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Queen Margot

Play trailer Poster for Queen Margot R Released Dec 16, 1994 2h 23m History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Margot (Isabelle Adjani) is one of several in line to inherit the crown in France, where Roman Catholics and Protestants are jockeying for power. Margot's mother, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), is intent on seeing her son take the throne once the reign of King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade) ends. After being married to a man she doesn't love and starting a tryst with one she does, Margot contends with her mother's at-all-costs plan to control the political fate of the volatile country.
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David Ansen Newsweek It's Romeo and Juliet knee-deep in carnage, staged with Jacobean fury, lurid sensuality and high style by the recklessly gifted Chereau. Feb 21, 2018 Full Review Scott Tobias The Dissolve That's a lot of plot-and plotting-to sort out, and while Chreau and co-writer Danile Thompson occasionally fail to explicate it clearly, the center of the film holds strong. Rated: 4/5 Aug 26, 2014 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times A model of heaving, combustible history, in which period lavishness and performance energy aren't mutually exclusive. May 15, 2014 Full Review Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot If you like historical costume pieces, this is your ticket. Be warned, though, that the level of violence is high. Rated: 3/4 Mar 2, 2022 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com An elegant costume drama with significant historical context reconstructed as a soap opera of sexual conquests hidden by the veneer of warring religious regimes, Queen Margot is scintillating cinema. Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 3, 2020 Full Review Quentin Curtis Independent on Sunday The achievement of Chereau's film is to reveal the people, in all their squalor and occasional grace, behind the myth of royalty -- that, and to make two-and-a-half hours zip by. Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alec B An operatic historical epic. Crucially all the performances are on point (alternately subtle and big exactly when they need to be) and the movie is unafraid to be erotic and violent, sometimes even in the same scene. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely brilliant film I've watched three times and sincerely hope I have a copy on DVD or Blu-Ray (which might have been lost). Fascinating period in French history and the battles political, familial, vital and sexual between the Catholics and Huguenots. This is a film that is soooo rich both in history and visuals, it has to be one of the great films of all time. Yes, if you like a bit of titilation without verging on the pornagraphic, it's pretty hot, in the nicest of ways too. My two French favourite actors, to date, are Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Auteuil. Hats off also to Jean-Hugues Anglade, Nikita's boyfriend in La Femme Nikita. Time runs out today for more reviews but Daniel Auteuil is also a much watch in Manon des Sources and Jean de Florette. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Epic in scope with actors in period costumes in an ass consuming soap-operaish drama of sex, intrigue, back-stabbing and front-stabbing action. Adjani is epic in navigating her survival (however futile) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Sex movies stained with sex. Europe in the Middle Ages is the most lustful kinky sex kingdom. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I just wrote the 2nd review & a bit of myself, didn't you read it, please acknowledge jerry messier Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member wonderful film, adaptation and dramatisation of one of the bloodiest pages of French history. Every single speaking actor justifies his/her casting. From the ever stunning Isabelle Adjani to Virna Lisi and Asia Argento, and particularly Jean Hugues Anglade in the role of the (sick) King. Five stars! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Patrice Chéreau

Director

Isabelle Adjani

Margot

Daniel Auteuil

Henri de Navarre

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Charles IX

Vincent Perez

La Môle

Virna Lisi

Catherine de Médicis

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Synopsis Margot (Isabelle Adjani) is one of several in line to inherit the crown in France, where Roman Catholics and Protestants are jockeying for power. Margot's mother, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), is intent on seeing her son take the throne once the reign of King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade) ends. After being married to a man she doesn't love and starting a tryst with one she does, Margot contends with her mother's at-all-costs plan to control the political fate of the volatile country.
Director
Patrice Chéreau
Producer
Claude Berri
Screenwriter
Alexandre Dumas, Danièle Thompson, Patrice Chéreau
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 16, 1994, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 9, 2014
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.3K
Runtime
2h 23m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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