Why has the River Seine become so murky?
Where is Paris, the city of flowers?
Everyone fights over a piece of bread.
People used to sing about flowers and whisper their love.
Where is the Seine flowing to?
The winter of 1788...
The political chaos and financial crisis of the royal family repeatedly led to new taxes;
Dissatisfaction and poverty of the French people had already reached the limit.
But still, Versailles tried to cling to its authority.
If you'd like to impose a new tax,
and borrow 420 million Livres,
you'd have to convene the Estates-General.
Not only the clergies and nobles from the First and Second Estate,
but the commoners from the Third Estate should be added as well.
Representatives from every Estate must be included.
Your Majesty, there isn't any other way to solve the financial crisis of the royal family, which is bloated by debts.
Only then, are all the nobles, clergies, and citizens likely to accept this new tax.
Please make a decision as the King!
Wait a minute,
are you saying that the commoners must participate in the politics?!
You should never allow that, Your Majesty!
The commoners are already conceited and starting to have everything their own way.
Your authority must not be degraded any further!
You must reconvene the Estates-General for the first time in 200 years!
The prelude to the French Revolution started with a rebellion of some nobles,
contending to rule France in place of the King.
The Estates-General!
Send Our Delegates to the Estates-General!
The Rose of Versailles
Kusamurani namo shirezu
The flowers blooming in the wilderness
Saiteiru hana naraba
they are without names
Tada kaze wo ukenagara
A gentle breeze
Soyoide ireba iikeredo
makes them sway
Watashi wa bara no sadame ni umareta
My destiny is of a rose
Hanayakani hageshiku ikiro to umareta
Born to live in glory and passion
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Episode 33
A Funeral Bell Tolls in the Twilight
The Ancient Regime is about to crumble down!
There will be no discrimination between the First, the Second, and the Third Estates!
Bernard...
Someday, we'll all be able to live equally!
All men are created equal!
Bernard!
Hey, Bernard!
André!
André, it's you!
I heard your speech.
It was wonderful!
Thanks.
Oh, I want you to see someone.
Come to my house.
It's very close.
Oh! Welcome, André!
Rosalie?!
It's really been a while.
It's been longer than a while.
What have you been doing?
You lost contact with us.
And... so...
Why are you here with Bernard?
I don't get it.
Ah! You two got married!
Yeah, a little after that Black Knight incident.
I see, I now know.
Congratulations!
Uh... how is Lady Oscar?
She's fine.
She was transferred from the Royal Guards to the French Guards.
But she's working hard as always!
Don't worry, Rosalie.
Nobody and nothing has changed from that time.
None.
The Estates-General! Send our Delegates!
Right.
Nobody and nothing has changed yet.
But a change WILL come!
André, please make yourself at home
though I'm leaving now to work.
Yeah, I will.
Thank you, Rosalie.
Please give my regards to Lady Oscar.
Yeah. We should all get together sometime.
Rosalie is now working at Monsieur Robespierre's organization with me.
She just went out to make leaflets and posters for our next gathering rally.
You both look happy.
Really...
André, why don't you join us?
You sure aren't someone who'd be content as a noble's stableman!
A very nice coffee.
It tastes humble, but full of love.
Then why were you listening to my speech?!
Why did you attend the rally just now?
I just happened to be off duty.
I had time. That's all.
Bernard! Bernard!
It hasjust been decreed!
The Estates-General will be convened!
What?! Really?
In January, 1789,
Louis XVI decreed that the Estate-General be convened on the May 1 st.
To convene the Estate-General meant limiting the king's dictatorship.
But Louis XVI had no way of changing the course of history.
The Castle of Meudon was an old castle. In Meudon where the Queen had moved for her sickly son, Crown Prince, Joseph.
I'm Brigadier Oscar François de Jarjayes
I am here at Lady Antoinette's urgent request.
Please tell her that I'm here!
Lady Antoinette!
Oscar!
Thank you for coming, Oscar.
Joseph desperately wants to see you.
Dauphin?
He might not live another 6 months.
His backbone is all jagged, even his ribs are awry warped.
Terminal symptoms of spinal meningitis are already developing.
He just turned 7...
Shut up! Go away!
You should not, Crown Prince!
Crown Prince!
I'm going out!
I want to go out!
Let me go! Leave me alone!
Joseph...
Oscar...
Please forgive me for not visiting you for a long time.
Oscar...
Yes, Highness...
Please, take me... take me outside!
Please let me ride your horse!
Your Highness...
I want to ride a horse with Oscar!
It's all right, Oscar.
Please...
please make his dream come true.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Gallop! Gallop! Gallop!
You shouldn't push the horse so hard.
Gallop! Gallop! Gallop!
I wish we could go on riding like this for forever and ever...
Crown Prince?
Are you all right, Your Highness?
It might be better to go back soon.
I heard the Estates-General will be convened.
Yes.
I'll come back to Versailles Palace by then.
Since the day will probably remain in the history of France.
France... which I'll rule someday.
That's right.
Your Highness will become Louis XVll...
I love you!
When I get reborn, I won't be sick,
I'll grow up healthy,
...and become a fine man.
So, wait for me till then!
Lord, please let Louis-Joseph live another month...
no, even another week or day longer!
Please, please, my Lord...
Excuse me, please.
Your Majesty...
Let us pray together.
Yes.
Hey, it's Alain!
Squad Leader!
Haven't seen you all for long.
I'll be counting on you guys again.
We've heard about Diane. It must have been hard for you.
I'm so sorry for her.
Your mother died soon after?
What have you been doing for half a year?
We thought you weren't coming back.
Yeah, I wasn't thinking about coming back.
I was going to live in the country side with an ocean view,
guarding keeping the graves of my mother and Diane.
But it's May after this rain.
I'm ought to come back if the Estates-General is to be convened.
I want to watch closely how the commoners' delegates will question the nobles.
Right, André?
I'll see what your blind eye can't see.
Oscar, Count Fersen has returned to Sweden.
A message from the Army says: He sends you his best regards.
Oscar?
André, a special training will start tomorrow for the security guarding of the Estates-General.
Tell the others.
OK.
On May 4th, 1789,
a day before the opening ceremony of the Estates-General,
a solemn Mass was held at St. Louis Cathedral in Versailles
and all the delegates attended.
The parade of the delegates heading to the Cathedral
Was guarded by the 1 st French Regiment, which was the French Guards,
and by the Swiss Royal Guards.
His Highness must be watching from one of the windows of the Versailles Palace.
He's come back for this day.
Where would Oscar be?
The hats of the French Guards are shining.
I love you! I'll become a fine man.
So, wait for me till then!
All in position!
We're waiting for orders!
André, I almost became a Queen.
Huh?
The parade is about to start. Please be ready.
I'll be going, Joseph.
I'm going, too.
I'll be parading on the same carriage with Mother!
Louis-Charles, go and see things closely.
You do it for me.
It's possible that you may become the next Crown Prince.
Present Arms!
Through the crowds which lined the roadside,
the delegation of the Estates-General headed toward St. Louis Cathedral.
The 621 delegates of the Third Estate headed the parade,
all dressed in black, followed by the delegates of the nobles.
Their gaudiness only appeared. Pathetic to the eyes of the people.
Maximillian Robespierre, representing Artois Province, was 31.
He was the future ruler of France.
Commoners' delegates numbered 621.
But nobles who were supported by commoners were elected as their delegates.
The prestige of being a noble no longer had any meaning,
let alone the military for the royal family.
Prince Louis Joseph!
Crown Prince!
Call the doctor!
Take him to Meudon castle!
Crown Prince!
The next day, on May 5th, 1789,
the opening ceremony of the Estates-General took place in the Hall of I'Hotel des Menus Plaisirs.
Is there a messenger from Meudon?
Your Majesty, the ceremony is about to begin.
It is the duty of the Queen of France to attend the opening ceremony of the Estates-General.
Presenting His Majesty!
Long live the King! Long live the King!
Presenting Her Majesty!
There was no applause for Antoinette.
Not only from the Third-Estate,
but neither from the nobility.
The Queen realized in the cold silence
that French people attacked and hated not the King nor the Royal Family
but only the Queen - Marie Antoinette.
A battle is about to begin.
I will no longer run away or hide,
because I AM the Queen of France!
A month without a break has passed since the opening of the Estates-General.
It seems like things are rough inside.
I was informed that the commoners delegates are challenging tough debate against the delegates of the clergy and nobility.
I wanna join them, if I can!
Here she comes.
Commander, how's it going inside?
As disorderly as it has been.
When this is over, you'll all get a vacation.
So hang on till then.
Hey, this is unsafe.
The delegates might get hurt when they leave.
I told you before to dispose of things like this.
I'm sorry, I didn't notice it.
Throw it way.
Aye, Ma'am.
Hey, you're no good, André.
André, is your right eye?
Uh... what, Ma'am?
Anybody will slacken after standing day after day.
Isn't that so, André?
Yeah, that's right.
Maybe I'm a bit tired. Or perhaps dazzled by the sun.
OK. If that's the case...
That's Lady Antoinette's carriage.
A rain again...
The condition of the Crown Prince seems to be worsening.
To the point where the Estates-General was suspended,
and the Royal Couple rushed to Meudon.
He'll be OK.
Things like this have happened many times before.
I'm sure he'll rally again this time.
I hope so.
I'm more worried about one other thing.
Oh, what is it?
André...
Why, are you checking my eye?
Can you see it all right?
Of course I can. It's a knife.
Made in 1612, handed down through generations of the Jarjayes family and your favorite.
So your eye is really all right?
Cut it out. It's such a bad joke.
I'm sorry.
What's wrong, Oscar?
Can you hear it?
It's the bells of Notre Dame.
The Crown Prince is in a critical condition.
On June 2nd, at 10 o'clock,
the bells of Notre Dame tolled solemnly.
A 40-hour-long prayer had begun for the Crown Prince who was in critical condition.
Joseph!
Father, Mother...
Joseph!
I know you're busy.
I'm sorry...
Joseph...
Is the Estates-General still stormy?
Why can't the delegates talk in a more cordial manner?
Ah, Joseph...
You don't have to worry about such things.
Joseph, my Joseph!
I want... I want to go back to Versailles!
Of course, you will.
That's right, you will, Joseph.
You'll get better
and the three of us will ride on the same carriage, back to Versailles.
I know.
Ah! I'll ask Oscar François, your favorite, to be in charge of the guards for our carriage.
You'll like that!
Ah, a lady on a white horse...! Her blond hair in the wind...
JOSEPH! JOSEPH
Don't leave your mother behind!
Oh, Lord-!
He was only 7 years and 8 months old...
On June 4th, at 1 AM,
the tragic life of the Crown Prince, Louis Joseph, came to an end.
But one fortunate thing for him,
at least was that he died without knowing the suffering the Royal Family must face...
I'm going to offer my condolences at the Meudon Castle.
...the road France, which will be violently shaken by the opening of the Estates-General,
And the road the survivors and those who try to survive in the new era, must choose.
To be continued
Ai ga kurushimi nara
lf to love is to suffer
Ikurademo kurushi mou
I will take any suffering
Sore ga kimino kokoro ni
Until my love reaches
Itsuka todoku made
To your heart someday
Kimi wa hikari, Boku wa kage
You are the light while I am the shadow
Hanre rarenai futari no kizuna
We share a bond that can never be broken
Kurushimeba kurushimu hodo
The more pain I suffer
Ai wa, ai wafukamaru
the deeper is my love