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Queen Margot DVD - Buena Vista Home Video - Historical Drama Film - Perfect for Movie Nights & Classic Film Collections
Queen Margot DVD - Buena Vista Home Video - Historical Drama Film - Perfect for Movie Nights & Classic Film Collections

Queen Margot DVD - Buena Vista Home Video - Historical Drama Film - Perfect for Movie Nights & Classic Film Collections

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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 -- DIABOLIQUE) 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 the pretigious Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize -- you're sure to be entertained by this vivid portrayal of passion, revenge, and extraordinary courage!

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I had seen this movie several times in the past, but having just read a copy of Nancy Goldstone’s wonderful book, “The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom,” I had to purchase a copy of the movie.I watched it once while reading the book and again after finishing the book.It is a beautiful movie, very beautifully filmed and acted. Isabelle Adjani is breathtaking as Marguerite de Valois, more commonly called Margot. Margot was a French princess, roughly contemporary with Elizabeth I of England, who lived an extraordinary life, full of danger and adventure.This movie is based on a different book, a novel, Le Reine Margot, by Alexandre Dumas. I have never read that book, so I cannot speak to any comparison between it and the movie. The movie only covers a very small part of Margot’s life.I highly recommend this movie, despite the fact that I now know how much of it is fictionalized (well, that’s not a surprise, is it?). The movie has Margot posing as a streetwalker to pick up guys for sex. (Oh, come on.) She also met her lover, La Mole, under very different circumstances. The real Charles IX also died of natural causes.The sad part about people who only see the movie is that they will never realize how incredible a person Margot really was. I highly recommend the Nancy Goldstone book, which is very entertaining as well as informative, to learn about the real Margot.The first time I saw the movie, I was a little confused as to who was who, not being all that familiar with the characters. The main things you need to know to enjoy the movie is that the treacherous Catherine de’ Medici was ruling France through her son, Charles IX. Catherine adored her younger son, Henri, and favored him over her other children, especially Margot, to whom she was very cruel. Charles protected Margot but never hesitated to use her to his own advantage; her life was always in danger as he was weak and inconsistent in his protection. Margot was a devout Catholic, but she was forced (literally) to marry the leader of the Huguenots (French Protestants), Henry of Navarre (the king of a small kingdom dependent upon France), at a time when Protestants and Catholics were bitter enemies and often at war. Part of the reason Catherine set up the marriage was to arrange an assassination of an enemy. That plan went very, very wrong, and the consequences were horrendous. Henry of Navarre never trusted Margot, despite her bravery and kindness, and avoided her. Margot found someone else to love and to love her. Two other characters, Margot’s friend and that friend’s lover, also are prominent characters, and they share a similar fate.Watch the movie and then read the Nancy Goldstone book to find out what really happened, and more importantly, what happened with Margot afterward -- and, trust me, a whole lot happened.