The King Is Dancing
| Le Roi danse | |
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| Directed by | Gérard Corbiau |
| Written by | Marcel Beaulieu Andrée Corbiau Gérard Corbiau Ève de Castro Didier Decoin |
| Produced by | Dominique Janne |
| Starring | Benoît Magimel Boris Terral Tchéky Karyo |
| Cinematography | Gérard Simon |
| Edited by | Philippe Ravoet Ludo Troch |
| Music by | Reinhard Goebel |
| Distributed by | UGC Fox Distribution |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Countries | France Germany Belgium |
| Language | French |
The King Dances (Le Roi danse) is a 2000 costume drama by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil (1992). The film, presenting libertine and pagan Lully as a natural ally of the early Enlightenment figure Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with Molière and rivalry with Robert Cambert.