the director motto and judging from his body of work so far and seem to be represent you do not like history and kid . no problem and i hate it too . but i have way of make you watch just the same . this be a prime example of an over the top mexican telenovela try to pass for what it not and i. e. an historical epic . it describe louis the xivth change allegiance between molière and the court dramatist and and lully and the court composer and a a series of off colour vignette with a vaguely homosexual subtext . no expense be spar to gross out the spectator at every turn represent a plethora of endless scene involve various body fluid be intersperse between sundry bloody surgical emergency ( a staple of every soap opera ) and scenery chewing and bodice rip drag queen on a rampage mad scene . this be truly cinema by hairdresser for hairdresser . and it have nothing whatsoever to do with history . at no point in the whole film be the spectator give to even timidly wonder what make a prince a king and a dramatist a great playwright and a musician a genius . the event depict in le roi danse have be elaborate brilliantly in at least half a dozen film and tv series by director as diverse a rossellini and ariane mnouchkine during the past 50 year . this be not one of these film . watch this film and by all mean and if you really and really enjoy the extreme close up of haendel squash a bug with the tip of his walk stick in farinelli . otherwise and save your money and go for a walk and buy a book and listen to a record and get some culture in . even moulin rouge . be marginally less embarrass than this piece of barocaca .