The Princess of Montpensier (2010) on Netflix
NR20102h 19mActionDramaHistory
Marie de Mézières loves Henri de Guise, but her father promises her in marriage to Philippe de Montpensier, a stranger to her. When war calls Philippe away, Count Chabannes becomes her tutor.
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Plot summary
Amid the wars of religion, the Count of Chabannes, sickened by the slaughter, deserts the army of the Prince of Condé. Bandits seize him on the road, and a nobleman he once taught, the Prince of Montpensier, rescues him and keeps him in his service. Montpensier is arranging his marriage to Marie de Mézières, who has been close to her childhood friend Henri de Guise and has never met her future husband. Guise is furious and draws his sword; Chabannes steps between them and calms them. After the wedding, Marie, the prince and Chabannes ride to the prince's castle, where the count speaks of his remorse for the brutality of the wars. A royal summons takes the prince to Paris, and he leaves Marie with Chabannes, to be educated for the court.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
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- The Princess of Montpensier mixes fiction and history during the French Wars of Religion and builds to the real St Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, when mobs of armed Catholics hunted down and slaughtered thousands of their Protestant neighbours.
- For the riding scenes, a steadicam was placed on a motorcycle or a small car so the camera could move freely with the riders, an idea Bertrand Tavernier took from old Westerns, where important conversations often take place on horseback.
