La Reine et le Cardinal is a 2009 French television film directed by Marc Rivière and starring Alessandra Martines and Philippe Torreton in the title roles.
The drama of the rumored love affair between the child king's widowed mother, Anne of Austria, and her prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, unfolds as intrigue and political discord ignite the Fronde.
The queen, Anne d'Autriche, seeing in Mazarin a continuation of the policies of Richelieu to whom she was opposed, eventually allowed herself to be won over by his diplomacy and charm.
The tax burden created by Mazarin makes him unpopular and quickly confronted by the Fronde, forcing him to take refuge with the royal family at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
The second half of the telefilm opens with Mazarin's exile with his sister and nieces at the Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl from where he continues to observe state affairs.