Louis XV, also known as Louis the Beloved, ruled as King of France for 59 years, from 1715, when he succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five, to his death in 1774.

Johnny Depp is wearing a powdered wig and face, along with some blush and a regal outfit as Louis XV for the French film. He is blindfolded, perhaps as an artistic choice to the movie’s themes ...

EXCLUSIVE: France’s Why Not Productions has unveiled a playful first teaser image of Johnny Depp in the role of King Louis XV in French director Maïwenn’s historical love story Jeanne du ...

In August, WhyNotProductions and France Télévisions unveiled a first teaser image of Depp as Louis XV, showing Depp's profile with his eyes covered by a blindfold.

Louis XV, who was nicknamed “the beloved” and reigned for 59 years, the longest in the history of France after that of Louis XIV. Paradoxically, Louis XV died as an unpopular king after being ...

When Louis XV, King of France, first met the woman who would become his chief mistress, she was dressed as a domino, and he was dressed as a plant. It was 1745, and Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, the ...

Jan. 22 (UPI) --Pirates of the Caribbean and Edward Scissorhands actor Johnny Depp has landed the lead in an as-yet-untitled French film about King Louis XV. French actress Maïwenn will play ...

Johnny Depp’s upcoming King Louis XV film will stream on Netflix in France after the film’s French theatrical release, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

France’s last queen, by ... the last official mistress of Louis XV represents one of the greatest tragedies of the Ancient Regime,” the editor’s note reads at the preface of Jacques de ...

The marquise cut diamond was supposedly commissioned by King Louis XV of France in honor of his mistress. the cut remains popular, even appearing on the Oscars red carpet.

Johnny Depp’s first major film since winning a lurid and contentious defamation trial last year — a costume drama in which he plays King Louis XV of France — will open the Cannes Film ...