La Reine Margot (1994 film)
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| Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) |
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| Directed by | Patrice Chéreau |
| Produced by | Claude Berri |
| Written by | Danièle Thompson Patrice Chéreau |
| Starring | Isabelle Adjani Daniel Auteuil Virna Lisi Vincent Perez |
| Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films US AMLF France |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Running time | 162 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French / Italian |
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Queen Margot (Original French title La Reine Margot) is a 1994 French-German-Italian film, based on the 1845 historical novel Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas. The film was directed by Patrice Chéreau.
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[edit] Plot
Isabelle Adjani stars as Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi). Margot is an heiress to the throne during the late 16th century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a time when Protestants and Catholics are vying for political control of France. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Protestant Huguenot Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil), although she also schemes to bring about the notorious St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572, when tens of thousands of Protestants are slaughtered. The marriage goes forward but Margot does not love Henri and takes a lover, the soldier La Môle (Vincent Perez), also a Protestant from a well-to-do family. Murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Catherine's villainous plotting to place her son Anjou (Pascal Greggory) on the throne threatens the lives of La Môle, Margot and Henri.
[edit] Cast and roles include
- Isabelle Adjani - Marguerite de Valois, "Queen Margot"
- Daniel Auteuil - Henri de Navarre, future Henry IV
- Jean-Hugues Anglade - Charles IX
- Vincent Perez - La Môle
- Virna Lisi - Catherine de' Medici
- Dominique Blanc - Henriette de Nevers
- Pascal Greggory - Henri, Duke of Anjou
- Miguel Bosé - Henry I, Duke of Guise
- Asia Argento - Charlotte de Sauve
- Jean-Claude Brialy - Admiral de Coligny
- Thomas Kretschmann - Nançay
[edit] Awards
The film won 5 César Awards and a pair of awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design.
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Original Running Time was 161 minutes, and showing at Cannes Film Festival then released in France.
- US Distributor: Miramax was asked to shorten the movie for the American release, and director cut to 145 minutes. Later, this version released also in France, then released DVD.
- Several movies were made, based on the Queen Margot novel. See Queen Margot for a list.
