Production
The film was shot on location in Paris and Versailles (Château de Versailles). Many of French supported cast are members of Comédie-Française (while theater reconstruction).
It premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival for Official selection. But the Palme d'Or. went to Underground from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Antonio Sacchini's opera Dardanus (stage directed and choreographed by Béatrice Massin and danced by Compangie Fêtes Galantes) and Marc-Antoine Charpentier' "Leçons de ténèbres" performed and appeared by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants with Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Dardanus), Sandrine Piau & Sophie Daneman (Charpentier) and Jory Vinikour. Arcangelo Corelli's "La Folia" performed by Nolte, Scacchi, Paltrow but soundtrack CD re-recorded by Hiro Kurosaki, Emmanuel Balssa and Christie. Gwyneth Paltrow performed harpsichord pieces by herself. Scacchi acted Maria Cosway's song "Mormora" dubbed by Mary Nichols (alto) and Jan Walters (harp). Eric Bellocq acted and performed improvisation.
The film was budgeted at $14 million. It grossed $2,473,668 in the US.
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