Queen Margot

Queen Margot

1994 · 138 min · FR · R · 7.2 (424 votes)
Dir. Patrice Chéreau · Starring Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc · Music Goran Bregović

She was the wife of a king… and the lover of a soldier.

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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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A lavish, blood-soaked tapestry of 16th-century French court intrigue. Expect opulent costumes, simmering passions, and brutal betrayals against a backdrop of religious strife. It's a grand, tragic spectacle of love and power.

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