Directed by Patrice Chereau | France, Germany, Italy | 162 mins

The original “Red Wedding”, Queen Margot stars the luminous Isabelle Adjani in one of her most iconic performances. The Scarlet Empress meets Succession in this epic tale of the Catholic princess of the Valois Dynasty (Adjani) forced to marry a Protestant king (Daniel Auteuil). The controversial marriage, a powderkeg society on the edge and summer heat conspire to bring about a massacre. The libertine Margot must choose loyalty between her enemy husband, or her own venomous family, led by the demonically calculating matriarch Catherine (Virna Lisi).

Opera director Patrice Chereau fashions a sumptuous, sensuous and flamboyantly punk fable that explodes the history book in bloody shards of intrigue and passion. No wonder it was a favourite of figures as diverse as Ridley Scott and Alexander McQueen. Presented in the original directors cut; with Jean-Hughes Anglade, Vincent Perez and Asia Argento. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

 Rating: 14A for Violence, Nudity, and Sexual Content.

 Part of our Operatic Cinematic Series.

Partner:  la Cité des Rocheuses

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