Queen Margot - 1994 - 6/10
AKA - La Reine Margot (original extended version)

Princess Margot becomes pawn in the bloody struggle between Catholics and Protestants.
Betrothed to the King of Navarre, whom she does not love, Margot has a torrid affair with a soldier.
Both men are Huguenots. If you know French history, this will inform the proceedings.
Margot’s affair with the soldier shades the court intrigue which is more important.
The truncated version for North America, edited this into a muddled bodice ripper.
Isabelle Adjani is radiant as Margot, Vincent Perez is unsatisfying as her love interest.
The result is a bloody melodrama, making me curious about the original (now gone) version.