The Death of Louis XIV

Reviews:
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The small but wonderfully rich details of the film invite us in: the trembling of a wrinkled cheek, the arch of an eyebrow, the flicker of a candle, and especially the superbly evocative sound design." - 03/29/2017 RogerEbert.com

"[A]n elegy for art cinema, as the title role is played -- very poignantly -- by the great Jean-Pierre Léaud, an icon of the French New Wave..." - 03/30/2017 A.V. Club

"[The] film is sober, meticulous and entirely convincing in its depiction of period and mortality." - 03/30/2017 New York Times

"[T]he most remarkable sight here is the Sun King, Louis XIV himself, played in an extraordinary performance by the French film legend Jean-Pierre Léaud....Louis is less a straightforward protagonist than an object of contemplation..." - 06/01/2017 Los Angeles Times

5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his quietly amazing film is conceived in terms of pure minimalist intimacy....The candlelit sombreness makes it painterly, or more like a tableau vivant." - 07/12/2017 The Guardian

4 stars out of 5 -- "Serra uses the New Wave icon’s demise as a lament on the slow death of arthouse cinema. The delivery’s administered like a sedative, but the message is sharply provocative." - 07/11/2017 Empire