The Independent - London, January 12th, 1996
Patrice Chereau's costume drama La Reine Margot doesn't begin auspiciously. Paragraph after paragraph of text on the screen explaining the political situation in France in 1572, followed by moody images of people scheming, then a royal wedding tha t lapses into farce when the bride, Marguerite de Valois, known as Margot (Isabelle Adjani) refuses to make her vows. She needs a push in the small of the back before the ceremony can be completed, her gasp as her face connects with a cushion being const rued by the officiating prelate as "oui".
Add to this some side-of-the-mouth bickering on the wa...
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