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Slávni mušketieri sa rozhodnú, že ochránia česť koruny a aj tento raz bude ich voľba správna. To ešte netušia, že ten cynický, krutý a ľahkovážny Ľudovít XIV. vôbec nemusí byť pravým kráľom, ale jeho dvojčaťom, a skutočného panovníka nechal s maskou na tvári zatvoriť do väzenia, aby sám využíval a zneužíval jeho výsady. Tento záhadný muž so železnou maskou, ktorý sa volá Philippe a je údajne dvojčaťom istého vysokopostaveného urodzeného pána, prináša mladému kráľovi desivé nočné mory. Mladý kráľ Ľudovít XIV., vedomý si svojej absolútnej moci, nestará sa o ľud ani krajinu, iba o to, aby nevychladlo lôžko v jeho spálni, v ktorom sa pravidelne striedajú tie najpôvabnejšie dvorné dámy. No jedného dňa sa trojica mušketierov rozhodne s tým niečo urobiť. Avšak kráľa ochraňuje ich priateľ D´Artagnan.

Sabine De Barra (Kate Winslet), žena živiaca sa ako kvetinárka a záhradníčka je nečakane poctená životnou úlohou. Má vytvoriť zlatom lemovanú záhradu vo Versailles, ktorá by sa tvorila srdce celej kompozície a stala sa tak centrom dvora kráľa Ľudovíta XIV (Alan Rickman). Dokáže zvládnuť túto náročnú výzvu, prekonať tiene svojej minulosti a zabezpečiť budúcnosť pre seba a muža, ktorého miluje?

Po poprave svojho milovaného manžela Peyraca žila Angelika istý čas medzi parížskou spodinou po boku svojho priateľa z detstva Nicolasa. Po jeho smrti a mnohých dobrodružstvách sa nakoniec rozhodla vydať za bratanca Filipa de Plessis-Bellieres. Jej nový manžel nečakane zomrie na bojovom poli a Angelika je vzápätí povolaná kráľom späť na dvor, aby splnila náročnú diplomatickú úlohu. Má presvedčiť perzského veľvyslanca Batchary-Beja k podpisu zmluvy o spolupráci s Francúzskom. Bej je však jej krásou okúzlený natoľko, že ju uväzní vo svojom paláci. Zo zajatia ju síce zachráni maďarský gróf Rákoczi, dohoda je však ohrozená a kráľ zúri. Angelika je zatknutá, ale ani kráľ neodolá jej kráse. Keď však vidí, že si jej náklonnosť nezíska, pretože medzi nimi stojí tieň Peyracovej smrti, prezradí Angelike, že to nebol on, kto zomrel na hranici. Život krásnej markízy dostáva nový zmysel a ona sa vydá hľadať svojho strateného manžela...

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.

Po tom, ako Angelike sklamaný kráľ Slnko, ktorého milostné návrhy odmietla, prezradil, že jej milovaný Joffrey de Peyrac nebol upálený, ale unikol, rozhodne sa ho Angelika nájsť za každú cenu! Ujde z Paríža, svojich synov nechá u pestúnky a spolu s čudáckym Davarym sa najprv vydá na ostrov des Langoustiers, kde by sa podľa stôp mohol Peyrac ukrývať, a potom cestuje na palube kráľovskej lode na Sardíniu. Prežije útok pirátov, zúrivosť zvrhlého dobrodruha markíza d'Escrainville i trh s otrokmi, na ktorom má byť predaná. Statočne odoláva vášnivým ponukám okúzlených mužov i pokusom o znásilnenie, stále verná svojmu mužovi. Ich vytúžené stretnutie sa však skončí celkom inak, ako si obaja predstavovali - Peyracov úkryt totiž prezradia a Angeliku unesú!

May 1, 2000

In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king's newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who's authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed?

Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.

January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeship of royal power. He must face the intrigues of the great ones of the kingdom who lead La Fronde, the agreements and the betrayals of those close to him. He is helped in this by his mother Anne of Austria and by the Cardinal Mazarin.

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

The chateau of Versailles is believed to have been a dirty palace: a place where everyone tossed the contents of their chamber pots from the windows above… Yet during the chateau’s construction, Louis XIV had given thought to commodities, and several public latrines were built as well as a very modern water system. So where did this bad reputation come from?

February 1, 2019

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