To appease the protestants, the queen mother, catherine medici, arranges a. Cast includes isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez, virna lisi, pascal greggory. Aug 28, 2012 the historical plausibility of queen margot. Its presentation at cannes also constitutes a new departure for the work of patrice chereau. Paris, august, 1572 a troubled time in the history of france, a country torn by wars and religious strife. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
I have never read that book, so i cannot speak to any comparison. In a rentasystem deal, a producer licenses certain film rights to a distribution company, typically a studio, for a limited term, but the distribution company is not required to. With isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez. With jeanne moreau, armando francioli, robert porte, henri genes. Two riders ride to paris carrying a message for their respective lords. However, when the film unspooled, those expecting the usual prettyasa. One is a faithful servant of henry of navarre, the other of the duke of guise. When queen margot was released theatrically in america in 1994, arthouse. Both novel and movie, though, are rambunctiously fictional versions of. Avec isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent perez, virna lisi. The movie stars isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, virna lisi and vincent perez.
Directors patrice chereau cast includes isabelle adjani, daniel auteuil, jeanhugues anglade, vincent parez, virna lisi, dominique blanc, pascal greggory, claudio amendola, miguel bosa, asia argento, julien rassam, thomas kretschmann, jeanclaude brialy, jeanphilippe a coffey. Young queen margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between catholics and protestants. The film begins with the catholic margot isabelle adjani reluctantly marrying the huguenot king henri of navarre who should be 19, but is. Queen margot is one of the great modern historicals. Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly powerhungry family, the beautiful margot isabelle adjani diabolique soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs.
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