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One Nation, One King (Un peuple et son roi)
Pierre Schoeller directs a sweeping French history lesson covering the years 1789 to 1793 when Louis XVI when beheaded by guillotine, sounding the death knell for the monarchy during French Revolution. Intellectuals including Marat (Denis Lavant) and Robespierre (Louis Garrel) use their finely crafted words to galvanise the National Assembly while an enraged mob of thousands gathers for the Women's March on Versailles. Laundry woman Francoise (Adele Haenel) is compelled to become an activist and embroils her lover Basile (Gaspard Ulliel) in the uproar. As the winds of change sweep through France, Louis XVI (Laurent Lafitte) staggers unwittingly towards his grim fate.
