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.
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Isabelle Adjani
Margot
Daniel Auteuil
Henri de Navarre
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Charles IX
Vincent Perez
La Môle
Virna Lisi
Catherine de Médicis
Dominique Blanc
Henriette de Nevers
Pascal Greggory
Anjou
Claudio Amendola
Coconnas
Miguel Bosé
Guise
Asia Argento
Charlotte de Sauve
Director
Patrice Chéreau
Screenplay
Patrice Chéreau
Tagline
"She was the wife of a king… and the lover of a soldier."
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Revenue
$1,318,578
Production
Renn Productions, D. A. Films, WMG Film, NEF Filmproduktion, RCS Films, France 2 Cinéma, ARD Degeto
CinemaSerf
January 14, 2024
Despite the fact that for much of this I hadn't really much of a clue who was trying to outmanoeuvre whom, I thoroughly enjoyed this historical dose of state sponsored murder and mayhem. Presided over by the imperiously devious Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi) we follow the machinations at the French court of her sons as they vie for power in France and in Navarre whilst reconciling the growing nu...
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