FRI JAN 20, 2023 7:00 PM THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV $10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmaker Albert Serra Co-presented by ICAA, EGEDA US and LA OLA, made possible by Recent Spanish Cinema. ‘Albert Serra: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV – magisterially interpreted by New Wave icon and honorary Palme d’Or recipient (Jean-Pierre Léaud) – feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed. Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon and other courtiers, THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV is a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic by Albert Serra, one of today’s most singular directors. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Cinema Guild