Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.
- paris
- france
- based on novel or book
- marriage of convenience
- royalty
- conspiracy
- palace intrigue
- 16th century
- religious persecution
- st. bartholomew's day massacre
- french history
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Isabelle Adjani
Margot
Daniel Auteuil
Henri de Navarre
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Charles IX
Vincent Perez
La Môle
- Virna Lisi — Catherine de Médicis
- Dominique Blanc — Henriette de Nevers
- Pascal Greggory — Anjou
- Claudio Amendola — Coconnas
- Miguel Bosé — Guise
- Asia Argento — Charlotte de Sauve
- Julien Rassam — Alençon
- Thomas Kretschmann — Nançay
- Jean-Claude Brialy — Coligny
- Jean-Philippe Écoffey — Condé
- Albano Guaetta — Orthon
- Directed
- Patrice Chéreau
- Written
- Danièle Thompson, Patrice Chéreau
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 431 ratings
- Studio
- Renn Productions, D. A. Films, WMG Film, NEF Filmproduktion, RCS Films, France 2 Cinéma
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
