updated: 10/09/2002
Ridicule: Survival at the French court apparently demanded both a razor wit and an acid tongue. Fanny Ardant played Madame de Blayac. Judith Gayo & Michèle Constantinides were makeup artists.
La Nuit de Varennes: Countess Sophie de la Borde (Hanna Schygulla) accompanies the royal family on their flight from revolutionary Paris in 1791, carrying the king’s robes. A moment in history where some unlikely travelling companions find themselves sharing a carriage to Varennes. Manilo Rochetti was the makeup artist for the movie.