Filming concluded last week on The Flood (Le Déluge), a film written and directed by Gianluca Jodice (director of The Bad Poet [+lee también:
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Written by Jodice together with Filippo Gravino (frequent collaborator of Claudio Giovannesi, Claudio Cupellini and Matteo Rovere), tells the story of the end of this absolutism and of this monarchy which it seemed would never come, laying bare two of the biggest icons of History in front of the people, of themselves and of mankind, for the first time. 

The synopsis goes like this: When talking about Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, what immediately comes to mind are lace, tall wigs, flamboyant clothes and colours, Versailles, or… the guillotine. Here, between these two extremes, exists a middle ground, a period of time seldom explored: the few months when the last king and queen of France were imprisoned, with their two young children, in a black castle on the outskirts of Paris, awaiting their executions. A brief and condensed period where, amidst violence and harassment, all masks fell off: those of two royals, as public and private figures; that of the old regime; that of a History that finally turned the page; and that of God who, from then on, was eclipsed by the shadows, leaving man entirely alone. 

The film’s cast also includes Aurore Broutin, Hugo Dillon, Tom Hudson, Roxane Duran, Anouk Darwin Homewood, Vidal Arzoni and Fabrizio Rongione. The technical crew includes recognisable names, from director of photography Daniele Ciprì, to two-time Academy Award-nominated costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini (for Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio [+lee también:
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The Flood is produced by Matteo Rovere and Andrea Paris from Italian company Ascent Film with Rai Cinema, and co-produced by Yann Zenou of QUAD (France). Director Paolo Sorrentino figures as associate producer. Filming lasted six weeks and took place in Turin and Rome.