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Plot: This acclaimed film presents the epic 16th-century saga of Margot de Valois (Isabelle Adjani) and her tragic arranged marriage to Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil). In order to create an alliance betw...( read more read more... )een the Protestants and the Catholics, Margot is betrothed to Henri, one of the leaders of the French Protestants. Margot, despite her initial hostility, eventually becomes Henri's main ally in a convoluted and conspiratorial court. However, determined not to consummate her relationship with Henri, Margot takes a Protestant lover (Vincent Perez) and during the St. Bartholomew's Night Massacre, in which the Catholics slaughter the Protestants, helps him escape. The events that follow change not only Margot's life but the course of French history.

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  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 6, 2008
    I liked this because I've been to France, to the chateau of Amboise, where the Catholics hung the Protestants from the gargoyles. This story takes place during all of that. A link to history. That's my kind of movie, even though it's not real fun.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 16, 2008
    An excellent portrayal of the historical struggles in France between Catholic & Protestan. Very real and graphic. War was gruesome back then.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 16, 2008
    Filled with thrills and excitement, this film re-enacts a time in history when fueds and wars were the thing of each day. Vincent Perez and Isabell Adjani are beautiful to look at and their romance is hot.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 10, 2007
    This film should be considered a classic, but instead, I'm afraid, it's considered completely underwatched, underappreciated, and underrated, and it's deserving of so much more!
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 20, 2007
    Weird....Perez was hot. That chick was gorgeous, but...no.
    I thought that her brother the king was far more interesting than she was. And even though I love Vincent Perez, he just seemed rather simple and not really important. Other than to look good.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 14, 2007
    Beautiful, graphic, intense, passionate... French. Margot's transformation was exhilarating to watch.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    August 10, 2007
    Dramatic, very exciting, very sexy but also very sad. Berri is an excellent director and of course Isabelle Adjani looks stunning
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 5, 2007
    If you can stand the steady stream of French subtitles without missing the story...one of the best period dramas ever...tells the true story of the largest massacre in French history, but it's NOT particularly violent (considering the subject matter)...lots of sensualité...favorite line: Tu as faim? Are you hungry? When a catholic and a protestant finally call a truce and become friends, warmongers take note!
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 31, 2007
    The cast are all excellent without exception - especially Anglade and Autiel. The film is sumptuous and colourful and also highly erotic. It plays with its audience lurching between lust and slaughter.

    Overall a good watch and worthy of recommendation, with young teenage kids and extremists in Catholic/Protestants preachings an exception.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 10, 2007
    Fuerte, muy fuerte película; pero es una joya; no he visto la de Jeanne Moreau, pero siento que ambas tienen su grado de maestría.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 27, 2007
    It is sweet... and kinda sad. I guess it is pretty historically accurate besides maybe the whole in love with a poor man thing.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 21, 2007
    Lavish, beautiful (Isabelle Adjani), gruesome, distinctly unsanitary (Isabelle Adjani); lyrical, excessively French (Isabelle Adjani) ... who knew the St Bartholomews Day Massacre could be so enjoyable? I'm sure the Hugenot's didn't think so ... but I'm in it for the eye-candy ... and Isabelle Adjani
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 19, 2007
    This is one of those foreign films that people have to see at bleast once. The story is slightly tedious as are the subtitles, but this movie just goes to prove that Vincent Perez is a star no matter what country or language he's tackling!!!
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 17, 2007
    To some extent the film uses Dumas' book as little more than to provide reference points to tell a tragic story of love, and is all the better for it. The book would be very difficult to directly transfer to the screen. The film gives a rollicking good story, and, while the central plot is ficticious, it provides a good introduction to the Hugenot in 16th century France. A warning though - the opening depiction of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre is very gory.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 10, 2007
    OK, it's a french film w/ subtitles but it's an awesome period piece w/ fantastic acting. It's romatinc, adventurous and not, I repeat, NOT HOLLYWOOD at all!
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 1, 2007
    I was actually in physical pain in the cinema by the end of this. It was so long, so tedious and at the end it felt like I'd just lost years off my life. But, in most French films, there's always a gorgeous actress to look at somewhere and this is no exception, but that's about all the good I have to say about it.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 5, 2007
    adored this movie,i watched it cos it was historical n had dinaiel auteuil in it. it began my love of vincent perez films, plus it buckles my swash!!
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 12, 2007
    very good, actually...
    Has a nice political intrigue, and though it gets a bit slow, it has wonderful acting and a nice written script. Visually beautiful.
    And Adjani fits the character perfectly.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 5, 2007
    One of the greatest movies of all time, based on Alexandre Dumas best novel. Isabella adjani is mesmeriziing to watch, and the music score is chilling.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 17, 2007
    Isabelle Adjani became my french cinema goddess after this movie, and I fell even deeply in love with Vincent Perez. All actors are wonderful, from Lisi to Anglade, from Bose to Argento...and Daniel Auteouill...superb! Although it is quite long, the plot is dynamic and there's suspense everywhere. the historical subject was well treated and the Night of Saint Bartholomew scenes are wonderful. I think that's pretty much the way it truly was. The perfect ending...'Elo Hi', Ofra Haza's enchanting and magic song. Pity for the world she's dead now. We lost a great singer.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 19, 2006
    I saw it in french with english subtitles as a "fun" history lesson and is this an amazing film or what? The historical deatial is mindblowing, and the drama so intense. Slightly too graphic for my usual tastes it is a beautifully crafted peice of work - and I didn't even get to see the end.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 19, 2006
    Wow! Very romantic & steamy! Yes, also very bloody, but damn, they did a good job on this story! The book was just as good.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 6, 2006
    THIS IS SUCH A GOOD FILM YOU MUST MUST MUST WATCH IT! please do and you will be so pleased that you do it is so unbelievably amzing, visually and orally it is a french/german masterpiece!

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Patrice Chéreau
  • Genres: Art House & International, Drama
  • Released: December 31, 1994
  • DVD Released: July 1, 2003

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