Very best movie i ever watch

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

One of the rare movies that really give us a chance to look into a different world, a different age and let us wonder how those times really were and how it would be to live in those parts of history. And, last but not least, we get on top an absolutely fabulous Isabelle Adjani, playing Marguerite de Valois dite La Reine Margot, the sister of the Catholic King Charles IX.The game takes place in the night of August 24, 1572, known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy). A few days after the wedding day of the king's sister Margot to the Protestant Henry III. of Navarre Catholics killed thousands of Huguenots in Paris and in all of France. War, intrigues, poison, incest, a war of religious and political powers served with fantastic cinematography and lots of blood and fine scenes taking place in a European royal Court. This is a real masterpiece of historical movies regarding European history. And especially as the acting etc. is not the typical interchangeable stuff from all the Hollywood history series and movies, where all people of all ages are behaving, talking etc. more or less just the same.

You may have heard of the Huguenots, but until you've seen "La reine Margot" ("Queen Margot" in English), you have no idea just how horrifying the massacre was. The marrying-off of Margaret of Valois and her subsequent affair with a soldier are but a backdrop for the sheer terror that overran France in the battle between Catholics and Protestants. At the time, it was a big deal to be a Protestant; there would soon be places would it was a big deal to be a Catholic. People sure are good at killing each other over petty issues.The bulk of the credit should go to Isabelle Adjani as Margot. She got thrust into this world of intrigue and deceit against her will and just wanted to live her life. I think that an equal amount of credit should go to Virna Lisi as Catherine of Medici; she shows Catherine to be a cold, ruthless individual. And of course the men play some good roles. Appearing in early roles are Asia Argento (co-star of "xXx" and daughter of horror director Dario Argento) and Thomas Kretschmann (co-star of "The Pianist" and "King Kong").A good movie, but mind you, it's one of the more intense movies that you'll ever watch. Practically every scene contains something violent. Make sure that you can tolerate this before turning it on.

....that I bought the new 2-disc remastered restored DIRECTORS CUT from Amazon.fr. -speaking nor able to read any French. Already having the English subtitled but excellently transfered 16:9 138 min NTSC version from Korea, I knew the gist of the story, and a few French words stood out. The film is a masterwork and left me stunned.Isabelle Adjani-should have been given the honor of a seat next to the throne of God himself, for her utterly stunning performance-where she gives her all-screw the Oscars -they know nothing. And Daniel Auteuel has become a favorite of mine-and gave an excellent performance, too.Pity his lover, the young Baroness, played by a lovely Asia Argento, as she meets a horrible fate. (Is there a poison that could act THAT quickly?-the idea was, I suppose, that 'French kissing' would spread the poison between the two, but a very quick cut shows her licking her fingers after she applied the Lip gloss, just before Margot breaks in)And the mysterious confidante of Margot, Henriette was a bit of an enigma.Will MIRAMAX ever get wise and do the 160 min version 16:9?There were still 10 mins of cut scenes, on disc 2, which are on par quality-wise with the film itself, which in America are usually sabotaged in some way, in the studios paranoid fear of some one getting any ideas about reconstructing a film on DVD-Interesting-On all the made in French DVDs I have-they use an attractive, tasteful way to put the WARNING DO NOT COPY at the start-it is artfully inserted, low key, in keeping with the film story, using font and pictures from the film-as the warnings travel horizontally past- EDV 117So watching their "FBI" warnings are almost a pleasure of short, SHORT film-making in and of itself.

"La Reine Margot" should delight history buffs even though the portrayal of its central character makes her far too important. The princess Marguerite is remembered mostly for her life of dedicated whoring right up until her death. However, three of the characters are masterfully depicted: Henri IV (Auteuil) Catherine de Medici (Lisi) and Charles IX (Anglade), who account for most of the film's veracity. A more accurate portrayal of Henri III who for a time occupied the client throne of Poland in a travesty more like its Queen than its King, would have been welcome. Only a very slight hint of this is given when he is shown kissing his mignon (a bit part played by Thomas Kretschmann, who has lately developed into an impressive actor.) It might also have been interesting seeing the attempt to capture the throne of England by sending the youngest, Duke D'Alencon, to woo Elizabeth I. For a better understanding of Catherine de Medici's character, her youthful life as the scorned and betrayed Italian queen of Henri II is portrayed by Marisa Pavan in the 1956 film "Diane" and the early part of her Regency and the prophecy concerning her children's dire fates in the 1994 film "Nostrodamus" in which she is played by Amanda Plummer. The parallels with her troubled reign and that of her contemporary Elizabeth of England are many. Elizabeth had the Babington plot to deal with and (all the usual glorification of her aside) had many Catholics executed and the remaining Catholic nobility taxed into eventual penury. Not to mention the terrible persecutions she visited (like her predecessors) on Scotland and Ireland. So don't be too quick to judge Catherine de Medici as a monster. Expediency made both of these women ruthless but successful monarchs in very adverse situations. Despite some inaccuracies, this film has a genuine feel for the period that should be greatly appreciated by historical cognoscenti.