To see at the cinema: more density, more action! The Three Musketeers returned with Milady

What is it about?

From the Louvre to Buckingham Palace, from the underbelly of Paris to the siege of La Rochelle… In a kingdom torn by religious wars and threatened by an English invasion, a few men and women will cross swords and link their destinies. that France.

The Three Musketeers is back in theaters with Milady! If you liked the first part, which was released successfully last April, you will like this one, which is in his tradition, which his team confirms to us on the microphone.

“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.”

“We’re finding the same characters, but we’re going deeper, whether it’s in their trajectory or their past. Obviously, a lot is revealed. We’re getting to the bottom of a lot of mysteries..”

Eva Green adds:I really see these two parts as a great movie. There is more exposition in the first part. In the second part, we know who the heroes are.

Maybe we need more time to explore each character. We develop them more, there may be more density. Things are revealed, especially about the characters of Athos and Mileda.“

for Francois Civil, “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.’

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 semi-diptych and shot with d’Artagnan, The Three Musketeers: Milady still “corrected” Martin Bourboulon and his team.

The latter, in fact, took into account the opinions of d’Artagnan’s viewers, in particular the criticism of colorimetry, which is sometimes considered too yellow by the public.

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. More than the response of the audience, it is a response related to the fact that no cinema in France is set up in the same way and there are places where, in the end, the image we wanted does not necessarily go the right 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.“

Milady has a sphinx side

This second part will focus more on Milady. We asked Eva Green what drives her character. “Milady is quite a complex character. He has a rather sphinx-like side to him.

It may seem quite still, quite cold, but it is moving from within. What drives Milady is revenge. And he has quite a lot of inner anguish from past romantic wounds.”

and added: “It’s always interesting to play characters that are really driven by something very specific. Has weaknesses, cracks. That’s what really drew me to the character, not just the fact that I played someone fatal. It was quite nice.”

The Three Musketeers: Milady Hits our theaters this Wednesday, December 13th.