The background of the film is set a few days before the outbreak of the French Revolution. It tells the story of what happened in the palace on the eve of the French Revolution through the perspective of the servants of the Palace of Versailles. This ironic historical drama is also an allusion to the real society.
The setting is still gorgeous, and the clothing is still luxurious. Jacques, who has always been simple in his brushwork, has not lost a trace of the extravagance of the Palace of Versailles. Marie Antoine's material addiction, and her unbearable panic, are vividly expressed in the intersecting of the camera and the sporadic dialogue. Queen Mary, played by Diane Kruger, completes the level of the role in a righteous manner. It belongs to the king's dignity, occasionally childish and timid. Under the director's minimalist tendency, a candlelight tribute to "Barry Linton" was also freed up. Let the picture really replace the line point and subtitle annotation, explaining the local mood at that time.
"Goodbye My Queen" did not deliberately avoid the historical background like Coppola's "The Peerless Queen" , but used a "Upstairs and Downstairs" or "Downton Abbey" approach through a girl From the perspective of the "student girl" to tell the final story of Queen Mary. It has both historical heaviness and modern perspective, which is the biggest meaning of Benoît Jacquot's film. Like an antique that has been polished beautifully, following the modern but not too avant-garde, it is undoubtedly one of the works with flavor in the career of director Benoît Jacquot.
