This article aims at suggesting an interpretation of the movie The King’s Whore (Axel Corti, 1990). In particular, the author examines the story which the director and especially the screenwriter Frederic Raphael have exploited for the settling of the plot. In the final section of the movie, the events take a sad and compelling turn and they diverge both from the real history in the Duchy of Savoy and from the novel Jeanne de Luynes, comtesse de Verue (Jacques Tournier, 1984). The author tries to show the purpose of the change and the significance of Greek tragedies for the adaptation and re-shaping of this literary text in a film.
«Saggezza attraverso sofferenza» nell’antico regime: The King’s Whore (Axel Corti, 1990)
CAMPANILE, MARIA DOMITILLA
2013-01-01
Abstract
This article aims at suggesting an interpretation of the movie The King’s Whore (Axel Corti, 1990). In particular, the author examines the story which the director and especially the screenwriter Frederic Raphael have exploited for the settling of the plot. In the final section of the movie, the events take a sad and compelling turn and they diverge both from the real history in the Duchy of Savoy and from the novel Jeanne de Luynes, comtesse de Verue (Jacques Tournier, 1984). The author tries to show the purpose of the change and the significance of Greek tragedies for the adaptation and re-shaping of this literary text in a film.File in questo prodotto:
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