Product Review

France, 1572. During an uneasy break in the wars of religion, Catholic King Charles IX
(Jean-Hugues Anglade) concludes a marriage of state between his sister, Margot
(Isabelle Adjani), and the Protestant Huguenot King Henry of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil), by ramming forward a reluctant Margots head in lieu of a Oui. But Margots skull-faced
Queen Mother (Virna Lisi) is already plotting the attack on the Huguenots that would come to be known as the St. Bartholomew s Day Massacre, and Margot is in the throes of a throbbingly romantic affair with the Protestant La Môle (Vincent Perez).

The late Patrice Chéreau s high octane adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel begins
in fifth gear and never lets up, plunging in hip-deep in history and into a dizzying array of
characters, with passionate performances and a riveting, horrific staging of the Massacre.
Originally released in the U.S. in a truncated version , the complete 159-minute director s cut.


DVD FEATURES:
Feature-length audio commentary by former Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and scholar Richard Peña;
2014 Re-Release Trailer;
In French with English Subtitles