La reine et le cardinal
La Reine et le Cardinal is a 2009 French television film directed by Marc Rivière and starring Philippe Torreton, Alessandra Martines, Audrey Fleurot, Franck de la Personne, Rufus, Joséphine de Meaux, Nicolas Vaude, Jean-Paul Comart, Jean Dell and Marc Citti. It is based on events in the early years of the reign of Louis XIV of France. The drama of the rumored love affair between the child king's widowed mother, Anne of Austria, and her prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, unfolds as intrigue and political discord ignite the Fronde. The second part of the film also covers the romance between Louis XIV and Mazarin's niece, Marie Mancini.
