The King's Daughter (2022)

Directed by

Sean McNamara

Genre

action film, fantasy film, adventure film, speculative fiction film

Country

Australia, United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 730 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

King Louis XIV tries to capture a mythical mermaid to gain immortality. His illegitimate daughter discovers the creature and must decide between her father's ambition and her own conscience.

whimsicalslowold-fashionedseriousvisually ornatedramaticsomberadventurous

What happens

The King's Daughter is a 2022 action-adventure fantasy film directed by Sean McNamara from a screenplay by Barry Berman and James Schamus. It is based on the 1997 novel The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre. It stars Pierce Brosnan as King Louis XIV, Kaya Scodelario as Marie-Josèphe, and Benjamin Walker as Yves De La Croix. It was William Hurt's final screen performance to be released before his death in March 2022, though it had been filmed eight years prior. Principal photography began in early April 2014 in Versailles, France. After the two-week shoot in France, production then began on April 23 in Melbourne, Australia. Shooting wrapped up at the end of May. Originally intended to be released in April 2015, the film was delayed just three weeks prior in order to complete post-production effects. It then sat in development hell for over five years, until the distribution rights were acquired by Gravitas Ventures, which released it theatrically on January 21, 2022, to negative reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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