She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family. Aug 28, 2012 the historical plausibility of queen margot. With jeanne moreau, armando francioli, robert porte, henri genes. Queen margot is one of the great modern historicals. The movie stars isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, virna lisi and vincent perez. Paris, august, 1572 a troubled time in the history of france, a country torn by wars and religious strife.
Avec isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez, virna lisi. Its presentation at cannes also constitutes a new departure for the work of patrice chereau. In fact, miramax, which distributed the film, wanted potential viewers to. Young queen margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between catholics and protestants. I have never read that book, so i cannot speak to any comparison. Two riders ride to paris carrying a message for their respective lords.
This is not a polite drawingroom story of men in tights and women in ruffled collars. To appease the protestants, the queen mother, catherine medici, arranges a. Historical drama centred on the political intrigues leading up to the st bartholomews day massacre of 1572. Its 1572 at the time of the religious wars in france, a time when what one professed to believe showed on whose side one was on in the powerplay at the top of.
However, when the film unspooled, those expecting the usual prettyasa. With isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez. Cast includes isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez, virna lisi, pascal greggory. One is a faithful servant of henry of navarre, the other of the duke of guise. Media ii distribution support eligible for media ii automatic support to distribution. A classic tale of intrigue and forbidden love, queen margot is the powerful hit universally acclaimed by critics. 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. In a rentasystem deal, a producer licenses certain film rights to a distribution company, typically a studio, for a limited term, but the distribution company is not required to. The film is reedited for distribution in the usa, and this version is soon fully accepted by the director himself, who. Both novel and movie, though, are rambunctiously fictional versions of. This movie is based on a different book, a novel, le reine margot, by alexandre dumas.
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