“Warning – This article is a summary of The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan. It contains spoilers and is intended to refresh the memory of viewers who have seen the movie. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, skip ahead. .
It’s the last French cinema event of the year! The Three Musketeers: Milady, the sequel to D’Artagnan, released on April 5th, hits our theaters on Wednesday, December 13th.
Martin Bourboulon’s feature film, inspired by the work of Alexandre Dumas, attracted more than 3.3 million viewers in French cinemas (not counting its opening figures, as d’Artagnan is back on the big screen until December 12).
But before you discover its direct sequel in the cinema, here is a recap of the events of D’Artagnan.
In 1627, the young d’Artagnan went to Paris to fulfill his dream: to join the King’s Musketeers. Thanks to a chance meeting with the famous Athos (Vincent Cassel), Porthos (Pio Marmay) and Aramis (Romain Dury), his wish comes true.
But this new life of adventure and brotherhood is also full of dangers. Most terrifying of all was the mysterious Milady de Winter (Eva Green), a spy for Cardinal de Richelieu (Eric Ruff). The latter tries to compromise with Queen Anne of Austria (Vicky Cripps), wife of King Louis XIII of France (Louis Garrel). But thanks to the strength of the 4 musketeers, the honor of the queen was saved.
The Kingdom of France was divided into two camps: Catholic Royalists and Protestant Republicans. Between conspiracies, attacks, kidnappings, murders and betrayals, the country is more than ever on the brink of civil war. Musketeers manage to thwart the attack on the king at the last minute, but the identity of his sponsor is still unknown…
Francois Civil and Romain Duris
In the shadows, powerful forces are always conspiring and will do anything to seize power. But after Constance Bonacieux (Lina Khoudry), the queen’s confidante and friend of D’Artagnan, discovers the identity of those responsible, she is kidnapped. D’Artagnan is on the trail of his beloved, only to be stopped in his frantic race by Ardanza (Ivan Frankek).
The film ends with a post-credit scene in which Milady asks Cardinal Richelieu to get rid of the Musketeers…
What should we expect in “Miledi”?
During an interview with the film crew to promote Millet, François Civil told us:A direct sequel to Milady d’Artagnan. We pick up where we left off in the first one as we cut to an amazing cliffhanger.“The latter continues:” We find the same characters, but we go deeper, whether it’s in their trajectory or their past. Clearly, there is a lot to figure out. We come to the conclusion of many mysteries.”
The actor then evokes the difference in tone between the two opuses. “Miléd has a slightly different tone, even if there’s always a counterbalance to the story, a bit like Dumas. There are aspects that are more comedic. Pio Marmai and Romain Duris and things of a more dramatic nature.’
Eva Green
Director Martin Bourboulon adds: “The first film leaves the king launching France’s commitment to the war to rebuild the siege of La Rochelle, while the second film explores this. So, if only in visual tone, it’s a film that’s more airy, more outdoorsy, with a little different sea and natural elements.“
Originally planned as a diptych and photographed with d’Artagnan, The Three Musketeers: Milady Nevertheless, was “customized” by Martin Bourboulon and his team. The latter actually took into account the opinions of d’Artagnan’s viewers, in particular the criticism of the colorimetry, which was sometimes considered too yellow by viewers.
Consider audience feedback.
The director explains:Consider audience feedback. This is a chance. The possibility of shooting two films at the same time is unheard of for a director. It is very rare. We had the advantage that when I say I took the feedback into account, I mean actually the second opus is much more external. In ferrometry, he proposed something different.
In the first part, we had a world with a rather dark interior, and we took care of that in the second film. Because really, more than the feedback from the audience, it’s the feedback from the experience, which means that there is no cinema in France that is set up in the same way and there are places where, in the end, the image that we wanted does not necessarily come across correctly. way. So there you have it, we have that feedback and we’ve listened, because when we make a film, it’s primarily for the audience.“
The Three Musketeers: Milady Hits our theaters this Wednesday, December 13th.
Source: Allocine
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