简介：ThetitleofthismajorFrenchcostumedramameans"Louis,child-king",andindeedit'safascinatingfrescoabouttheformativeyearsoftheyoungkingLouisXIV,beforehebecametheSun-kingatVersailles.Itwasadarkandviolentperiod,whentheLouvre(meaning'wolveshuntcastle',huntingwasamajoraristocraticpastime),thenstillthesomewhatgloomyroyalpalace,wasthebattlefieldofpalaceintrigueswhiletheregencywasheldbyqueen-motherAnneofAustriabuttheactualheadoftheroyalgovernmentwastheagingcardinalGiulioMazirini('Mazarin'),theless-knownItaliansuccessorofRichelieu,whoalsointroducedtothecourtandthekingdomahostofhiscountrymenfromwhomLouiswouldlearnthepassionforItalianculture,especiallymusicwhichwouldflourishunderthedirectionofLully(butthatlaterstoryisanothermovie,"LeRoidanse").TheelaboratescriptsketchesthestoryofFrenchpowerpolitics,toocomplicateanddevioustosummarizeinanydetail...WrittenbyKGFVissers…