Queen Margot

1994 [FRENCH]

Action / Biography / Drama / History / Romance

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 88% · 34 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 88% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 20121 20.1K

paris, france based on novel or book marriage of convenience royalty conspiracy palace intrigue

Plot summary

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

Director

Patrice Chéreau Photo
Patrice Chéreau

Top cast

Julien Rassam Photo
Julien Rassam as Alençon
Asia Argento Photo
Asia Argento as Charlotte of Sauve
Isabelle Adjani Photo
Isabelle Adjani as Marguerite de Valois dite La Reine Margot
Jean-Hugues Anglade Photo
Jean-Hugues Anglade as Charles IX
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.43 GB
1280*682
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 39 min
Seeds 3
2.93 GB
1920*1024
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 39 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by marianaruiz1982 8 / 10

not historically accurate but really worth seeing

For the American people that have seen this excellent French movie, I will say just one thing: in many countries around the world we get to see movies from abroad with subtitles. Most of the movies that we see in South American countries come either from North America or Europe and we don't usually complain about the subtitles. Only kids movies are dubbed in Spanish. A great part of the romance or charm about French movies comes from the fact that they are actually spoken in French. Nobody in these films expects the rest of the world to understand as they speak but to make a little effort and appreciate the beauty in each language is something I think is missing in American culture. I've seen nothing but comments on how difficult it was for some members of the American public to understand this film. I only ask myself: in times of globalization, isn't it interesting to learn from people from other parts of the world in their own language, specially a French film based on a French novel by the French Alexandre Dumas, placed in the 16th century, directed by one of France's best directors and acted by some of the most wonderful French actors and actresses of the last decades? Would you want to see this film in English? Sorry, but I think you would be missing a great deal of the depth and emotion of this unique film!!!
Reviewed by =G= 7 / 10

An artful French epic of wickedness, intrigue, and treachery.

"Queen Margot" is a French epic drama which tells of the political forces at work in France at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which signaled the beginning of the end of the "religious wars" raging in France in the early to mid 16th century. Queen Margot (Adjani) is at the center of this maelstrom of wickedness and treachery which looks at everything from poison lip rouge to a bloody holocaust. An elaborate award winning production, "Queen Margot" presents its history realistically with no clear sense of good or evil - unlike "Braveheart", for example - with countless extras, spectacular costuming, and artistry in cinematography. Well worth its 2.5 hour run, this dark film, based on the novel by A. Dumas, is lacking in the didactic and will be difficult to follow for all but those with historical knowledge of the place and time. A little research prior to watching the film can go a long way toward understanding the complexities of the story.
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