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Based upon a romantic work of historical fiction by Alexandre Dumas, “Marguerite De Valois”, this is yet another triumphant period fragment by Miramax Films. Critically acclaimed, the film is the winner of five Cesar Awards, as well as the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize.
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The film is station in medieval Catholic France during the reign of Charles IX. There has been unrest between the Catholic majority and the Protestant (Huguenot) minority. It is August 24, 1572, a day that will live in infamy. The day begins auspiciously enough, as it is the wedding day for Margot, the sister of Charles IX. It is an arranged marriage between Catholic Margot and Protestant Henri de Bourbon, the King of Navarre, a province in France. It is a marriage that is supposed to quell the unrest between these two warring religions. As such, many Protestants recede to Paris to spy the union between these two royal personages.
After the wedding, the nefarious and power hungry Dowager Queen, Catherine de Medici, mother to Charles IX and his two younger brothers, Anjou and Alencon, as well as Margot, sets in motion a series of intrigues and plots and reveals what her upright motives were in arranging this marriage, motives that the King of Navarre already suspects. Far from being a merger to unite Catholics and Protestants, it is a call to arms against the Protestants, resulting in the obnoxious St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, in which over six thousand unsuspecting Protestant men, women, and children were brutally slain.
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Margot, who initially dislikes her husband and is known for her wantonness, does effect a pact with him to be his ally. When the carnage begins she is appalled but is soon drawn into her family’s plots and intrigues. She realizes, however, that her survival, as well as that of her husband, depends upon her unusual lover, La Mole, son of Coligny, the King’s slain advisor. Thereafter, Catherine de Medici continues to spot against the King of Navarre, seeking his death. Margot spends most of the film trying to sustain her mother and brothers in check and her husband advantageous, while satisfying herself with La Mole.
Isabelle Adjani is magnificent in the role of Margot. Smart and looking ethereally magnificent, she is simply radiant. Daniel Auteuil is terrific as the beleaguered King of Navarre. He infuses the role with a warmth and humanity that makes the viewer instinctively root for him. Jean-Hugues Anglade is suitable as Charles IX, a broken-down king dominated by his ruthless, grasping mother who would rather seek her popular son, Anjou, on the throne. Anglade makes the role three dimensional as he adds a obvious sensitivity to the role. Pascal Greggory, who plays Anjou, adds a determined enjoyable creepiness to the role of the envious younger brother who longs for his brother’s death so that he can wear the crown. Virna Lisi is a commanding presence as the wicked Catherine de Medici, who would willingly sacrifice her children for power and scrutinize so many of her plans go awry. Last but not least, Vincent Perez is worthy as glowing and true La Mole.
Potential viewers of this French language film should be aware that it is an extremely violent film, due to the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. It is also sexually explicit, with frontal nudity scenes. Moreover, while the DVD provides wide mask format, superior audio and visuals, as well as scene selections and subtitles, it does not offer any extras. Notwithstanding this, the film is one that all those who devour period films or historical fiction will, undoubtedly, be pleased.
Queen Margot is one of the more fine french films you are likely to inspect – accurate up there with Tous Les Matins du Monde and La Belle Noiseuse. The chronicle is well executed, the direction edifying, the acting top notch, the actors all exquisitely shapely, the art departments are spectacular and the lighting and cinematography are outstanding. So why on earth did Miramax settle to achieve out such a horribly abominable DVD transfer of this elegant film? From the opening credits, the amount of digital artifacting in the blacks is horrific – the frames literally freeze when there is no movement on cover – the audio is hollow and without depth – and portray detailing is washed out. Now, you will likely win obsolete to these appalling dreadful choices on the share of the distribution company who decided to place a few bucks on a decent DVD encoding and collected accept wrapped up in the stunningly stunning Isabelle Adajani (who was over 40 at the time of this film’s lensing!) and the truly compelling storytelling going on in this film. However, it’s unprejudiced such a disappointment to peruse a company reknown for it’s sensitivity to the “art film” genre accomplish such a crassly ignorant decision as this one. Let’s all hope that Criterion decides to honor this truly deserving film with a DVD transfer profitable of it’s filmmakers. 5 stars for the film and 0 stars for the DVD itself = 3 stars overall – worth renting for those who haven’t seen it, worth owning for those of us who like it and for those who can live without, wait until a worthy DVD is attach out!
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