The Bastille Topples While a Servant Girl Lusts for the Queen
Category: ENTERTAINMENT
In Jacquot's reading, the sexual intrigue in this court is woman to woman. Sidonie's watchful devotion is seeded with envy over the queen's homoerotic attachment to Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen whom Jacquot brought to stardom in A Single Girl).
By Erica Abeel, Contributor
Author of the novel "Wild Girls" and entertainment journalist, 2012-07-15