Restored Queen Margot to be Screened at FSLC
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Posted February 21, 2014 07:48 PM by Webmaster
Between February 28 and March 5, the Film Society of Lincoln Center will screen nine films directed by acclaimed French filmmaker Patrice Chereau. The FSLC's program includes Chereau's debut thriller The Flesh of the Orchid (1975), The Wounded Man (1983), Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998), and the recently restored director's cut of Queen Margot (1994).
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the film's release, Pathé restored Queen Margot in 4K in 2013 and entrusted the work, under the direction of Chéreau, to Eclair Group for the image and L.E Diapason for the sound. The new restoration was screened in the Classics section of last year's edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Official synopsis: Marguerite, Catholic sister of King Charles IX, is forced to marry the Protestant Henri de Naverre in order to reconcile her native France. However, the brutal murder of thousands of Protestants during the St. Bartholomew's Day celebrations throws the fragile peace into chaos, and when a wounded Protestant seeks refuge with Marguerite, she finds herself falling in love with a pronounced enemy. With a soundtrack by Goran Bregovic (Emir Kusturica's Underground).
You can see the complete schedule for FSLC's Patrice Chéreau: The Love That Dares series here
Note: French label Pathe has already announced that it will release the newly restored Queen Margot on Blu-ray in France on May 7th. You can see our listing of this upcoming release here.
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the film's release, Pathé restored Queen Margot in 4K in 2013 and entrusted the work, under the direction of Chéreau, to Eclair Group for the image and L.E Diapason for the sound. The new restoration was screened in the Classics section of last year's edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Official synopsis: Marguerite, Catholic sister of King Charles IX, is forced to marry the Protestant Henri de Naverre in order to reconcile her native France. However, the brutal murder of thousands of Protestants during the St. Bartholomew's Day celebrations throws the fragile peace into chaos, and when a wounded Protestant seeks refuge with Marguerite, she finds herself falling in love with a pronounced enemy. With a soundtrack by Goran Bregovic (Emir Kusturica's Underground).
You can see the complete schedule for FSLC's Patrice Chéreau: The Love That Dares series here
Note: French label Pathe has already announced that it will release the newly restored Queen Margot on Blu-ray in France on May 7th. You can see our listing of this upcoming release here.
