La Reine Margot is a 1994 French film based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. An abridged version of the film was released as Queen Margot in North America, and in the UK under its original French title. The film was directed by Patrice Chéreau.
Isabelle Adjani stars as Margaret of Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de' Medici (Virna Lisi). Although Margot her...
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La Reine Margot is a 1994 French film based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. An abridged version of the film was released as Queen Margot in North America, and in the UK under its original French title. The film was directed by Patrice Chéreau.
Isabelle Adjani stars as Margaret of Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de' Medici (Virna Lisi). Although Margot herself is excluded from the throne by the Salic Law, her marriage to a Protestant prince offers a chance for domestic reconciliation during the late 16th century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a time when Catholics are vying for political control of France with the French Protestants, the Huguenots. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Huguenot and King of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon (Daniel Auteuil), although she also schemes to bring about...
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