Let Them Eat Cake
- Director: Christine Gernon
- Writer: Peter Learmouth
- Producer: Christopher Skala
CGiii Comment
It's 1782 and welcome to the fabulous Palace of Versailles, France. Outside the gates, the peasants are on the verge of revolting (already well past vile), whilst inside lives one of the most hated, despised and loathed women in all of France - no, not Marie Antoinette - but Columbine, the Comtesse De Vache. Aided by her faithful maid Lisette, Columbine skulks around the palace uncovering the dark secrets of her fellow nobles, always leaving her well prepared to out-do jealous rival Madame De Plonge and her innocent yet sharp-witted daughter Eveline. Meanwhile, keeping her reputation as a classy lady is no easy chore. Whether it be a wig in the style of a 'glorious man of war, abreast in huge waves of hair' or a splendid dress to wear to a copulation, Columbine's acid-tongued courtier, Bouffant, strives the difficult task of keeping her at the forefront of French fashion.
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Cast & Characters
Dawn French as Lisette;
Jennifer Saunders as Colombine;
Adrian Scarborough as Bouffant;
Lucy Punch as Eveline;
Alison Steadman as Madame de Plonge;
Elizabeth Berrington as Marie Antoinette;
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Advisor;
Linda Spurrier as 1st Aristocratic Woman;
Margaret Whiting as 2nd Aristocratic Woman;
Jennifer Saunders as Colombine, Comtesse de VacheColombine, Comtesse de Vache; Richard E. Grant as Monsieur Vigee-Lebrun;
Lucy Punch as Eveline de Plonge;
James Greene as Comte De Vache;
Tim Barker as Doctor;
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Marie Antoinette's Adviser;
Simon Butteriss as Coco Lebiche;
Jake Nightingale as Didier;
Louis Hammond as Jacques Montgolfier