
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France, a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace, a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic king, Charles IX, and the Hugenot king, Henri of Navarre. Catherine de Médicis maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.... (Full plot summary below)
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The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France, a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace, a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic king, Charles IX, and the Hugenot king, Henri of Navarre. Catherine de Médicis maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.
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| Time OutKeith UhlichDeath seems to linger in every inch of the frame, yet the film lives and breathes like few others. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenIt's Romeo and Juliet knee-deep in carnage, staged with Jacobean fury, lurid sensuality and high style by the recklessly gifted Chereau. |
| The DissolveScott TobiasThat's a lot of plot-and plotting-to sort out, and while Chéreau and co-writer Danièle Thompson occasionally fail to explicate it clearly, the center of the film holds strong. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzLively as spectacle shot at authentic locales. |
| Village VoiceAaron CutlerThough Queen Margot's sound, sets, costumes, and camerawork collectively stun, Chéreau prioritized his actors, and he gave his ensemble ample freedom to perform. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksThe movie is a jumbled mess that never really comes alive, and in the end may feel like something of an endurance test. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyServing as opening night of the 1994 Cannes Festival, this bloody account of French royalty divided critics, often along national lines, eliciting debates of French versus Hollywood cinema; good production values help this overlong violent saga. |
| User ReviewBianca ZMy top movie, could be personal sensitivity 4 thaat kind of films, but waaaaaa, I say Paris grew on blood, wars, sexual perversions n suffering, where the heck this they get the whole love city fame?! |
| User ReviewL Agata BI love this film. Just one word: beautiful! |
| User ReviewMichelangelo SWhen I think of reasons why I am vehemently opposed to ORGANIZED RELIGION, I think of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in France, when the "Holy Catholic Masses", under direction of Royal Family, slaughtered tens of thousands of Protestants. (I also think of the IRA bombings, I think of the Middle-age Crusades, I think of th Inquisition, I think of Evangelical Religions demanding litmus tests of Presidential Candidates, I think of modern-day Jihads, I think of George Bush's own personal "Christian" Crusade-Jihad to transform the face of the Middle East into his image. But this film puts personal tragic faces on all of that for me. I love the film. And I love Isabelle Adjani (who does another fantastic role in CAMILLE CLAUDET). |