Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Germany, Belgium
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
- princess
- mask
- infidelity
- france
- forbidden love
- duke
- love
- based on short story
- 16th century
- aristocracy
The bill
Mélanie Thierry
Marie de Montpensier
Lambert Wilson
François de Chabannes
Gaspard Ulliel
Henri de Guise
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Philippe de Montpensier
- Raphaël Personnaz — Le Duc d'Anjou
- Michel Vuillermoz — Le Duc de Montpensier
- Philippe Magnan — Le Marquis de Mézières
- Florence Thomassin — La Marquise de Mézières
- Christine Brücher — La Duchesse de Montpensier
- Evelina Meghnagi — Catherine de Médicis
- Judith Chemla — Catherine de Guise
- César Domboy — Mayenne
- Jean-Pol Dubois — Le Cardinal de Lorraine
- Charles Petit — Nicolas
- Joséphine de la Baume — Jeanne, la suivante de Marie
- Directed
- Bertrand Tavernier
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 278 ratings
- Studio
- Paradis Films, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Pandora Filmproduktion, MEDIA Programme of the European Union
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