La Reine Margot/Queen Margot (Film 1994 - New Director's Cut)

La Reine Margot is a 1994 French period film directed by Patrice Chéreau, and written by himself along with Danièle Thompson, based on the 1845 historical novel La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas. Audio in French with English subtitles (Click on CC).

The movie stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi and Vincent Pérez. The film was an international co-production made by several companies based in France, Germany, and Italy, with the additional participation of StudioCanal and the American company Miramax and the support of Eurimages. Among the locations were the Mafra Palace in Portugal, the Saint-Quentin Basilica, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, and the Château de Maulnes, Cruzy-le-Châtel in France.

The film won the Jury Prize and Best Actress Award at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, as well as five César Awards. It was later shown as part of the Cannes Classics section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

During the late 16th century, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots are fighting over political control of France, which is ruled by the neurotic, hypochondriac King Charles IX, and his mother, Catherine de' Medici, a scheming power player. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up her daughter Margot in marriage to Henri de Bourbon, a prominent Huguenot and King of Navarre, although she also schemes to bring about the notorious St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572, when thousands of Protestants are slaughtered. The marriage goes forward but Margot, who does not love Henri, begins a passionate affair with the soldier La Môle, also a Protestant from a well-to-do family. Murders by poisoning follow, as court intrigues multiply and Queen Catherine's villainous plotting to place her son the Duke of Anjou on the throne threatens the lives of La Môle, Margot and Henri of Navarre.

Cast & Characters:
Isabelle Adjani as Margaret of Valois, "Queen Margot"
Daniel Auteuil as Henri de Bourbon, future Henry IV
Jean-Hugues Anglade as Charles IX
Vincent Pérez as La Môle
Virna Lisi as Catherine de' Medici
Dominique Blanc as Henriette de Nevers
Pascal Greggory as Henri, Duke of Anjou, later Henry III
Claudio Amendola as Coconnas
Miguel Bosé as Henry I, Duke of Guise
Asia Argento as Charlotte de Sauve
Julien Rassam as Duke of Alençon
Thomas Kretschmann as Nançay
Jean-Claude Brialy as Admiral de Coligny
Jean-Philippe Écoffey as Condé