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.
paris, francebased on novel or bookmarriage of convenienceroyaltyconspiracypalace intrigue16th centuryreligious persecutionst. bartholomew's day massacrefrench history