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.
Acting
Laurent and Canet turn captivity into devastating dinner theater.
Direction
Jodice squeezes aristocratic anxiety through stone walls.
Director
Gianluca Jodice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to a satirical pamphlet 'The Flood' that mocked the royal family's imprisonment, which Jodice weaves into the narrative as both threat and dark joke.
Mélanie Laurent spent weeks learning the real Marie Antoinette's needlework to capture the physical stillness of captivity.
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