Movie Review Thread

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Queen Margot (1994) is a very good adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of the same name which focuses on the story of Marguerite de Valois during the events immediately prior to the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris in Aug, 1572 and covers about a 2 year period after that. The people and most of the events in the story are true, although the cause of death of Charle IX is incorrect and changed for dramatic purposes. Some of the conspiracies can't be known for sure, and the film portrays one of several possible viewpoints. Some of the dramatic romanticism is fictional. The acting and production are both excellent. The movie is in French with English subtitles.


Children of the Century (1999) is the story of the love affair between George Sand and Alfred de Musset in the 1830's. It's very well acted by the real life lovers, Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. It doesn't try to cover their contribution to creative literature or from where their creative talent sprang. The film is in French with English subtitles.