Directed by : Patrice CHEREAU
Country : FRANCE Length : 164 minutes
Award for Best Actress , 1994
Jury Prize , 1994
She is beautiful, she is catholic, she is the King's sister, her name is Marguerite de Valois. Her brother has nicknamed her Margot. Henri de Navarre is protestant and said to be ill-mannered, unshaven and to smell garlic and sweat. They are wed by force. It is a political manoeuvre: they need to reconcile the French, torn apart by religious wars. Six days after the marriage at the Notre Dame Cathedral is the Saint Bartholomew day. In the middle of this night of horror, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door; La Môle because he is protestant must die like all the others. Margot hides him, nurses him and grows to love him. That night everything is thrown into confusion.
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Patrice CHEREAU - Director
Patrice CHEREAU - Script / Dialogue
Hélène VIARD - Film Editor
Danièle THOMPSON - Script / Dialogue
Philippe ROUSSELOT - Cinematography
Goran BREGOVIC - Music
François GEDIGIER - Film Editor
Richard PEDUZZI - Set decorator
Olivier RADOT - Set decorator
Virna LISI - Catherine de Medicis
Dominique BLANC - Henriette de Nevers
Isabelle ADJANI - Margot
Daniel AUTEUIL - Henri de Navarre
Vincent PEREZ - la Môle
Jean-Hugues ANGLADE - Charles IX
film poster © DR
