About the life of Louis XIV nicknamed "the Sun King", the King of France who ran a glamorous court, expanded the borders of France, loved women and parties and built an incredible palace for himself.
1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are isolated and vulnerable for the first time in their lives.
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.
Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
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.