Queen Margot

UPC: 786936220339

Studio: Miramax

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Sexual Situations]

Summary: The historical novel by Alexandre Dumas was adapted for the screen with this lavish French epic, winner of 5 C?sars and a pair of awards at the Cannes Film Festival. 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 good will 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 doesn't love Henri and takes a lover, the soldier La Mole (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 Mole, Margot and Henri. The American release version was cut to 145 minutes. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Historical Film

Awards: Best Foreign Language Film – null Best Costumes – French Academy of Cinema Best Supporting Actress – French Academy of Cinema Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – French Academy of Cinema Best Actress – French Academy of Cinema Best Cinematography – French Academy of Cinema Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize – Cannes Film Festival Best Foreign Film – National Board of Review Best Supporting Actor – French Academy of Cinema Best Foreign Language Film – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture – French Academy of Cinema Best Director – French Academy of Cinema

Features: ccDolby Digital Surround Sound
Widescreen (1.85:1)
Original French language track

Queen Margot

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 07/01/2003

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 144 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits: Sharing a Bed
2. Wedding for Peace
3. Tonight's Pleasure
4. War, Death and Deceit
5. The Wedding Night
6. No Charge
7. "All of Them!"
8. Massacre of St. Bartholomew
9. Hatred and Hypocrisy
10. Converted Captives
11. Mounting Threats
12. Death on Her Lips
13. Friend or Foe?
14. A Morning Remembered
15. The Hunt
16. "As Long as I Live"
17. A Mother's Love
18. Slow but Sure
19. At Death's Door
20. For Margot
21. Too Late
22. End Credits

Brendon Hanley

A historical drama of epic proportions, the 1994 version of La Reine Margot is an authentic balance between period sumptuousness and realistic grittiness, held together by fine performances. Writer-director Patrice Ch?reau doesn't flinch in his depiction of the political machinations at play in late 16th century France and the butchery that occurred as a result. Though the labyrinthine plot escapes the director's control at times, the film has a flamboyance which keeps it compelling. At the center of this storm of a movie is Isabelle Adjani, whose maidenly, distant, yet passionate manner is perfectly suited to a period drama. Virna Lisi received a good deal of critical attention for her role as the villainous Catherine de Medici. The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre also served as the background for one of D.W. Griffith's segments of Intolerance (1916) and was the focus of 1954's La Reine Margot. ~ Brendon Hanley, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi  Actor 
Jean-Marc Stehle  Actor 
Carlos Lopez  Actor 
Laurent Arnal  Actor 
Philippe Duclos  Actor 
Bruno Todeschini  Actor 
Marc Citti  Actor 
Marina Golovine  Actor 
Daniel Breton  Actor 
Laure Marsac  Actor 
Charles Nelson  Actor 
Otto Tausig  Actor 
Richard Bohringer  Actor 
Jean Douchet  Actor 
Johan Leysen  Actor 
Barbet Schroeder  Actor 
Tolsty  Actor 
Grégoire Colin  Actor 
Bernard Verley  Actor 
Ulrich Wildgruber  Actor 
Claude Berri  Producer 
Goran Bregovic  Composer (Music Score) 
Patrice Chéreau  Director 
Patrice Chéreau  Screenwriter 
Pierre Grunstein  Executive Producer 
Danièle Thompson  Screenwriter 
Isabelle Adjani  Actor 
Daniel Auteuil  Actor 
Jean-Hugues Anglade  Actor 
Vincent Perez  Actor 
Virna Lisi  Actor 
Dominique Blanc  Actor 
Pascal Greggory  Actor 
Claudio Amendola  Actor 
Miguel Bose  Actor 
Asia Argento  Actor 
Julien Rassam  Actor 
Thomas Kretschmann  Actor 
Jean-Claude Brialy  Actor 
Jean-Philippe Ecoffey  Actor 
Emmanuel Salinger  Actor 

Country: France,Germany,Italy