THEand roses of Versailles – Lady Oscar, Available today on Netflixis the animated film that He pays homage to the heroine androgina dressed as a man But with the heart and the desires of a woman. This original adaptation comes to life from the soul series of the seventies most loved by girls from all over the world, those of yesterday and those of today. At the center of history directed by Ai Yoshimura the Court of France, Queen Maria Antonietta And The inseparable captain Oscar.
Lady Oscar, Land roses of Versailles: Plot of the 2025 film
Unlike the television series, The animated feature film It neglects the essential reasons behind the birth of Oscar, of his life in the role of a man. It focuses more on the years immediately preceding the French Revolutionon the adverse fate of Maria Antonietta and Oscar, two women with an out of the ordinary character.
They are the most beautiful and shining roses of Versailles. Highly absent prominent characters such as the very bad Madame du Barry, Jeanne, Rosalie and the Countess de Polignac.
May 1770. Marie Antoinette of Austria and Louis XIV of France get married To strengthen the alliance between the two nations. The future queen, just 14 years old, It is welcomed triumphantly from the population, escorted on horseback by the king’s guards. Among them, Captain Oscar François de Jarjayeswith serious air and disarming beauty.
The fascinating officer is actually a womanraised by his father as a man, now at the service of the sovereign. Next to Oscar there is always the trusted André, childhood friend, Always secretly in love with her. The life of the young dolphins of France is carefree up to When the old sovereign dies because of smallpox. Then go down to the throne Louis XVI.
Oscar becomes commander of the royal guards and promises the new queen to always be faithful to her. During a masked dance, Maria Antonietta meets the count of Fersena Swedish nobleman. Between the two there seems to be a strong attraction. In order not to compromise the sovereign, Fersen wisely decides to return to his homeland.
“The roses of Versailles – Lady Oscar”. (Netflix)
The Rose of Versailles – Lady Oscar: the movie on Netflix
After the Conte’s departure, the Queen compensates for his solitude by surrounding himself with courtiers who take advantage of his naivety. Start buying expensive jewels and very expensive clothes, gives titles and land to those who are nicest. Despite Oscar’s good advice, He plays of hazard by accumulating huge debts.
After 4 years, Fersen returns to France. Although he is still in love with Marie Antoinette, to forget her he starts looking for his wife. The beautiful Austrian, however, on the first occasion he confesses his Love. The count is overwhelmed: He tells Oscar that he no longer wants to marry because he loves the queen. Oscar is troubled both from the situation and because he understands that he has a strong feeling for him.
Following an impulse, for the first time in his life he presents himself to a court dance dressed as a woman, leaving the fickle count breathless. An anonymous letter warns good Louis XVI of the long relationship secret between his wife and the Swedish. Also Oscar has love problems: Her father promised her to marriage to Captain Girodelle. During a fight, André is seriously injured in one eye And he risks losing his sight.
For fear of not being able to see it anymore, He declares himself to Oscar. For her, the opportunity to live exactly as she wants, like a woman, has finally arrived. After a dramatic famine and an unprecedented economic crisis the French people, exasperated by the hunger and indifference of their sovereigns, is ready for the revolution.
On 10 July 1789, the soldiers called by Louis XVI to defend the crown from his own people enter Paris. Despite having left the royal guard, Oscar heads the army to save the king. On the eve of the Bastille taking, Oscar and André they swear mutual love e They spend their last night together.
Characters and true story
One of the most original and complex characters of the soul series For boys, was born in 1972 as a written and designed manga by the cartoonist Riyoko Ikeda. The author He was freely inspired by the biography of Marie Antoinette. The film came three years after his announcement, missing the fiftieth anniversary of his birth.
Although Oscar’s character is the result of imagination, Ikeda, however, took inspiration from a true story, from two figures historical really existed. The first official woman in the world was The Italian Francesca Scanagatta (1776 –1864). With the name of Francesco, he entered the army of the Holy Roman Empire. Shortly later, The Belgian Marie Schellinck (1757 – 1840) She also disguised as a man, served in French troops during the battle of Jemappes.
A similarity that adds even more charm to the heroine of cartoons. The count of Fersen lived for a long time at the Versailles court during the regency of Louis XVI. Although there is no absolute certainty of the love relationship with Maria Antonietta, as evidenced by a full -bodied correspondence Among them there was a tender friendshipdestined for duration all life. Or, at least, until the queen literally lost the head.
Among the knights who served King Louis XVI there is General François Augustin Reynier de Jarjayes. Captain De Girodelle, who loves Oscar in vain, is modeled on the historical figure of Count Gabriel-Michel de Vassan (1747-1834), an officer of the French guards. André Grandier is the only character totally invented But he brings with him a strong dose of romanticism. The author has modeled its loyalty e The feeling for Oscar thinking about the long history of love of his parents.
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