Queen Margot (1994)

Director: Patrice Chereau  Starring: Isabelle Adjani  
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Publisher: Buena Vista
Format: DVD
UPC: 00786936220339
Buy.com Sku: 40218661
Item#: VSDV9N
Buy.com Sales Rank: 24846
Category Keywords: Epic  Family Interaction  Medieval  Period Piece  Recommended  Renaissance  Romance  Royalty  Theatrical Release  True Story 
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She was the wife of the king...and the lover of a soldier. Power, seduction and deception ruled.
 
 
Features: DVD, English, Subtitled
 
A classic tale of intrigue and forbidden love, Queen Margot is the powerful hit universally acclaimed by critics! Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot (Isabelle Adjani, Camille Claudel) soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes that her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her! Triumphant winner of 5 Cesar Awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, you're sure to be entertained by this vivid portrayal of passion, revenge, and extraordinary courage!
 


Editor's Note

This acclaimed film presents the epic 16th-century saga of Margot de Valois (Isabelle Adjani) and her tragic arranged marriage to Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil). In order to create an alliance between the Protestants and the Catholics, Margot is betrothed to Henri, one of the leaders of the French Protestants. Margot, despite her initial hostility, eventually becomes Henri's main ally in a convoluted and conspiratorial court. However, determined not to consummate her relationship with Henri, Margot takes a Protestant lover (Vincent Perez) and during the St. Bartholomew's Night Massacre, in which the Catholics slaughter the Protestants, helps him escape. The events that follow change not only Margot's life but the course of French history.

 
Features
Subtitles: English
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Audio: French Dolby Digital Surround
 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Buena Vista
Release Date: 1/4/2005
Running Time: 144 minutes
Original Release Date: 1994
Catalog ID: 30898
UPC: 00786936220339
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: French
Available Audio Tracks: French
Available Subtitles: English
Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
1.85:1

 
Cast & Crew
Daniel Auteuil
Isbelle Adjani
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Vincent Perez
Alexandre Dumas Pere - Based On Novel By
Philippe Rousselot - Cinematographer
Philippe Rousselot - Director
Patrice Chereau - Director
Francois Gedigier - Editor
Helene Viard - Editor
Claude Berri - Producer
Daniele Thompson - Writer
Patrice Chereau - Writer

 
Awards

Oscar (1995)
   Moidele Bickel, Nominee, Best Costume Design

British Academy Awards (1996)
   Pierre Grunstein, Patrice Chereau, Nominee, Best Film not in the English Language

Cannes Film Festival (1994)
Virna Lisi, Winner, Best Actress
Patrice Chereau, Winner, Jury Prize
   Patrice Chereau, Nominee, Golden Palm

 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...A big, splashy role for the regal [Adjani]....Chreau creates an atmosphere in which his actors' flamboyance can be entertaining..." 12/09/1994 p.C10

Entertainment Weekly
"...Mesmerizing....History has rarely been so gorgeously, electrically, sensously portrayed..." -- Rating: A 01/27/1995 pp.32-3

Los Angeles Times
"...Rich and full of verve....Adjani still burns a hole in the screen..." 12/14/1994 p.F2

USA Today
"...Adjani, rapturously photographed by Philippe Rousselot, combines Lillian Gish's silent-screen inner strength with sex bomb packaging..." 06/16/1995 p.16D

James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
Queen Margot never becomes tiresome despite a substantial running length (actually, more than 30 minutes were trimmed by Miramax from the original cut). There is enough energy to drive this film through its few slow spots on momentum alone, and Chereau fortunately doesn't subject us to too many scenes with only Adjani and Perez. Featuring the likes of Daniel Auteuil (Un Coeur en Hiver), Jean-Hugues Anglade (Killing Zoe), and Virna Lisi, the rest of the cast is impeccable. - James Berardinelli
 
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
When I saw Queen Margot for the first time in May 1994 at the Cannes Film Festival, it was like looking at the home movies of complete strangers - in this case, the French. All of the many, many characters on the screen were apparently intimately familiar to those around me, but I was at sea. Eventually a few familiar faces came swimming toward me from out of long-ago history classes: Catherine de Medici, for example. But the film didn't seem much concerned with explaining people and relationships, and devoted its energies instead to an almost unwatchable visual style, made up of endless closeups and a restlessly roving camera. - Roger Ebert
 

 
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