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Ruy Blas (2002) Director: Jacques Weber Don Salluste, a Spanish grandee condemned to exile by the Queen for immoral conduct engages the services of his valet, Ruy Blas, to avenge him for his disgrace and humiliation. Salluste (Gérard Depardieu) knows of his valet's secret love for the Queen (Carole Bouquet). He undertakes to manipulate and implicate him in a plot destined to provoke her downfall. Salluste orders Ruy Blas (Xavier Gallais) to pass himself off as Don Cesar de Bazan (Jacques Weber) and win the Queen's love, thus compromising her in the eyes of the king. The naive Ruy Blas, overwhelmed to be approaching the object of desire at last, takes his role seriously without realizing the danger he incurs for his loved one. But Salluste reappears and reminds Ruy Blas that he is merely a tool. All this is complicated by the return of the real Don Cesar, who forces Ruy Blas to reveal his true identity to the Queen. |
