Bontemps is the warm and friendly Governor of Versailles. He considers it his duty to defend the King against all those who try to get near him. A rich man who sleeps each night at the foot of his master's bed, he is the closest person to King Louis. As such, his loyalty is tested daily.
Louis' faithful servant has a ringside view of Madame de Montespan's growing influence over the king and the court, and finds himself torn between his desire to protect Louis and his mission to obey him at all times. His friendship with the king will be put in jeopardy…
