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The year is 1662. Gone are Cardinal Richelieu (died 1642) and Louis XIII of France (died 1643). France is ruled by Louis XIV (DiCaprio), son of his predecessor. He is a militarist who is already bankrupting the country with unpopular wars. Privately, Louis follows a hedonistic lifestyle and keeps many mistresses. Meanwhile, the peasants of Paris are starving and a food riot begins. Louis XIV commands one of his advisors to send rotten food to the rioters. The riot stops, the people get sick and the advisor is executed for "his" crime.
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** Not to mention that {{spoiler|the woman he planned to seduce figures out his plot and decides to commit suicide rather than live with him.}}
* [[Weird Moon]]: Just after he's been freed from the prison for the first time, Philippe can't sleep and ends up at the window gazing at the full moon that he had struggled to hard to see while in prison. The moon is ''huge''. Doubles as a [[Melancholy Moon]] given the poignancy of the emotions in the scene.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Louis has multiple. The first sign is when word comes to him that Phillipe is dead. At first he's relieved, since his brother isn't a threat to his throne anymore. Yet for curiosity sake he tries the mask on himself. As soon as the mask touches his face, he flips out and throws it away from him. Showing he fears the mask more than it's wearer. During the masquerade ball, invoked by the three musketeers and Phillipe himself, they pose as partygoers using a replica of the mask underneath their costumes to appear and disappear in front of him. Naturally he's freaked out, but due to his duties as king and secrecy, he can't show fear or explain why to his subjects. He leaves the ballroom to rest and take his mind off if, when the three Musketeers come and knock him out. When he comes too, Athos, who is finishing dressing Phillipe up as Louis, refers to Louis as "Phillipe" much to his confusion. After they get caught, D'Artagnan violently negotiates a prisoner exchange. Freeing Louis and giving Phillipe back to them. The second his gag is off, Louis freaks out and in both panic and rage, orders the guards to seize Phillipe. Not even caring about the other three escaping. His breakdown continues when he realizes, his mother knew of the plot and tries to save face by claiming she didn't love them both. When Phillipe retorts, Louis slaps him. After D'Artagnian restrains and calms him down, he tries to negotiate with Louis to spare Phillipe. Seemingly calming him. {{Spoiler| This is because both are his sons and he just found out the other existed.}} When Phillipe begs for death, rather than going back to the Bastille. Louis flips out again demanding that he wear the mask until he loves it and dies in it. However it turns out Phillipe was bluffing and buying time for the other three to rescue him. {{Spoiler| After a spectacular battle between Louis and his Musketeers with Phillipe and the reunited Four Musketeers, them saluting the original four causes Louis to go off the deep end. He tries to kill Phillipe, but D'Artagnan sacrifices himself to save him. Prompting the normally nice Phillipe to explode in rage and strangle Louis. Louis only shrieking for him to get off. Seeing as the last thing he may see is that mask he fears. D'Artagnan in his dying breath tells Phillipe that Louis is still his brother. When the musketeers make the switch and Louis is in the mask, he tries to tell the rest of the guards, but Athos punches him. Breaking his larynx and making him bite his tongue. After Phillipe demands the guard to take him to the prison, Louis final cries are muffled attempts to tell the guards that he is the real king.}}
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