In Farewell, My Queen, director Benoît Jacquot’s dramatization of a few days in the lives of Marie Antoinette and her servants, the pampered monarch doesn’t care if anybody eats cake. The storming of the Bastille has just begun, and besides, she has more pressing concerns, like the clandestine love affair she’s having with an adulterous duchess. Farewell, My Queen is Jacquot’s … [Read more...]