Movie Info: La putain du roi (1990)

Director: Axel Corti

Writer: Axel Corti, Daniel Vigne, Derek Marlowe, Frederic Raphael, Jacques Tournier, Timothy Grimes

Genre: Drama, Film Based On A Novel, History, Romance

In 'La putain du roi', King Victor Amadeus II of Piedmont falls madly in love with Jeanne, the wife of one of his courtiers, upon their first meeting. Despite Jeanne's loyalty to her husband and resistance towards the king's advances, he becomes obsessed with her. The entire court pressures Jeanne t...