Queen Margot

Queen Margot

She was the wife of a king… and the lover of a soldier.

1994138 min7.2 / 10

A lavish historical drama of forbidden passion amid religious violence and court intrigue, where a marriage of convenience becomes a battleground for love, faith, and survival.

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

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