French

OSCAR NOMINEE! BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

WINNER! 11 AWARDS AT 2013 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS!

WINNER! 3 AWARDS at 2013 JUTRA AWARDS!

Director Benoît Jacquot adapted Chantal Thomas' bestselling novel examining the genesis of the French Revolution as witnessed from the perspective of the servants closest to Marie Antoinette. July 1789: Versailles. As the people of France rise up against King Louie XVI (Xavier Beauvois), the frightened sovereigns begin plotting their escape.

Five old and aging friends, two women and three men with totally different characters, are very much alive and full of energy, yet fearful for ending their lives in a retirement home. They devise a rebellious plan to avoid this fate: to all live together in one house for the rest of their lives.