Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between French Catholics and Protestants. Six days after her wedding, La Mole, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door. He is Protestant and must die like all the others, but Margot hides him, nurses him back to help and grows to love him.

Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Originally released as motion picture in 1994. DVD features: feature-length audio commentary by Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival Richard Peña; 2014 re-release trailer.