LA REINE MARGOT: (PATRICE CHEREAU, 1994)

Patrice Chereau's film "La Reine Margot" presents a theatrical chiaroscuro Renaissance past where struggles for political power are entwined with plots, poisons and the pleasures and perils of the flesh. This Cine-File examines it as part of a cycle of French historical 'super-productions' including 'Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Germinal."