La putain du roi

1990
R
2h 7m

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Valeria Golino and Timothy Dalton in La putain du roi (1990)

Set in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.Set in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.Set in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.

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5.7/10

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- 4 nominations total

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Trivia
The final feature film of Marne Maitland. The same regarding actress Lea Padovani.

Quotes
Le Roi Vittorio Amadeo: [while playing music with the Count of Verua] I'm keeping you from her.
Le Comte di Verua: Not in the least.
Le Roi Vittorio Amadeo: Kings derive much of their pleasure from the ingenuity of the lies people are obliged to tell them.
Le Comte di Verua: The king's subjects derive their pleasure from their service to him.
Le Roi Vittorio Amadeo: [after long silence while still playing music with the count] And all the time you're wondering how long I'm going to keep you here.

Connections
Referenced in Zapper n'est pas jouer: Episode dated 16 November 1990 (1990)

Soundtracks
Miserere
Written by Gregorio Allegri (as Allegri)
Performed by The Tallis Scholars
Directed by Peter Phillips
Soprano soloist: Alison Stamp
Courtesy of Gimell Records Ltd, Oxford, England

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Featured review

8/10

Nearly unheard of but worth finding

The storyline of the King's Mistress may seem like your basic Barbara Cartland novel but this is not the case with this movie. It is a bit difficult to watch since it is a foreign film for the most part but the actors do a fine job and if you stay with it the story line becomes a bit surprising. If you can find it, give it a watch. And if you are expecting to lust after Dalton when you see him in that wig, forget it, he's a somewhat pitiful bad-guy in this movie and you'll end up feeling sorry for the character and again aware of what a fine actor Dalton really is. (I had to buy this movie on e-bay so you may have to look for it!)