The Flood () is a 2024 historical drama film directed by Gianluca Jodice from a screenplay written by Jodice and Filippo Gravino. The film stars Guillaume Canet and Mélanie Laurent as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the end of their reign.

Premise In 1792, Louis XVI has been imprisoned in the Tour du Temple with his wife Marie Antoinette and their children ahead of their upcoming trial.

Cast Guillaume Canet as Louis XVI Mélanie Laurent as Marie Antoinette Aurore Broutin as Madame Elisabeth Hugo Dillon as Henri Tom Hudson as Manuel Roxane Duran as Madame de Lamballe Anouk Darwin Homewood as Marie Thérèse Vidal Arzoni as Le Dauphin Louis-Charles de France Fabrizio Rongione as Cléry Christoph Perez as Maximilien de Robespierre

Production Filming lasted six weeks in Turin and Rome, concluding in May 2023. Paolo Sorrentino served as executive producer.

Release The Flood was selected to open the 77th Locarno Film Festival on 7 August 2024.

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