LA REINE MARGOT
(QUEEN MARGOT)
She is beautiful, she is Catholic, she is the King’s sister, her name is Marguerite de Valois. Her brother has nicknamed her Margot. Henri de Navarre is Protestant and said to be ill-mannered, unshaven and to smell garlic and sweat. They are wed by force. It is a political manoeuvre: they need to reconcile the French, torn apart by religious wars. Six days after the marriage at the Notre Dame Cathedral is the Saint Bartholomew day. In the middle of this night of horror, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot’s door; La Môle because he is protestant must die like all the others. Margot hides him, nurses him and grows to love him. That night everything is thrown into confusion.
Year of production: 1994
Durée : 159 minutes
Credits
- Patrice CHEREAU Director
- Hélène VIARD Editing
- Danièle THOMPSON Screenplay
- Patrice CHEREAU Screenplay
- Philippe ROUSSELOT Cinematography
- Olivier RADOT Production Design
- Richard PEDUZZI Production Design
- Goran BREGOVIC Music
- François GEDIGIER Editing
Casting
- Isabelle ADJANI Margot
- Daniel AUTEUIL Henri de Navarre
- Jean-Hugues ANGLADE Charles IX
- Vincent PEREZ La Môle
- Virna LISI Catherine de Médicis
Contacts
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Distribution
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