Catherine veut reconcilier les francais mais elle veut aussi decapiter. All of the many, many characters on the screen were apparently intimately familiar to those around me, but i was at sea. Margot was a french princess, roughly contemporary with elizabeth i of england, who lived an extraordinary life, full of danger and adventure. It stars jeanne moreau, armando francioli and francoise rosay. 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. Queen margot official trailer directed by patrice chereau and starring. Young queen margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between catholics. Predstavlja adaptaciju istoimenog romana alexandrea dumasa oca, odnosno remake istoimenog filma iz 1954. Young queen margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between catholics and protestants. Eventually a few familiar faces came swimming toward me from out of longago history classes. The marriage goes forward but margot doesnt love henri and takes a. To make the film marketable, there is more emphasis on. The film is also known under the alternative title a woman of evil it was made as a coproduction between the french and italian branches of.
When i saw queen margot for the first time in may 1994 at the cannes film festival, it was like looking at the home movies of complete strangers in this case, the french. Kraljica margot je francuskoitalijanskonjemacki historijski film snimljen 1994. The movie stars isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, virna lisi and vincent perez. With isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez. According to this movie, any two people who werent killing each other at the french court were probably shagging. Originally clocking in at roughly 160 minutes, the film was cut by twenty or so minutes for its international release because of disappointing. The film is also known under the alternative title a woman of evil. They are forced to marry in a political move to reconcile france, ripped apart.