Saint-Cyr 2000

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

Cast:

Isabelle Huppert
Madame de Maintenon 

Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Louis XIV 

Jean-François Balmer
Racine 

Nina Meurisse
Lucie de Fontenelle 

Morgane Moré
Anne de Grandcamp 

Bernard Waver
l'abbé Gobelin 

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