Maiwenn herself will play the title role of Jeanne du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV. His partners, besides Johnny Depp, are Pierre Richard, Pascal Gregory, Banjamin Laverne, Melville Pupo.
The historical costume film chronicles the life, rise and fall of one of the palace’s most passionate gossip heroines. Jeanne Vaubernier, an ambitious young woman from a working-class family, uses all her intelligence and her extraordinary charm to climb the social ladder, and ends up becoming the favorite of the king himself.
Louis XV is unaware of his past as a courtesan, he is crazy about the woman who gave him a taste for life. Contrary to all decorum, Jeanne moved to Versailles, the court boiling with rage…
In 2011, she received the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her first competition entry, Polis. Returns to the Croisette four years later with the film “Mon Roi”, which brings actress Emmanuelle Bercot the prize for best actress.
The opening ceremony of the 76th Cannes Film Festival will be broadcast live on Tuesday May 16 on France Télévisions and Brut. The festival runs from May 16 to 27.
