Queen Margot
by french_film_grl
Queen Margot is an amazing historical French film based on the novel, "Marguerite De Valois", written by Alexandre Dumas. This film is set in 1572 Paris. During that medieval period in France, majority Catholics and minority Protestants were at odds. In an arranged marriage set to ease religious tensions, Catholic Queen Margot and Protestant Henri de Bourbon wed. Things do not go exactly as planned and what follows the wedding is a massacre of Protestants that have come to see Henri de Bourbon get married. This day is known in history as the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, in which over six thousand Protestants were killed in the streets of Paris. After the bloody massacre carried out by the Catholics we are drawn in to a plot of allegiances, betrayals, lovers, friends, enemies, greed, and wickedness. You cannot turn away from this intense film. The acting is excellent, and the storyline full of turns. The official FFG rating for this film is 10.
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