:29,333 ♪ 419 00:24:29,333 --> 00:24:30,966 Give me those. 420 00:24:33,066 --> 00:24:36,566 Give them, give them! Now! 421 00:24:36,566 --> 00:24:38,100 Louis! 422 00:24:40,033 --> 00:24:42,233 Get a grip. You look deranged. 423 00:24:43,466 --> 00:24:45,066 It's you. It's your fault. 424 00:24:45,066 --> 00:24:50,000 ♪ 425 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,100 [Breathing heavily] 426 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:59,900 ♪ 427 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:01,100 Louis? 428 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:08,566 ♪ 429 00:25:08,566 --> 00:25:12,366 I am a liar, and now I've been exposed. 430 00:25:12,366 --> 00:25:31,100 ♪ 431 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:33,533 You didn't have a choice. 432 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:37,300 I see why you hid it. 433 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:41,466 ♪ 434 00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:43,500 Calonne betrayed me. 435 00:25:44,833 --> 00:25:46,733 He must go. 436 00:25:46,733 --> 00:25:48,400 No. 437 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,266 Then I will have no one. 438 00:25:50,266 --> 00:25:51,566 You have me. 439 00:25:54,333 --> 00:25:55,900 I will help you. 440 00:25:55,900 --> 00:26:14,166 ♪ 441 00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:16,466 France is grateful for your service. 442 00:26:18,333 --> 00:26:20,533 If I go now... 443 00:26:20,533 --> 00:26:23,566 all the work we've done, it will be for nothing. 444 00:26:23,566 --> 00:26:27,200 ♪ 445 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,366 I see. 446 00:26:28,366 --> 00:26:48,366 ♪ 447 00:26:48,366 --> 00:26:49,766 Felicité, whispering: Clothes. 448 00:26:49,766 --> 00:26:52,700 ♪ 449 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,200 There's a carriage waiting outside 450 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,266 in the name Monsieur Henri. 451 00:26:56,266 --> 00:26:58,166 [Whispering] What about the guards? 452 00:26:58,166 --> 00:26:59,833 They've been bribed. 453 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,666 Even him? 454 00:27:02,666 --> 00:27:04,133 No. 455 00:27:04,133 --> 00:27:06,466 He might take a little extra persuasion. 456 00:27:07,866 --> 00:27:09,766 You might find the filling a little sharp. 457 00:27:09,766 --> 00:28:09,466 ♪ 458 00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:13,133 What is going on with Louis? 459 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,200 He's not turning up to any of his meetings. 460 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:19,466 -He's been resting. -There is no time. 461 00:28:19,466 --> 00:28:21,300 He needs a new financial controller. 462 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:24,800 -He's aware. -The Assembly was chaos. 463 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,433 -And Paris, it is out of cont-- -Shh! 464 00:28:27,433 --> 00:28:32,233 People are openly spouting dissent without fear of censure. 465 00:28:32,233 --> 00:28:34,600 Louis must deal with it. He can't just hide away. 466 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,166 -I must see him. -He's not taking visitors. 467 00:28:37,166 --> 00:28:39,266 Well, if you won't tell him what's happening, then I will. 468 00:28:39,266 --> 00:28:41,466 He is not taking any visit-- 469 00:28:41,466 --> 00:28:42,600 Nurse! 470 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,833 ♪ 471 00:28:45,833 --> 00:28:47,800 You've rested long enough. 472 00:28:50,033 --> 00:28:53,566 Louis? What are you doing? 473 00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:55,766 I tried to map the... 474 00:28:55,766 --> 00:28:58,400 the course of La Perouse, but I couldn't. 475 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,800 Marie: I told you to leave him. 476 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,766 -Leave him. -Provence: He's not dressed. 477 00:29:05,766 --> 00:29:07,100 -He's not well. -Go! 478 00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:14,433 ♪ 479 00:29:14,433 --> 00:29:17,833 Marie: Louis. Louis. Come on. 480 00:29:17,833 --> 00:29:20,500 They're blaming you for this. They are blaming you for this. 481 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,100 They're calling you Madame Deficit, 482 00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:23,266 -and it's--it's my fault. -Well, I don't care 483 00:29:23,266 --> 00:29:25,066 what they call me! 484 00:29:25,066 --> 00:29:27,933 -But I can't do anything. -Oh, you can, you can. 485 00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,133 -You can. You must. -I can't do anything. 486 00:29:30,133 --> 00:29:31,600 -Look at me. Look at me. -I can't rule! 487 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:36,966 ♪ 488 00:29:36,966 --> 00:29:38,200 I can't rule. 489 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,666 ♪ 490 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,500 You sent for me? 491 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,933 What do I need to know? 492 00:29:54,933 --> 00:29:56,433 About what? 493 00:29:58,433 --> 00:30:02,066 Politics. The economy. Everything. 494 00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:05,733 -The King-- -Is temporarily indisposed. 495 00:30:05,733 --> 00:30:09,733 Oh, my gosh. My mother ruled an empire. 496 00:30:09,733 --> 00:30:13,966 I'm sure I can look after France for a day or two. 497 00:30:13,966 --> 00:30:18,933 Now, tell me. What's going on? 498 00:30:18,933 --> 00:30:21,733 The Assembly of Notables has failed. 499 00:30:21,733 --> 00:30:25,866 And the economy is hanging by a thread. 500 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:27,766 We need money now. 501 00:30:27,766 --> 00:30:29,333 How much? 502 00:30:29,333 --> 00:30:32,400 Somewhere in the region of 500 million. 503 00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:38,066 Can we get another loan from Parlement? 504 00:30:38,066 --> 00:30:40,066 Unlikely. 505 00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:43,100 They are furious about the prospect of tax reform. 506 00:30:45,066 --> 00:30:47,600 Then we must put their minds at ease. 507 00:30:52,033 --> 00:30:55,166 Who's our most vocal opponent in Parlement? 508 00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:57,033 Malherbe. 509 00:30:57,033 --> 00:30:58,566 Bring him to me. 510 00:31:01,733 --> 00:31:03,333 One more thing, Your Majesty. 511 00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:09,266 Please make it good news. 512 00:31:09,266 --> 00:31:12,466 I'm afraid Jeanne La Motte has escaped from prison. 513 00:31:12,466 --> 00:31:19,233 ♪ 514 00:31:19,233 --> 00:31:20,733 Josephine, voice-over: Does your heart not ache 515 00:31:20,733 --> 00:31:22,566 in the absence of our exchanges? 516 00:31:22,566 --> 00:31:25,133 ♪ 517 00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:28,000 Perhaps you found my correspondence dull. 518 00:31:29,366 --> 00:31:32,433 This will be the last I write. 519 00:31:32,433 --> 00:31:34,033 I will trouble you no more. 520 00:31:34,033 --> 00:31:36,900 ♪ 521 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:39,200 [Sobbing] 522 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,066 ♪ 523 00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:43,966 [Door opens] 524 00:31:43,966 --> 00:31:45,533 The Queen is meeting with Malherbe. 525 00:31:45,533 --> 00:31:47,266 Well, that's nice. 526 00:31:47,266 --> 00:31:52,100 For God's sake, wake up! This is serious. 527 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:53,900 Louis has genuinely lost his mind. 528 00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:55,600 Well, isn't that what you wanted? 529 00:32:00,566 --> 00:32:01,700 I don't know. 530 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:02,933 [Josephine sighs] 531 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,333 I didn't want her ruling in his place. 532 00:32:09,233 --> 00:32:10,633 What should we do? 533 00:32:10,633 --> 00:32:14,333 I don't know. It doesn't matter. 534 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:18,766 What--what do you mean? 535 00:32:18,766 --> 00:32:20,066 [Sighs] 536 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:24,366 It's all so pointless. 537 00:32:27,366 --> 00:32:29,600 [Sobbing] 538 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,400 She abandoned me and... 539 00:32:33,366 --> 00:32:35,466 [Sobbing continues] 540 00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:52,333 Your Majesty. 541 00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:53,833 Thank you for coming. 542 00:32:53,833 --> 00:32:55,500 Uh, where is-- 543 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:57,266 The King is on urgent business. 544 00:32:57,266 --> 00:33:01,000 I speak as his ambassador. 545 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,633 This is most irregular. 546 00:33:03,633 --> 00:33:05,833 These are irregular times. 547 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:16,133 Now, politics are not my forte. 548 00:33:16,133 --> 00:33:18,100 So, obviously, I don't understand 549 00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:21,700 the details of the King's proposal, but... 550 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:25,733 he wants the Parlement to lend him 500 million livres. 551 00:33:25,733 --> 00:33:27,300 [Scoffs] 552 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,333 That's impossible. I demand to see the King. 553 00:33:29,333 --> 00:33:31,933 In--in--in return-- almost forgot-- 554 00:33:31,933 --> 00:33:33,933 he will drop his tax reforms. 555 00:33:35,566 --> 00:33:37,066 Huh. 556 00:33:37,066 --> 00:33:39,200 There will be no increased tax 557 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,333 on the church and nobility? 558 00:33:41,333 --> 00:33:43,833 Oh, no. No need to bother them. 559 00:33:43,833 --> 00:33:47,033 No need for extra taxes if the Paris Parlement 560 00:33:47,033 --> 00:33:49,233 just grants Louis the money he requires. 561 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,866 Well...it will have to be debated. 562 00:33:56,866 --> 00:33:59,033 The King respects due process. 563 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,433 Hmm. 564 00:34:02,433 --> 00:34:03,600 Tea? 565 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,233 [Indistinct chatter] 566 00:34:10,766 --> 00:34:18,666 ♪ 567 00:34:18,666 --> 00:34:21,066 Louis: Why are they still talking? 568 00:34:21,066 --> 00:34:23,166 Marie: It's just a formality. 569 00:34:23,166 --> 00:34:25,533 Once they agree the loan, we can go back. 570 00:34:25,533 --> 00:34:30,933 ♪ 571 00:34:30,933 --> 00:34:34,133 -I have had enough of this. -Louis, just a little longer. 572 00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:37,000 Just a little longer. 573 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,700 -No, I've had enough. -No, Louis, no, no. 574 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,000 Louis, please, please. 575 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,366 You have debated long enough. 576 00:34:41,366 --> 00:34:42,966 [Chatter continues] 577 00:34:45,133 --> 00:34:47,033 [Loudly] You have debated long enough! 578 00:34:51,100 --> 00:34:53,200 The matter is decided. 579 00:34:54,566 --> 00:34:56,400 You will give me the loan I require. 580 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,266 Majesty, we must follow proceedings. 581 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:04,533 He's right, Louis. Please sit down. 582 00:35:04,533 --> 00:35:08,100 My--my word is enough for this to pass. 583 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:10,633 I command this edict to be registered! 584 00:35:12,466 --> 00:35:14,400 Orleans: Registration without the consent of Parlement 585 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:15,900 is illegal. 586 00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:19,266 It is legal because I am King and I want it! 587 00:35:19,266 --> 00:35:21,366 Monsieur President, 588 00:35:21,366 --> 00:35:24,533 His Majesty's request must be declared null and void. 589 00:35:26,233 --> 00:35:28,733 The Duke of Orleans is correct. 590 00:35:30,966 --> 00:35:33,133 The King's demand for a loan is denied. 591 00:35:33,133 --> 00:35:37,166 No. No! 592 00:35:37,166 --> 00:35:38,333 Traitor. 593 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:42,433 You are a traitor. You're all traitors, everyone. 594 00:35:42,433 --> 00:35:48,400 ♪ 595 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,366 The King's behavior demonstrates 596 00:35:50,366 --> 00:35:52,666 that Parlement must have the power to protect France 597 00:35:52,666 --> 00:35:54,333 from royal despotism. 598 00:35:57,433 --> 00:36:00,733 The crown must be held accountable for its actions, 599 00:36:00,733 --> 00:36:03,200 or France is vulnerable to tyrannical rule. 600 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,000 [Applause] 601 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,533 [Cheering and applause] 602 00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:25,666 ♪ 603 00:36:25,666 --> 00:36:26,766 Put me down! 604 00:36:26,766 --> 00:36:38,266 ♪ 605 00:36:38,266 --> 00:36:41,233 Let me guess, a letter from the King. 606 00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:43,800 We should do this somewhere more private. 607 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,066 No. Let's do it here. 608 00:36:46,066 --> 00:36:52,100 ♪ 609 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:55,233 I've been banished from Versailles again! 610 00:36:55,233 --> 00:36:57,400 [Cheers and applause] 611 00:37:02,966 --> 00:37:04,566 [Crickets chirping] 612 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,733 Ah. First Marguerite, now Orleans. 613 00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:16,433 If Louis keeps banishing people, 614 00:37:16,433 --> 00:37:18,433 you'll be ruling from an empty palace. 615 00:37:24,966 --> 00:37:28,433 You imagine that alcohol consoles you. 616 00:37:28,433 --> 00:37:30,400 I can see why. 617 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,800 But it's blunting your wits, Josephine. 618 00:37:36,633 --> 00:37:38,433 I've seen the papers 619 00:37:38,433 --> 00:37:40,300 regarding Marguerite's exile. 620 00:37:41,933 --> 00:37:48,433 ♪ 621 00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:51,366 Provence and Adelaide were behind it. 622 00:37:52,566 --> 00:37:55,500 Neither Louis nor I have acted against you. 623 00:37:57,766 --> 00:38:01,033 Pick your side carefully. 624 00:38:01,033 --> 00:38:10,100 ♪ 625 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,666 Where are they?! 626 00:38:12,666 --> 00:38:14,700 [Breathing heavily] 627 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:20,366 ♪ 628 00:38:20,366 --> 00:38:21,933 [Sobbing] 629 00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:39,666 ♪ 630 00:38:39,666 --> 00:38:42,266 Marguerite, voice-over: I am tormented. 631 00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:45,466 Each hour that passes reminds me of your indifference. 632 00:38:46,833 --> 00:38:50,166 My husband keeps me confined and guarded. 633 00:38:50,166 --> 00:38:53,300 I plot every hour to find a way back to you. 634 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:57,500 I will have my revenge on this man who has wronged me. 635 00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:10,533 ♪ 636 00:39:10,533 --> 00:39:11,833 Mr. Necker. 637 00:39:14,633 --> 00:39:16,466 You remember this room? 638 00:39:16,466 --> 00:39:19,233 I occupied it for many years. 639 00:39:19,233 --> 00:39:21,100 While you ran up the deficit. 640 00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:22,866 Yes. 641 00:39:22,866 --> 00:39:25,600 And yet the people loved you. 642 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,866 For some reason, they still do. 643 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:32,400 The King doesn't share their admiration for you, 644 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,600 and neither do I. 645 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,966 But it has been decided that you should return to government 646 00:39:37,966 --> 00:39:40,066 as financial controller. 647 00:39:40,066 --> 00:39:43,600 Thank you, but I no longer seek office. 648 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,266 This is not a request. 649 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,733 You got us into this mess. 650 00:39:51,733 --> 00:39:54,433 Now get us out of it. 651 00:39:54,433 --> 00:39:57,166 Unfortunately, it seems you're the only one who can do that. 652 00:40:00,233 --> 00:40:02,266 We look forward to hearing your proposals. 653 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:06,300 ♪ 654 00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:07,600 [Door closes] 655 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:14,166 ♪ 656 00:40:14,166 --> 00:40:17,800 ♪ 657 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:52,800 ♪ 658 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,533 La Motte: What are you wearing? 659 00:40:57,633 --> 00:41:00,733 Trousers. I like them. 660 00:41:04,033 --> 00:41:05,733 What did I miss? 661 00:41:06,966 --> 00:41:09,733 Swedish invasion. 662 00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:11,300 Fersen must really love her. 663 00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:13,766 [Clattering] 664 00:41:13,766 --> 00:41:15,600 [Thunder rumbles] 665 00:41:19,833 --> 00:41:22,000 Now you try? 666 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,400 [Baby chatters and laughs] 667 00:41:35,066 --> 00:41:36,666 [Baby fussing] 668 00:41:44,833 --> 00:41:55,200 ♪ 669 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:59,433 Uh...hey, come on, we're going to go. 670 00:41:59,433 --> 00:42:02,800 Got to go now. Let's go. 671 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:04,200 [Baby fusses] 672 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,400 Uh, Nurse? Can you fetch the Dauphin? 673 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:14,033 ♪ 674 00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:15,066 [Nurse gasps] 675 00:42:15,066 --> 00:42:20,533 ♪ 676 00:42:20,533 --> 00:42:21,766 Quickly now, come along. 677 00:42:21,766 --> 00:43:41,166 ♪ 678 00:43:41,166 --> 00:43:45,366 Fersen: Back home, it's tradition for the father to... 679 00:43:45,366 --> 00:43:47,066 to build the coffin. 680 00:43:49,866 --> 00:43:51,900 He goes out to collect spruce 681 00:43:51,900 --> 00:43:55,033 and thistle down to make a mattress... 682 00:43:57,033 --> 00:44:00,633 so he's sure that the child's comfortable, even in death. 683 00:44:00,633 --> 00:44:04,600 ♪ 684 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,666 The doctor said she didn't suffer. 685 00:44:06,666 --> 00:44:09,833 ♪ 686 00:44:09,833 --> 00:44:12,433 She just slipped away... 687 00:44:12,433 --> 00:44:15,166 ♪ 688 00:44:15,166 --> 00:44:16,733 in her sleep. 689 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:20,600 [Knock on door] 690 00:44:24,366 --> 00:44:26,233 I'm sorry, but I must speak with the Queen. 691 00:44:26,233 --> 00:44:28,533 -Can't it wait? -I'm afraid not. 692 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:31,700 The situation in the countryside is worse 693 00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:33,300 than we originally thought. 694 00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:39,600 Go on. 695 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,833 The peasants were already hungry 696 00:44:41,833 --> 00:44:45,166 before the storm wiped out the harvest. 697 00:44:45,166 --> 00:44:48,633 Now more starving people are heading to Paris 698 00:44:48,633 --> 00:44:50,566 looking for food. 699 00:44:50,566 --> 00:44:53,033 We need to provide more aid. 700 00:44:53,033 --> 00:44:56,100 But do we have the resources? The deficit-- 701 00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:58,233 We have been making savings, yes. 702 00:44:58,233 --> 00:44:59,900 Not enough to make a difference. 703 00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:04,500 We can't let people starve 704 00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:07,033 because of a stupid hailstorm. 705 00:45:07,033 --> 00:45:09,633 There are also other factors at play. 706 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,066 Our agents suspect Orleans is buying up grain 707 00:45:14,066 --> 00:45:16,766 and storing it for himself. 708 00:45:16,766 --> 00:45:19,400 -Oh, my God. -Do you want him arrested? 709 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:23,600 We--we can't act on suspicions. 710 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,100 Every move we make 711 00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:27,633 only increases his popularity with the people. 712 00:45:27,633 --> 00:45:30,700 -Well, how do we proceed? -[Sighs] 713 00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:33,633 We--we... 714 00:45:33,633 --> 00:45:35,566 What about Louis? 715 00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:37,166 Is he aware of this? 716 00:45:38,333 --> 00:45:41,666 His nerves are still bad. 717 00:45:41,666 --> 00:45:44,200 I thought it better to come to you. 718 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,033 ♪ 719 00:45:47,033 --> 00:45:48,633 [Bells tolling] 720 00:45:50,633 --> 00:45:52,566 We hardly talk these days. 721 00:45:52,566 --> 00:45:54,633 I am busy with my cause. 722 00:45:54,633 --> 00:45:56,666 Ah, yes, abolition. 723 00:45:56,666 --> 00:46:00,100 Little tip-- if you want to achieve anything, 724 00:46:00,100 --> 00:46:02,533 you have to play dirty. 725 00:46:02,533 --> 00:46:04,766 What do you mean? 726 00:46:04,766 --> 00:46:07,466 Is there any bread? We're starving. 727 00:46:07,466 --> 00:46:10,133 Woman: Please, please, sir. Just a bit of bread. 728 00:46:10,133 --> 00:46:12,833 Woman: Please, sir, just some bread. Please. 729 00:46:12,833 --> 00:46:15,900 -Take that hailstorm. -A dreadful disaster. 730 00:46:15,900 --> 00:46:19,566 Yes, but also an opportunity. 731 00:46:19,566 --> 00:46:22,566 An enterprising man can make capital in a time of shortage. 732 00:46:22,566 --> 00:46:30,100 ♪ 733 00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:33,700 Peasants are killing themselves to escape hunger, 734 00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:35,400 and you want to make money from misery? 735 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,033 Not money. Capital. 736 00:46:38,033 --> 00:46:40,033 Political capital. 737 00:46:40,033 --> 00:46:42,066 Versailles has no money to help them. 738 00:46:42,066 --> 00:46:43,900 Perhaps they will turn their allegiance to someone 739 00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:46,666 who can actually feed them. 740 00:46:46,666 --> 00:46:49,400 You're despicable. 741 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,600 No. I mean it. 742 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:57,966 ♪ 743 00:46:57,966 --> 00:46:59,866 Good luck with your cause. 744 00:46:59,866 --> 00:47:02,200 If you're going to take the moral high ground, 745 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:03,466 you'll need it. 746 00:47:07,466 --> 00:47:08,766 Everyone! 747 00:47:08,766 --> 00:47:10,666 [Crowd quiets] 748 00:47:10,666 --> 00:47:13,966 Tell the people to come to the door of my kitchen. 749 00:47:13,966 --> 00:47:16,000 I have plenty of bread to share. 750 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,600 [Crowd murmurs] 751 00:47:20,166 --> 00:47:22,300 Necker: My popularity has given the market a boost, 752 00:47:22,300 --> 00:47:25,133 but the fundamental problem of the debt remains. 753 00:47:25,133 --> 00:47:27,200 Why did you lie? 754 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:28,800 About the deficit. 755 00:47:31,966 --> 00:47:33,266 Speak. 756 00:47:34,566 --> 00:47:38,233 Sometimes one must tell a monarch what he wants to hear. 757 00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:40,933 [Muffled laugh] 758 00:47:47,366 --> 00:47:49,866 Tell me the truth. 759 00:47:49,866 --> 00:47:51,933 Tell me only the truth. 760 00:47:55,500 --> 00:47:57,566 To save the economy, the King must 761 00:47:57,566 --> 00:48:00,566 enact his tax reforms immediately. 762 00:48:00,566 --> 00:48:03,100 -How? -The only way to do that 763 00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:05,300 is to call an estates general. 764 00:48:05,300 --> 00:48:08,800 -A what? -An old institution. 765 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:10,966 Representatives of the clergy, 766 00:48:10,966 --> 00:48:13,900 nobility, and commoners gather to advise the King. 767 00:48:13,900 --> 00:48:15,700 Necker, I've never heard of it. 768 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:17,966 That's because the estates general hasn't gathered 769 00:48:17,966 --> 00:48:19,666 for over 100 years. 770 00:48:21,766 --> 00:48:25,133 Well, what if-- if we do nothing? 771 00:48:25,133 --> 00:48:27,400 Famine. Rising prices. 772 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:31,366 A rebellious aristocracy eager to limit the King's power. 773 00:48:31,366 --> 00:48:33,666 Yes. Something will snap. 774 00:48:33,666 --> 00:48:36,600 You must talk to the King. 775 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,866 You have to convince him 776 00:48:38,866 --> 00:48:41,166 to summon the estates general immediately. 777 00:48:41,166 --> 00:49:00,400 ♪ 778 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,533 Marie, voice-over: I asked you to come because, 779 00:49:02,533 --> 00:49:05,900 well, everything got too much-- 780 00:49:05,900 --> 00:49:09,866 the deficit, Vergennes, Sophie. 781 00:49:09,866 --> 00:49:13,000 ♪ 782 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:16,866 Louis needs time and rest. 783 00:49:16,866 --> 00:49:20,100 ♪ 784 00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:21,566 And me. 785 00:49:23,733 --> 00:49:26,366 The country also needs me, so I'm just... 786 00:49:26,366 --> 00:49:28,700 Between my duties and the children, I... 787 00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:31,166 -I don't know how to-- -You're sending me away. 788 00:49:31,166 --> 00:49:32,566 No, I'm, I'm-- 789 00:49:32,566 --> 00:49:33,633 Well, that is what it sounds like. 790 00:49:33,633 --> 00:49:35,200 I'm split into too many pieces. 791 00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,600 Now? Seriously? 792 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,866 No, I'm...I just, I don't have time 793 00:49:39,866 --> 00:49:41,966 for a private life, not at the moment. 794 00:49:41,966 --> 00:49:47,800 ♪ 795 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:48,833 It's fine. 796 00:49:48,833 --> 00:50:02,533 ♪ 797 00:50:02,533 --> 00:50:04,133 Felicité: Hot off the press. 798 00:50:05,733 --> 00:50:07,533 Jeanne La Motte de Valois, 799 00:50:07,533 --> 00:50:10,400 "My Life at Versailles." 800 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,733 -Any good? -The crown is gonna hate it. 801 00:50:13,733 --> 00:50:17,833 ♪ 802 00:50:17,833 --> 00:50:19,800 "Oh, I have some strong opinions 803 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:23,266 Orleans and Jeanne: about the government of my country"... 804 00:50:23,266 --> 00:50:25,300 Jeanne: One day, I hope to see a government 805 00:50:25,300 --> 00:50:28,466 that dispenses freedom and happiness... 806 00:50:28,466 --> 00:50:36,466 ♪ 807 00:50:36,466 --> 00:50:38,666 and the abolishment of institutions 808 00:50:38,666 --> 00:50:41,333 that give one class of men the impunity 809 00:50:41,333 --> 00:50:43,200 to oppress another. 810 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:51,200 ♪ 811 00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,233 But let it be known 812 00:50:53,233 --> 00:50:56,300 that whatever ingenuity my enemies use to turn the tide 813 00:50:56,300 --> 00:50:59,266 of popular prejudice against me, 814 00:50:59,266 --> 00:51:04,633 I will seat myself here, firmly on the rock of truth, 815 00:51:04,633 --> 00:51:07,633 even as the angry waves of falsehood 816 00:51:07,633 --> 00:51:09,766 break with fury at my feet. 817 00:51:09,766 --> 00:51:31,233 ♪ 818 00:51:35,333 --> 00:51:41,400 ♪ 819 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,200 The DVD version of this program 820 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,066 is available online and in stores. 821 00:51:46,066 --> 00:51:47,633 This program is also available 822 00:51:47,633 --> 00:51:48,866 with PBS Passport 823 00:51:48,866 --> 00:51:51,333 and on Amazon Prime Video 824 00:51:51,333 --> 00:52:15,433 ♪