Le Roi Soleil (2007)

Le Roi Soleil (The Sun King) is a French musical (dubbed in English below) about the life of Louis XIV (reigned 1643-1715) which premiered in Paris, France in 2005. I love the songs and the costumes! Now on my list of Top 30!

Louis XIV played by Emmanuel Moire

Cast:

Marie Mancini : Anne-Laure Girbal
Isabelle, the representative of the people : Victoria Petrosillo
The Duc de Beaufort : Merwan Rim
Monsieur, the King's brother : Christophe Maé
Madame de Montespan : Lysa Ansaldi
Françoise d'Aubigné : Cathialine Andria

Cardinal Mazarin : Jack Morgan
Anne of Austria : Marie Lenoir

PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE

Wikipedia

Other musicals

2 Vivaldi biopics planned

Here we go again with 2 similar films fighting for an audience. Will they both complete production and make music for us?

Vivaldi #1
Director: Boris Damast
Cast: Claire Foy, Max Irons (son of Jeremy Irons & Sinead Cusack)
In negotiations: Neve Campbell, Jacqueline Bisset, Elle Fanning, Tom Wilkinson, Alfred Molina and Sebastian Koch.
The film will tell the true story of how the composer turned a group of women, who were the illegitimate daughters of courtesans, into an orchestra that eventually played for the Pope.
Set to begin shooting this September in Venice, Hungary, Germany and Bruges.

Max Irons and Claire Foy

Vivalid #2
Director: Patricia Riggen
Possible cast: Jessica Biel, Ben Kingsley, Luke Evans and violin supremo David Garrett
The film focuses on the composer’s struggle between his devotion to his music and priestly vows and to the woman he loved.

Source: THR, Dark Horizons