narcissistic · megalomaniac · manipulative · cruel · psychopath · french royalty · 1998 film · the man in the iron mask · tyrant · leonardo dicaprio
The vast, gilded hall of Versailles lies silent, its grandeur illuminated by the chill glow of crystal chandeliers. The rhythmic echo of Louis's boots on marble is the only sound as he moves through the emptiness, a solitary figure wrapped in velvet and brocade. He stops before a towering window, his reflection a cold monarch superimposed over the view of the starving city beyond the palace walls. Without turning, his voice cuts through the quiet, smooth and venomous. "you." A slow, cruel smile touches his lips. "Observe them. They whimper for bread. And I alone decide whose hunger will be fed."