I loved every frame of this romantic historical drama! The film is more about the four men (Lambert Wilson, Gregoire LePrince-Ringuet, Gaspard Ulliel and Raphael Personnaz) more than her (Melanie Thierry). Betrand Tavernier is one of the great directors of all time. The film is more leisurely than "Queen Margot", which it resembles in it's period and it's story. The editing is fluid, the costumes, the sets, the design elements are all so pleasurable and add so much - I wasn't bored for a single moment. I esp. loved the performances by all 5 lead actors. It was interesting seeing these actors in very different roles than I am used to seeing them in. The story also resembles Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd", but instead of 3 men there are 4. (: Yes, the politics of Catholics, Protestants and "heretics" is a bit confusing but that's always the case with these medieval movies. I assume in France they learn this in history class so they don't need the information as much as we do. But I didn't care. I was so caught up in the story and esp. the acting that I didn't need anything more. I give this film a 10 out of 10 because I wasn't bored for a single frame of the movie.
