Born on this day – Virna Lisi:

Virna Lisi

Actress

November 8, 1936 – December 18, 2014

On this day in movie history - La Reine Margot (1994 movie & novel):

La Reine Margot

aka Queen Margot,

directed by Patrice Chéreau,

written by Danièle Thompson and Patrice Chéreau,

based on the novel La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas,

was released in France on May 13, 1994.
Music by Goran Bregovic.

Cast:

Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Miguel Bosé, Asia Argento, Julien Rassam, Thomas Kretschmann, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Albano Guaetta, Johan Leysen, Dörte Lyssewski, Michelle Marquais, Laure Marsac, Alexis Nitzer, Emmanuel Salinger, Barbet Schroeder, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Otto Tausig, Bruno Todeschini, Tolsty, Bernard Verley, Ulrich Wildgruber, Laurent Arnal, Gérard Berlioz, Christophe Bernard, Marian Blicharz, Daniel Breton, Pierre Brilloit, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Cécile Caillaud, Marc Citti, Grégoire Colin, Erwan Dujardin, Jean Douchet, Philippe Duclos, Marina Golovine, Zygmunt Kargol, Carlos López, Orazio Massaro, Roman Massine, Charlie Nelson, Bernard Nissile, Julie-Anne Roth, Jean-Michel Tavernier, Béatrice Toussaint, Mélanie Vaudaine, Nicolas Vaude, Isabel Alarcão, José Alves, Ivo Canelas, Dalila Carmo, Hélène de Fougerolles, Ramon de Mello, Vanessa Dinger, Nuno Elias, Gonçalo Ferreira, Luís Gaspar, Fernando Lupach, Peter Michael, Florbela Oliveira, Andreas Piper, Margarida Reis, Victor Rocha, Maria Rueff, José Simão, Patrícia Tavares, AnabeTeixeira, Nuno Tudela, Carlos Vieira, Mafalda Vilhena.

Recommended reading:

La Reine Margot

By Alexandre Dumas.

Filmed as La Reine Margot, aka Queen Margot (1994), directed by Patrice Chéreau.

Published by Oxford University Press.

First published 1845.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0199538441

ISBN-13: 978-0199538447

Description:

La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world's greatest and best-loved story-tellers. This revised edition of the classic translation of 1846 is richly annotated. An introduction sets Dumas and his work in their literary, historical and cultural context.