# The King Is Dancing

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Le Roi danse
| image          = Le Roi danse - DVD cover - IMDB.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Gérard Corbiau](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Corbiau)
| producer       = Dominique Janne
| writer         = Marcel Beaulieu<br />Andrée Corbiau<br />Gérard Corbiau<br />[Ève de Castro](/source/%C3%88ve_de_Castro)<br />[Didier Decoin](/source/Didier_Decoin)
| starring       = [Benoît Magimel](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Magimel)<br />[Boris Terral](/source/Boris_Terral)<br>[Tchéky Karyo](/source/Tch%C3%A9ky_Karyo)
| music          = [Jean-Baptiste Lully](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lully)<br />[Jacques Cordier](/source/Jacques_Cordier)<br />[Michel Lambert](/source/Michel_Lambert)<br />[Robert Cambert](/source/Robert_Cambert)
| cinematography = Gérard Simon
| editing        = Philippe Ravoet<br />[Ludo Troch](/source/Ludo_Troch)
| distributor    = [UGC Fox Distribution](/source/UGC_Fox_Distribution)
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2000|12|6|Belgium and France|2001|2|8|Germany}}
| runtime        = 115 minutes
| country        = France<br />Germany<br />Belgium
| language       = French
| budget         =
}}
'''''The King Dances''''' ('''''Le Roi danse''''') is a 2000 [costume drama](/source/Historical_drama) film co-written and directed by [Gérard Corbiau](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Corbiau) based on [Philippe Beaussant](/source/Philippe_Beaussant)'s biography of [Jean-Baptiste Lully](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lully), ''Lully ou le musicien du soleil'' (1992). The film, presenting libertine Lully as a natural ally of the early [Enlightenment](/source/Age_of_Enlightenment) figure [Louis XIV](/source/Louis_XIV) of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with [Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re) and rivalry with [Robert Cambert](/source/Robert_Cambert).

==Plot==
Lully starts to gain the favour of the 14-year-old King Louis in 1653 by giving him specially designed shoes for ''[Ballet Royal de la Nuit](/source/Ballet_Royal_de_la_Nuit)''. His subsequent rise draws hostility from the old cadres of the court, particularly the royal composer Cambert. 

Following [Cardinal Mazarin](/source/Cardinal_Mazarin)'s death, Louis installs himself in full power as the king in 1661. He is now at stake with the religious establishment created and controlled by his mother [Anne of Austria](/source/Anne_of_Austria) at the [Palais-Royal](/source/Palais-Royal). On the other hand, Lully's animosity with Cambert comes to a novel dimension after Cambert's mistress Madeleine Lambert, the daughter of [Michel Lambert](/source/Michel_Lambert), marries Lully in 1662. 

Lully and another [Versailles](/source/Palace_of_Versailles) favourite, Molière, are keen to further disarm the old court. The duo get to understand their own limitations when conflict becomes more manifest at events such as the staging (and consequent ban) of ''[Tartuffe](/source/Tartuffe)'' in 1664. Meanwhile, the passing years bring an end to Lully's position as the king's dance teacher and choreographer and he also has to face the emotional tensions growing with his wife's niece Julie, which will culminate at the gala of Cambert's ''[Pomone](/source/Pomone_(opera))'' in 1671.

==Cast==
* [Benoît Magimel](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Magimel) as [Louis XIV](/source/Louis_XIV)
** Emil Tarding as the young Louis XIV
* [Boris Terral](/source/Boris_Terral) as [Jean-Baptiste Lully](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lully)
* [Tchéky Karyo](/source/Tch%C3%A9ky_Karyo) as [Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re)
* [Johan Leysen](/source/Johan_Leysen) as [Robert Cambert](/source/Robert_Cambert)
* Cécile Bois as Madeleine Lambert
* [Claire Keim](/source/Claire_Keim) as Julie
* Idwig Stéphane as [Prince de Conti](/source/Armand_de_Bourbon-Conti)
* Caroline Veyt as [Armande Béjart](/source/Armande_B%C3%A9jart)
* Ingrid Rouif as [Madame de Montespan](/source/Madame_de_Montespan)
* Jacques François as [Jean de Cambefort](/source/Jean_de_Cambefort)
* Pierre Gérald as [Jean-Baptiste Boësset](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Bo%C3%ABsset)
* [Vincent Grass](/source/Vincent_Grass) as [Archbishop of Paris](/source/Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_Paul_de_Gondi)
* [Jean-Louis Sbille](/source/Jean-Louis_Sbille) as Spectator
* Colette Emmanuelle (1943–2021)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/308790/colette-emmanuelle | title=Colette Emmanuelle - Unifrance }}</ref> as [Anne of Austria](/source/Anne_of_Austria)
* Serge Feuillard as [Cardinal Mazarin](/source/Cardinal_Mazarin)

==Production==
The film was shot on location at Versailles, as well as in other locations in France, Germany and Belgium. Sets for the film were built at MMC Studios in [Cologne](/source/Cologne).

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0244173|Le Roi danse}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/06/21/the_king_is_dancing_2002_review.shtml BBC review of ''The King is Dancing'']

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