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Farewell, My Queen 2012

Directed by Benoît Jacquot · 100 mins · 1,918 views

2.9 Letterboxd 3.10(9,196)
Ratings C L F J K R L E R T

Synopsis

A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.

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Reviews (70)

  1. C
    Celeste 8 月 24, 2026

    not gay enough

    130
  2. L
    Laura 8 月 24, 2026

    i feel a slight bit queerbaited

    76 2
  3. F
    feronia 8 月 24, 2026

    more lesbianism would have been nice

    88
  4. J
    jessica lauren 8 月 24, 2026

    before the proletariat storm versailles anyone wanna admit they got a crush on me 🥺👉🏼👈🏼

    287
  5. K
    KYK 8 月 24, 2026

    love this gritty, gay marie antoinette!!! i adore the sofia coppola version too, but farewell, my queen is a perfect antidote/companion. it ditches the head-in-the-clouds lavishness of coppola’s film and trades it for claustrophobic frenzy over the span of four dramatic days — which sometimes feel as if they unfold over real time. jacquot masterfully shows the air of formality starting to wear off in dire times but also the stubbornness and duty and pride of the people whose lives are being turned upside down. lea seydoux is one of my favorite cinematic presences and she’s so magnetic in every scene, playing the queen’s reader. she’s sharp, secretive, inquisitive, and charming. and it’s through her eyes we see the demise of…

    51
  6. R
    Rodrigo Homsi 8 月 24, 2026

    Diane Kruger como Maria Antonieta, Virginie Ledoyen como a paixão proibida da rainha e Léa Seydoux é a leitora / admiradora da realeza, submissa como só uma pessoa devota e apaixonada consegue ser. O roteiro retrata o período subsequente a “Queda da Bastilha”, da Revolução se aproximando de Versailles onde estava Maria Antonieta e o rei, os acontecimentos são retratados pelo olhar da leitora da rainha. O medo se instalando no Palácio, a fuga da nobreza e o desespero de Maria Antonieta por perder sua paixão e as suas jóias.

    49 2
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    Lyd 8 月 24, 2026

    I wish Coppola’s version had been gay. The production design and filming style was kind of understated and I really wish they had gone the extra mile to make it more overwhelmingly reminiscent of the era, but the story is pretty interesting and Diane Kruger is a seriously beautiful queen.

    85
  8. E
    Elle 8 月 24, 2026

    *pounds fists on table* MORE. HISTORIC. LESBIANS. MORE. HISTORIC. LESBIANS.

    357 1
  9. R
    riva_ 8 月 24, 2026

    let them eat coochie

    172
  10. T
    Tatiana Sofia🧼 8 月 24, 2026

    Queer Clickbait

    107 1
  11. A
    Amy Andrews 8 月 24, 2026

    This was simultaneously everything and nothing. You know what I mean?

    58
  12. S
    Sisyphebel 8 月 17, 2026

    I thought this one is okay.

  13. L
    liv 8 月 16, 2026

    queerbaited by a movie set during the french revolution…

  14. F
    fona 8 月 16, 2026

    doomed yuri i wish it was sidonie’s and antoinette’s story god i love diane kruger

    1
  15. L
    lexyy ༅ 8 月 15, 2026

    let them eat 😺

  16. N
    nadi ꕤ ݁˖ 8 月 14, 2026

    ai mulher eu já entendi que tu ama a rainha

  17. F
    fae 8 月 14, 2026

    historically accurate marie antoinette [gay]

    4
  18. S
    stardust4ever 8 月 11, 2026

    Mmm yeah, oui oui baguette?

  19. K
    Katinka_Szabo 8 月 10, 2026

    Kár, hogy ilyen unalmas.. pedig Diane Kruger és Virginie Ledoyen😍

  20. G
    gwentertainment 8 月 10, 2026

    super odd movie, I didn’t dislike it but I have to give it 2 stars because I had absolutely no idea what the point of this movie was until the last fifteen minutes and that’s really not encouraging. I think it was trying to showcase the love triangle going on but imo sidonie’s romantic attraction for the queen was not strongly enough portrayed, and while watching I was unsure if I was supposed to be reading it beyond just servitude…

  21. R
    Rye 8 月 8, 2026

    Too much history not enough lesbianism

    1
  22. C
    circlesquared 8 月 6, 2026

    ANCIENT IN AUGUST DAY 6 More on the order of something like Downfall than something like Marie Antoinette. It captured the sort of everything falling apart nature of the thing well.

  23. C
    coustong 8 月 3, 2026

    Versailles, 14 Juillet 1789 ou la chute des privilèges. et au final, seule l’Histoire reste, les gens balayés par la tempête du changement

  24. S
    SarahCarmesim 8 月 3, 2026

    Versailles no Bara já havia me dito a verdade: Maria Antonieta era sapatão. Eu acho que a sinopse, posteres e material promocional desse filme vendem algo que ele não é, uma história queer, e o queer bait é imperdoável.

  25. Y
    yang 8 月 2, 2026

    Could have been better let them eat pussy☹️🤧🤧 felt the intimacy tho

  26. J
    Julia Agatha 8 月 1, 2026

    beyond the one flaw (the fictionalization of a single aspect that really is blown out of proportion) it’s a fantastic portrayal of the events following the storming of the bastille, viewed from the ground up. tense and immersive, certain dramatizations are easily forgiven for the strength of its vision. i haven’t read the source, the novel, but from what i’ve read of it the film seems a great improvement upon it.

  27. B
    brenn026 7 月 31, 2026

    O lado mais genuíno dos arrependimentos de Maria Antonieta Uns dos fatos históricos mais marcantes tanto para o mundo como principalmente para o velho continente europeu, foi a Revolução Francesa. E aqui de fato, a direção de Benoît Jacquot almeja trazer os caprichos mais falhos para os telespectadores verificar que até mesmo poderosos da elite possuem suas limitações internas com a complexidade emocional que dificilmente possa ser reestabelcido à normalidade novamente. O desfecho do casal francês de governantes reais todos…

  28. A
    Ayah 7 月 31, 2026

    I expected a more historical film.. I’m mad she embroidered the flower but the embroiderer got the gold coins instead

    1
  29. A
    angelamrtnzzz 7 月 29, 2026

    Malísima, no entendí nada

  30. I
    i s a b e l l a 🍨 7 月 29, 2026

    I need to rw this like PROPERLY and take my time watching it but oh my god.. “Did you ever feel attracted to a woman to the point of suffering terribly when she’s not there?” Okay doomed for life i guess

    1
  31. B
    BlueMilk01 7 月 28, 2026

    Are the French just naturally touchy people?

  32. L
    lettie 7 月 27, 2026

    inimigo atemporal: amizade homoerotica

  33. A
    Amanda 7 月 27, 2026

    O requisito pra esse filme era ser linda, né? Slk, só tem tchutchuca nele. Achei q faltou mais lesbianismo aq, pois ao msm tempo q tem bastante, n tem nd mt explícito, bora lá né frança

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    𝚛𝚢𝚊𝚑 ⛰︎ 7 月 26, 2026

    lea seydoux, the set, and costumes are gorgeous! the 1700s were arguably more gay than what was going on here but i’ll take what i can get.

  35. J
    Jim Vogel 7 月 24, 2026

    The time leading up to the French Revolution through the eyes of the Marie Antoinette’s loyal commoner reader played by Lea Seydoux is a typically lavish costume drama from Benoit Jacquot. Not really concerned with the political issues of the time, the film still stays well clear of devolving into melodrama and instead delivers a strong character piece. Both Seydoux and Diane Kruger (Antoinette) deliver strong performances at the heart of the piece as the woman who would be nobody and the queen both see their lives come to abrupt changes.

  36. E
    Ellie250 7 月 22, 2026

    Where’s all the gayness I was promised?

    1
  37. I
    Isabela Santana 7 月 17, 2026

    Really? Sidonie projects in Marie Antoinette the illusion of a deep connection. However, the queen lives in a bubble of futility and self-centredness. 🙄

  38. P
    Parker 7 月 16, 2026

    even education will not save someone from submitting to fortune and detriment

  39. A
    atheistjliz 7 月 14, 2026

    An effective enough look at the inside of Versailles following the storming of the Bastille, and the crumbling of the monarchy. Kirsten Dunst’s performance in Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette is so iconic at this point that it’s almost strange to see someone else in the role. Diane Kruger sells it well enough as a more mature Marie, and I appreciate the complexity she brought here along with the queer reading of her relationship with Gabrielle. I have an aversion to…

    1
  40. M
    MDube93 7 月 14, 2026

    The script is pretty accurate towards the events even if the relationship isn’t. Stunning cinematography. “Let them eat cake” acts as a double entendre here.

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    Ilia Onegin 7 月 13, 2026

    Вайб «Бункера», но гораздо сложнее. Нечеловеческая гордость, любовная лихорадка и вздорность королевы; принимаемое за наивность благородство Сидони; «стоический цинизм» Моро; неразрешённый саспенс последних минут эффективно вплетаются в общую панораму нежданной-негаданной политической и моральной катастрофы

  42. N
    N🦖te 7 月 13, 2026

    Je m’attendais à une histoire d’amour “interdite” entre deux lesbiennes… Bah je suis déçu

  43. R
    Rizia_Betania 7 月 13, 2026

    Tudo que Sidonie precisava era de amor próprio e três tapas na cara pra tomar vergonha

  44. M
    MonsieurLambert 7 月 13, 2026

    Un enchaînement de scènes magnifiques qui peinent à être reliées par un scénario très insignifiant.

  45. G
    Giorgos Pappas 7 月 12, 2026

    A commanding, transitional performance by Seydoux, some work-of-art tableaux, but at times it does play like Jacquot’s well-dressed wet dream

    1
  46. S
    shawnlynnael 7 月 12, 2026

    Just one depressed bisexual and her tote bag living through the final days of the French monarchy in Versailles.

  47. J
    jøhan 7 月 11, 2026

    the tension was definitely there, oh yeah

  48. B
    Bobby Hillman 7 月 11, 2026

    I think movies are very funny when the plot is “hey btw what if this historical figure was just a little gay?”

  49. Y
    yasma 7 月 11, 2026

    I’ve never been so baited

  50. R
    rita 7 月 10, 2026

    kept waiting for the movie to start

  51. S
    Sweetdoll_14 7 月 9, 2026

    mw dio asco, PERO DE VDD ASCO

  52. L
    Liam Andrew 7 月 8, 2026

    Mixture of nothing and everything at the same time.

    1
  53. S
    sbrdil 7 月 7, 2026

    Is this historically accurate? I hope so

    1
  54. R
    r44yn 7 月 6, 2026

    The French Revolution is happening but I’m just here looking at Marie Antoinette.

  55. P
    pauline777 7 月 5, 2026

    The end was lowk good tbh.

  56. J
    Jacquelyn 7 月 4, 2026

    Costumes were beautiful, but needed to be 200% more gay

    1
  57. R
    rayzzrexx 7 月 4, 2026

    kinda ass but not a good ass

  58. P
    preciousangell 6 月 29, 2026

    Je crois que le film était censé montrer l’homosexualité de Marie-Antoinette, mais malheureusement, il l’a fait de manière choquante plutôt qu’originale. L’intrigue, qui aurait dû être principale, semble être reléguée au second plan. L’action s’interrompt brusquement. C’est un film moyen. Les créateurs tenaient un peu trop à l’histoire lesbienne, et au lieu d’un film historique, il s’est transformé en un film sur les lesbiennes. Au moins, les costumes sont plutôt réussis.

  59. R
    Ris 6 月 29, 2026

    Pity…..

  60. E
    Elira Spirale 6 月 28, 2026

    Je l’ai bien aimé. On voit bien le travail appliqué sur les costumes et il y a une bonne immersion dans le XVIIIe siècle (selon moi). De plus, j’aime bien les histoires queer qui se passent durant des périodes historiques. Cependant, il ne faut pas oublier que le film se base d’une rumeur démentie qui racontait que la reine aurait eu des relations avec ses amies proches. Ça reste donc une FICTION historique (c’est bien de le préciser parce qu’on…

  61. C
    cleopatra666 6 月 25, 2026

    happy pride.

  62. R
    ronjja 6 月 23, 2026

    i expected so much more

  63. M
    mizumono211 6 月 22, 2026

    what even was the point of making this

  64. L
    Loa 6 月 21, 2026

    Está peli no me aporto más que saber que desde todas las perspectivas ser María Antonieta fue un calvario

  65. 𝓢
    𝓢󠁡 6 月 20, 2026

    استفزاز اشغلوها على الفاضي

    1
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    𝖋𝖆𝖗🐀 6 月 19, 2026

    a mix of queer baiting and male gaze. i thought I would enjoy it because of the cast (especially for Léa Seydoux and Diane Kruger) but I’m really disappointed. the acting is ass, the relationship between Gabrielle and Marie was so off and very VERY underwhelming. There’s not that much of tension throughout the movie between Marie and Sidonie ? and even with Gabrielle. The whole movie is OFF. it wasn’t “realistic” enough and I really felt that a man…

    2
  67. 4
    40404 6 月 10, 2026

    大制作。剧情比较平淡人设意外地带感,更多是偏历史向,lesbian含量比较低。不知道服化道是不是有考究至少看起来是真的在努力把这段历史重现好。很美啊!想看阿黛尔的生活了

  68. M
    matthews_rads 6 月 16, 2023

    SFORBICIATW

  69. H
    HowTheWesWasWon 10 月 6, 2016

    wasn’t smart enough for this one. kept grasping at something to grasp onto. didn’t understand the main character, didn’t pick up on any substance to the promised lesbianism, was barely able to sympathize with any of the Versailles freaks

  70. I
    Isa_line 11 月 29, 2013

    mtn que je sais que c’est benoit jacquot beurk

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L Léa Seydoux Agathe-Sidonie Laborde
D Diane Kruger Marie Antoinette
V Virginie Ledoyen La duchesse Gabrielle de Polignac
N Noémie Lvovsky Henriette Genest dite Madame Campan
X Xavier Beauvois Le roi Louis XVI
M Michel Robin Jacob-Nicolas Moreau
J Julie-Marie Parmentier La servante Honorine Aubert
L Lolita Chammah La domestique Louison
M Marthe Caufman La domestique Alice
V Vladimir Consigny René dit Paolo
D Dominique Reymond Madame de Rochereuil
A Anne Benoît Rose Bertin
H Hervé Pierre L'abbé Hérissé
A Aladin Reibel L'abbé Cornu de la Balivière
J Jacques Nolot Monsieur de Jolivet
J Jacques Herlin Marquis de Vaucouleurs
M Martine Chevallier Madame de la Tour Du Pin
J Jacques Boudet Monsieur de la Tour du Pin
J Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc Le duc de Polignac
J Jean-Marc Stehlé Le maréchal de Broglie
Director Benoît Jacquot
Writer Benoît Jacquot, Gilles Taurand
Producer Jean-Pierre Guérin, Kristina Larsen, Pedro Uriol
Executive Producer Christophe Valette
Editor Luc Barnier, Nelly Ollivault
Original Music Bruno Coulais
Sound Brigitte Taillandier
Casting Antoinette Boulat
Synopsis
A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Director
Benoît Jacquot
Writer
Benoît Jacquot, Gilles Taurand
Studio
Les Films du Lendemain, GMT Productions
Country
France, Spain
Language
French, English, German, Italian
Year
2012
Runtime
100 mins

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