Chereau massacres lush margot arts the harvard crimson. Young queen margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between catholics and protestants. They are forced to marry in a political move to reconcile france. Marguerite of valois, known within her family as margot, was queen of navarre from 1572 and of france from 1589. Film synopsis p aris, august, 1572 a troubled time in the history of france, a country scarred by interminable religious wars.
The historical novel by alexandre dumas was adapted for the screen with this lavish french epic, winner of 5 cesars and a pair of awards at the cannes film festival. With isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez. Young queen margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a. They are forced to marry in a political move to reconcile france, ripped apart by the wars of religion. Queen margot sprawling, bloody costumer about the dastardly deeds of 16thcentury french royalty is a frenzy of religious conflict, personal betrayal, raw passion and enough killing for all three. Adapted from the famous novel the queen margot by alexandre dumas sr. French epic, winner of 5 cesars and a pair of awards at the cannes film festival. The french are obsessed with their own history, and, fortunately for them. Queen margot french institute alliance francaise fiaf. Marguerite, 14 may 1553 27 march 1615 was a french princess of the valois dynasty who became queen consort of navarre and late.
The film was however a big budget, prestigious french production, widely predicted to win a best actress award for isabelle adjani, who does an. Margot was a french princess, roughly contemporary with elizabeth i of england, who lived an extraordinary life, full of danger and adventure. A classic tale of intrigue and forbidden love, queen margot is the powerful hit universally acclaimed by critics. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
The 4k restoration of patrice chereaus queen margot directors. Subscribe now 2 catch the best trailers and the latest hd official movie trailer, film clip. Queen margot is a french film directed by patrice chereau and released in theaters in 1994. Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly powerhungry family, the beautiful margot isabelle adjani diabolique soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs.
This movie is based on a different book, a novel, le reine margot, by alexandre dumas. Queen margot 4k directors cut trailer 2014 youtube. Queen margot has been given datapacked opening titles and a fairly economical version of this massacre, which went on at greater, gorier length when the film was shown at cannes last spring. The booklet complements both the film and the commentary. Best ever french films from france, canada, belgium, luxembourg and the rest of the french speaking world. His stunning 1994 period piece, queen margot, adapted from alexandre dumass basedonfact novel and now finally being released in its longer directors cut, is a perfect introduction to. The movie stars isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, virna lisi and vincent perez. An abridged version of the film was released as queen margot in.
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