
Évelyne Lever
2021Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin
David Grubin
Caroline Bernard, Philippe Altier
This was a very human account of the lives and deaths of Marie Antoinette and Louis the XVI focusing primarily on Marie. It is an account of their lives from birth to death and the circumstances leading to the downfall of the French monarchy.
Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin
Versailles, le propre et le sale
Julia Bracher
Mathieu Da Vinha, Georges Vigarello
The chateau of Versailles is believed to have been a dirty palace: a place where everyone tossed the contents of their chamber pots from the windows above… Yet during the chateau’s construction, Louis XIV had given thought to commodities, and several public latrines were built as well as a very modern water system. So where did this bad reputation come from?
Versailles' Dirty Secrets