Guillaume Canet and Melanie Laurent are unrecognizable as Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette! Watch the trailer

It is a story that is less told and therefore less known to the general public: the imprisonment of the royal family in the tower of the cathedral before their execution by guillotine on the Place de la Concorde in the space of a few months. Gianluca Giodi’s Flood follows the final weeks of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, and the director surrounds himself with Guillaume Canet and Melanie Laurent to portray them.

Presented as a world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival, the film goes behind closed doors and shows a rare performance of the last two sovereigns. Louis XVI appears more pathetic and vulnerable than ever, while Marie-Antoinette has never been more demystified than in this film.

Four hours of makeup every morning

The trailer, released today, gives a nice glimpse of the scale of the sets and the makeup work. to transform Guillaume Canet approval a A fat suit – A costume that transforms his physicality. Every morning, the actress had four hours of make-up to get into the skin of the king.

in turn Melanie Laurent She wore almost a dozen layers – three nightgowns, a corset, a petticoat, a crinoline, a petticoat, another silk petticoat, and two more layers. The late actress told AlloCiné last August that “The hardest part was keeping the balance with the weight of the wig“.

Gianluca Giodi’s The Flood, December 25 in cinemas.