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Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975
Drama
1h 59m
France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion lead by a Breton squire and of the famine to become archbishop... Description of the life of the court in this period of transition where the French Revolution smoulders.
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Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975
Drama
1h 59m
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Rated 09 Oct 2013
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Rated 08 Aug 2011
74
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The tangles of political intrigue can become dizzying, a situation compounded by Tavernier's occasional disinterest in trying to clarify matters. He's more interest in exposing the casual duplicity of the ruling class and the way they marinate themselves in pure decadence until it seems their very souls are rotting away. The lucidity of the film may waver, but its passion is always strikingly clear.

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