• Queen Margot (1994)

    Margot (Isabelle Adjani) is one of several in line to inherit the crown in France, where Roman Catholics and Protestants are jockeying for power. Margot's mother, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), is intent on seeing her son take the throne once the reign of King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade) ends. After being married to a man she doesn't love and starting a tryst with one she...

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Queen Margot

Release Date: December 9th, 1994

DVD Release Date: July 1st, 2003

R |2 hr 23 min

Plot Summary

Margot (Isabelle Adjani) is one of several in line to inherit the crown in France, where Roman Catholics and Protestants are jockeying for power. Margot's mother, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), is intent on seeing her son take the throne once the reign of King Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade) ends. After being married to a man she doesn't love and starting a tryst with one she does, Margot contends with her mother's at-all-costs plan to control the political fate of the volatile country.

Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola

Director: Patrice Chéreau

Genres: Historical drama

Production Co: Miramax

Keywords: France, Forbidden love, Pursuit, Gripping, Brother, Husband

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Awards

Nominated Film Not in the English Language
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (1996)
Nominated Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language
Golden Globes (1995)
Nominated Costume Design
Oscars Academy Awards (1994)