Jeanne Vaubernier (Maïwenn), bir işçi sınıfı ailesinden gelen, kültür ve zevk tutkunu genç bir kadındır. Zekâsı ve cazibesi sayesinde sosyal merdivenleri adım adım tırmanır. Sevgilisi Kont du Barry (Melvil Poupaud), Jeanne'in entrikaları sayesinde zenginleşmiş bir soyludur ve onu saraya sokmak için etkili bir aracı, Richelieu Dükü (Pierre Richard) aracılığıyla Kral XV. Louis ile tanıştırır.Jeanne, sarayda kralın gözüne girer ve onun son resmi metresi olur. Bu ilişki, kıskanç bir saray entrikası ve fısıltıları arasında gelişir.Film, Jeanne'in yoksulluktan lüks bir hayata geçişini, sarayın entrikalarını ve bu yasak aşkın trajik sonuçlarını anlatır.
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
When French painter Pierre Bonnard met Marthe de Méligny, he didn’t know this self-proclaimed aristocrat would become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, she became more than just a muse for the “painter of happiness”, appearing in more than a third of his work. Together, they reached their artistic fulfillment thanks to a colourful love, different from the standards of their time, nurturing the great mystery around their relationship. Based on a true story.