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Queen Margot (Original French title La Reine Margot) is a 1994 French-German-Italian film, based on the 1845 historical novel Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas. The film was directed by Patrice Chéreau.

Plot

Isabelle Adjani stars as Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de' Medici (Virna Lisi). Margot is an heiress to the throne during the late 16th century reign of the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a time when Protestants and Catholics are vying for political control of France. Catherine decides to make an overture of good will by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Protestant Huguenot Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil), although she also schemes to bring about the notorious St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572, when tens of thousands of Protestants are slaughtered. The marriage goes forward but Margot does not love Henri and takes a lover, the soldier La Môle (Vincent Perez), also a Protestant from a well-to-do family. Murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Catherine's villainous plotting to place her son Anjou (Pascal Greggory) on the throne threatens the lives of La Môle, Margot and Henri.

Cast and roles include

Isabelle Adjani
- Marguerite de Valois, "Queen Margot"
Daniel Auteuil
- Henri de Navarre, future Henry IV
Jean-Hugues Anglade
- Charles IX
Vincent Perez - La Môle
Virna Lisi - Catherine de' Medici
Dominique Blanc - Henriette de Nevers
Pascal Greggory - Henri, Duke of Anjou
Claudio Amendola - Coconnas
Miguel Bosé - Henry I, Duke of Guise
Asia Argento
- Charlotte de Sauve
Julien Rassam - François, duc d'Alençon
Jean-Claude Brialy - Admiral de Coligny
Jean-Philippe Écoffey - Condé
Thomas Kretschmann
- Nançay
Albano Guaetta - Orthon

Awards

The film won 5 César Awards and a pair of awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design.

Miscellaneous

:Distributor: Miramax :Running Time: 161 minutes :The American release version was cut to 145 minutes.

Several movies were made, based on the Queen Margot novel. See Queen Margot for a list.

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