La reine Margot / Queen Margot (1994)
La reine Margot (1994)
BRRip | MKV | 720 x 392 | x264 @ 1089 Kbps | 158 min | 1,79 Gb
Audio: French-Italian AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded
Genre: Drama
BRRip | MKV | 720 x 392 | x264 @ 1089 Kbps | 158 min | 1,79 Gb
Audio: French-Italian AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded
Genre: Drama
She is beautiful, she is Catholic, she is the King's sister, her name is Marguerite de Valois. Her brother has nicknamed her Margot. Henri de Navarre is Protestant and said to be ill-mannered, unshaven and to smell garlic and sweat. They are wed by force. It is a political manoeuvre: they need to reconcile the French, torn apart by religious wars. Six days after the marriage at the Notre Dame Cathedral is the Saint Bartholomew day. In the middle of this night of horror, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door; La Môle because he is protestant must die like all the others. Margot hides him, nurses him and grows to love him. That night everything is thrown into confusion.
IMDB - 7,5/10 from 11 541 users | 9 wins
Alexandre Dumas should certainly be satisfied with this superb adaptation of his classic. The setting is excellent and it gives a wonderful image of 16th century France. Naturally the highlight of the movie is the re-enactment of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. The horrendous scenes of the murders in all their crudity are terrific. The actors did a wonderful job here. Isabelle Adjani is, as usual, terrific. Her nude scenes, depicting the queen's adultery, lust and incestuous affairs are acted in such a way that they are a form of art. Vincent Perez is in one of his best roles - his interpretation of La Môle is second only to his acting in "Indochine". The great Virna Lisi is simply marvellous posing as Cathérine de Médicis - no wonder she won the Best Actress Award at Cannes. She is the ambitious woman par excellence, stopping at nothing to get where she wants, not even if she has to see her sons being killed one by one and sell her daughter in a convenient marriage to unite the Catholics and the Protestants. The others, especially Asia Argento, impersonating the tragic countess Charlotte de Sauve did a good job too. A very well deserved Prix du Jury.IMDB Reviewer
Queen Margot is a uniquely brilliant piece of historical filmmaking, one that is both literate and passionate, and which is bolstered by visceral performances and an incredibly authentic feeling production design.
(click to enlarge)
La reine Margot / Queen Margot (1994)
My Blog - Check it ;)