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Title	Vatel
Year	2000
Time	103 mins
Genre	Drama; Romance; History; Biography
Director	Roland Joffe
Edition
Format	DVD
Actor	Gï¿½rard Depardieu as Franï¿½ois Vatel; Uma Thurman as Anne de Montausier; Tim Roth as Marquis de Lauzun; Julian Glover as Prince de Condï¿½; Julian Sands as Louis XIV; Timothy Spall as Gourville; Murray Lachlan Young as Philippe d'Orleans / 'Monsieur'; Hywel Bennett as Colbert; Richard Griffiths as Dr. Bourdelot; Arielle Dombasle as Princess de Condï¿½; Marine Delterme as Athenaï¿½s de Montespan; Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Duchesse de Longueville; Jerome Pradon as Marquis d'Effiat; Fï¿½odor Atkine as Alcalet; Nathalie Cerda as The Queen Marie-Thï¿½rï¿½se
Rating	PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Cinematography	Robert Fraisse
Language	English
Plot	In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the steward, Vatel, a man of honor, talent, and low birth. The prince is craven in his longing for stature: no task is too menial or dishonorable for him to give Vatel. While Vatel tries to sustain dignity, he finds himself attracted to Anne de Montausier, the king's newest mistress. In Vatel, she finds someone who's authentic, living out his principles within the casual cruelties of court politics. Can the two of them escape unscathed?
Producer	Roland Joffe; Ilan Goldman
Writer	Tom Stoppard; Jeanne Labrune
Subtitles	English; Norwegian; Danish; English (Closed Captioned)