Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (2006)

This story of Madame de Pompadour is interesting, although we are adviced not to learn history from movies, because the details have usually been dramatized.

Consists of 2 episodes, it begins with the meeting between King Louis XV (Vincent Perez) and Jeanne Poisson (Hélène de Fougerolles), the wife of Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Étiolles. The King dismisses the husband and gives her the title Marquise de Pompadour. The King's family soon realize that this affair is different from any other. The Dauphin is the one who opposes the relationship the most (his father trusts Jeanne more in political matters), that he does everything to harm Jeanne: humiliating her and killing her unborn baby. After the death of Henriette, one of the King's daughters, who makes the King promise on her deathbed that he will leave Jeanne, the King suffers because Jeanne is forced to leave Versailles. The wise queen tells the King to follow his heart and he asks Jeanne to return as his royal ally. Jeanne becomes the most powerful woman in France as the King listens to her, which makes those who hate her growing in number. The movie ends with Jeanne's death in 1764 from TBC.

Costumes and sets look great. The story is enchanting. I like the intrigues in the court. The acting is okay, although I don't see much different between the young Jeanne, when she first enters the court in her charming ways, and the old Jeanne, who has become the first woman in France and knows how to handle her enemies. The mean dauphin dies soon after Jeanne and never sits on the throne. The poor Louis XVI is The Dauphin's son.