

The Death of Louis XIV
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $17.4K
- Language
- French
- biography
- old man
- king
- 18th century
- louis xiv
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France, Spain, Portugal
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival6 Oct 2016
- Theatrical (limited)31 Mar 2017
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon Film Festival10 Oct 2016
- Theatrical14 Jul 2017
- Physical20 Nov 2017
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival31 Jul 2016
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2016
BrazilBR
- Theatrical26 Jan 2017
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival19 May 2016
- TheatricalU2 Nov 2016
GermanyDE
- Premiere12Munich International Film Festival29 Jun 2016
IsraelIL
- PremiereJerusalem Film Festival10 Jul 2016
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG26 May 2018
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1220 Jul 2017
- Physical12DVD21 May 2019
New ZealandNZ
- PremiereNew Zealand International Film Festival21 Jul 2016
PolandPL
- Premiere12New Horizons Film Festival26 Jul 2016
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The Death of Louis XIV was released on 2 November 2016.
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CinemaSerf
4/19/2023
I was wondering, as I watched this, just how the last few days of Queen Elizabeth II - herself reigning for almost as long - might have looked in comparison with this depiction of the last few days of the acclaimed 'Sun King". Somehow, I doubt she would have been surrounded by quite such a grouping of acolytes and sycophants. Such a collection of quacks and hangers-on riddled with an obsequiousness that would have ma…
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