The King's Daughters

The King's Daughters (2000)

Saint-Cyr

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

Date of release
2000-05-17
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Director
Patricia Mazuy

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 5. Including: Prix Jean Vigo; Youth Award

The King's Daughters is a 2000 period drama film directed by Patricia Mazuy. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. It was adapted from the novel La maison d’Esther by Yves Dangerfield.

Production

Filming took place at the Abbaye aux Hommes and the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen, at the Abbaye Saint-Martin de Sées in Sées (Orne), on the grounds of the Château de Sassy, the marshes of Colombières and Troarn, the gardens of the Château de Canon, and at the Château de Villette (Val-d'Oise).

In December 2024, testifying before the French parliamentary inquiry commission on violence in cinema and audiovisual, Nina Meurisse recounted the trauma she experienced while filming two controversial scenes in this movie at the age of 12.

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