Richelieu ou La journée des dupes (1983)
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Directors
Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld
Cast
Patrick Raynal, Didier Sandre, Dominique Blanchar, Sophie de La Rochefoucauld, François Darbon, Dominique Blanc, Philippe Nahon, Luigi Miserotti, Gilles Amiot, Jean-Yves Dubois, Stéphane Gildas, Philippe Clévenot, Henri Marteau, Dominique Constanza, Robin Renucci
As Louis XIII recovers from a grave illness, Cardinal Richelieu’s political fate hangs on a promise the king made while he believed he was dying.
The story
Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII’s prime minister and principal adviser, faces a conspiracy led by the queen mother, Marie de’ Medici, who seeks to remove him from power. Deeply devout and close to the Spanish faction, she opposes Richelieu’s policy against the Catholic Habsburgs and his alliances with the Huguenot states of Germany. At Louis XIII’s request, Richelieu tries to reconcile with her, but the effort fails. After a campaign in Italy, the king falls gravely ill, and his mother secures a promise that he will dismiss Richelieu if he recovers.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII’s prime minister and principal adviser, falls victim to a conspiracy led by the queen mother, Marie de’ Medici, who is trying to have him removed from power. Deeply devout and close to the Spanish faction, she disapproves of his policy against the Catholic Habsburgs and his alliances with the Huguenot states of Germany. On Louis XIII’s orders, Richelieu tries to reconcile with her, but in vain. Shortly after a campaign in Italy, the King of France falls gravely ill. His mother then makes him promise to get rid of Richelieu if he recovers. She thinks she has won, but against all expectations, on the [date unspecified], following a series of melodramatic events, Louis XIII, still convalescing, refuses to keep a promise extorted from him when he believed he was dying. Committed to safeguarding the state, he ultimately renews his confidence in Richelieu and condemns Marie de’ Medici to exile.
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