The Princess of Montpensier

“Love. Conflict. Betrayal.”

Why is Marie de Mézières (Mélanie Thierry) handed to a prince she does not love when she has already given her heart to Henri de Guise (Gaspard Ulliel)? The marriage is arranged to Philippe de Montpensier (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) during the wars of religion in sixteenth-century France. Bertrand Tavernier sets her among the men who want her, and the old tutor François de Chabannes (Lambert Wilson) watches from the edge of every room.