The Three Musketeers: We’ll Explain The End Of The Movie!  Is it the same as in the novel?

The Three Musketeers: We’ll Explain The End Of The Movie! Is it the same as in the novel?

Warning – This article contains spoilers for The Three Musketeers: Milady.

Milady, the second part of the diptych “The Three Musketeers”, is currently in cinemas, and D’Artagnan continues to work immediately. The fiery young hero, played by François Civil, follows in the footsteps of his beloved Constance Bonacieux (Lina Khoudry), who has been kidnapped in order to discover the identity of the sponsor (Louis Garrel) of the failed assassination of the King of France.

A new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ famous novel, Martin Bourboulon’s films differ from the original work in some ways. If Milad’s ending is different from the ending of the novel and will likely require a third film, the disappearance of Constance’s character will also be different.

How does the novel end?

In Dumas’ novel, Constance Bonacieux is kidnapped and imprisoned by agents of Cardinal Richelieu because of her closeness to D’Artagnan. The latter is poisoned by Milady. Then the cardinal’s spy is arrested by the musketeers, tried and beheaded. D’Artagnan is promoted to lieutenant of musketeers, Athos returns to live with his son Raoul de Bragelonne (also the son of Millade de Winter), Porthos marries the woman he loves, and Aramis becomes a priest among the Vincentians.

Martin Bourboulon and screenwriters Alexandre de la Patellier and Mathieu Delaport chose to change certain elements. Thus, in the feature film, Milady, played by Eva Green, does not directly kill Constance.

Milady de Winter is imprisoned by the Duke of Buckingham (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) before she is hanged. Constance, sheltered by the queen in her house, decides to help her. The queen’s confidante then goes to Milady’s cell and changes the spy’s clothes. Milady can escape. Constance, on the other hand, waits for the Duke to come and receive the condemned woman, and is deceived.

Lina Khudri

But the duke’s bodyguards cover their faces before they lead him to the dungeon. Constance is hanged just as d’Artagnan arrives at the Duke’s house. The Musketeer has time to take his last breath with his loved one in his arms.

A difference that makes Milady more noticeable

If the tragic outcome is the same for the naïve Constance, the manner is different and makes Milady less repulsive. In the film, only Constance makes the decision that will lead to her downfall.

In The Three Musketeers: Milady, viewers are immersed in the story of the film’s antagonist and understand why he built a shell for himself. She was always abused and used by men. So much so that before going to prison, he asks Constance to bring him a dagger so that he can end his own life.

Lynn Khudry and Eva Green

The character played by Eva Green is much less despicable than the character in the novel. Viewers even witness the birth of a sibling between the two women. The fact that Milady doesn’t kill Constance outright makes the character more endearing.

At the end of the featurette, Milady disappears into flames while dueling against D’Artagnan. If we think the spy is dead, the epilogue lets us know that Milady finally survived and came from Athos to collect her son Raoul and ran away with him. A scene that suggests, as I told you before, the third part of the Musketeers and Millade’s adventures.

In order to encourage public support for Milled’s story, it was crucial to flesh out the central character, to give the audience an attachment to Milled and—why not—initiate the rest of their adventures.

When asked about this, director Martin Bourboulon explains to our microphone: “The ending pays homage to Dumas’ writing. That is, he always perceives his work as something breathless, serial, which is constantly moving forward. We’ve always wanted to do this. (…) The ending first honors this, because we also have fun repeating what Dumas did long before us..”

The Three Musketeers: Milady is a must-see at the cinema.

Source: Allocine

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