Queen Margot (1994) starring Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil. This film is set in 1572 in France, a time when Protestants and Catholics were warring with one another, both between nations and within nations. The plot is set in motion by the wedding of Margot de Valois (Adjani) and Henri de Navarre (Auteuil), a marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant that it is hoped will bring peace. The result, however, is the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, in which thousands of prominent Protestants were assassinated by the Catholics. Queen Margot helps her Protestant lover escape, resulting in boiling palace intrigue. To put it in historical perspective, ponder the fact that the Protestants were also known as Huguenots, and many of the Huguenots ended up fleeing the persecution and emigrating to America. Henri de Navarre eventually became King Henry IV of France. Although the movie is rather hard to follow at first, it eventually becomes an involving and dramatic, suspenseful and romantic epic. It doesn't have a happy ending. In French, with English subtitles. Grade: B+
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