Henri 4 (2010)
Actors:
Maximilian Befort (actor),
Lukas T. Berglund (actor),
Julien Boisselier (actor),
Roger Casamajor (actor),
Jan Dose (actor),
Werner Ehrlicher (actor),
Kristo Ferkic (actor),
Guido Foehrweisser (actor),
Sigo Heinisch (actor),
André Hennicke (actor),
Frank Kessler (actor),
Joachim Król (actor),
Werner Lustig (actor),
Paulus Manker (actor),
Andy Arndt (actor),
Plot: A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one with more than a little bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late 16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots were at war. Seemingly seeking peace, the French dowager queen, Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to have him marry her daughter, uniting the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry-now married-must use all his guile to both stay alive and maneuver for the throne
Keywords: based-on-novel, catholicism-vs-protestantism, character-name-in-title, french-history, french-kingdom, huguenot, monarchy, number-in-title, royal-family, royalty
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
War,
La reine Margot (1994)
Actors:
Claudio Amendola (actor),
Jean-Hugues Anglade (actor),
Laurent Arnal (actor),
Daniel Auteuil (actor),
Gérard Berlioz (actor),
Christophe Bernard (actor),
Miguel Bosé (actor),
Daniel Breton (actor),
Jean-Claude Brialy (actor),
Pierre Brilloit (actor),
Ivo Canelas (actor),
Marc Citti (actor),
Grégoire Colin (actor),
António Cara D'Anjo (actor),
José Alves (actor),
Plot: The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.
Keywords: 1570s, adultery, based-on-novel, bourbon, catholic, catholic-church, character-name-in-title, christian-religion, decapitation, female-frontal-nudity
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
History,
Romance,
Quotes:
[as Henri and Margot walk down the aisle after being married]::Henri: Your mother hates me.::Margot: Yours hated me.::Henri: Yours *killed* mine.
Charles IX: One who gives life is no longer a mother once she takes that life back.
Margot: La Mole would die for us!::Henri: For *us*?::Margot: Yes, for us.::Henri: He'd die for another night with you.
Anjou: Welcome to the family Henri; it's a bit peculiar but not that bad.
Coconnas: You come for the wedding?::La Môle: No. That Margot is an evil whore. The wedding shames us all.
La Môle: You smelt of jasmine that morning. I thought: maybe she's ugly under her mask. Or disfigured. But it didn't matter. You wouldn't let me kiss you. [they kiss] I thought, she's even lonelier than me. She loves as though she is seeking revenge.
La Môle: Promise me something. They say death always took your lovers. They say you lock their hearts in gold boxes around your bed.::Margot: They do? What else? That at night, wearing a mask, I roam the city, looking for love?::La Môle: One day you'll know who you really are. Promise you won't forget me... the one you shouldn't have loved.::Margot: I promise.
Catherine de Médicis: [to Henri de Navarre] The Protestants believe you betrayed them. They can't understand. What is betrayal but one's skill in following the flow of events?
Catherine de Médicis: I love my three children. I mean, all four of them.
Le Cardinal: Henri de Bourbon, do you take Marguerite de Valois as your wife?::Henri: I do.::Le Cardinal: Marguerite de Valois, do you take Henri de Bourbon, King of Navarre, as your husband? [there is a pause] Marguerite de Valois, do you take... In the name of God, and His Holy Church, I join you in matrimony.