While watching this I kept comparing it to la Reine Margot. Same period, same subject matter. And the main actress is very beautiful and competent enough but the screenplay is not great. The princess makes such weird and illogical decisions. Women can put up with a lot more than what this so called strong willed woman much put up with. She is basically being pretty silly and disappointed in love. No reason to retract from live. Also her husband was perfectly reasonable especially for the age. Not reason to treat him with such unkindness. Also why not just have your fun with The Guise and than continue living. Everything in La Reine Margot is more passionate, brutal, kind, realistic and more human in the end. The Princesse de Monpensier is not the best the French can do. Nice horses though...
Review of The Princess of Montpensier
