Benoit Jacquot

Director Benoit Jacquot on his remake of the classic film, "Diary of a Chambermaid" based on the 1900 novel by Octave Mirbeau.  

Director Benoit Jacquot discusses “Farewell My Queen,” along with Diane Kruger, who plays Marie Antoinette in the film. Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, it captures the final days of the court of Marie Antoinette, just before the full-scale outbreak of the Revolution. “Farewell My Queen” opens July 13 at Lincoln Plaza and Angelika Film Center.