Milady De Winter, a beautiful femme fatale without scruples, plays with the feelings of her suitors. And sometimes very dangerously.
Costume
Arielle Dombasle's sheer nerve and even sheerer bodices.
Acting
Asia Argento fully commits to being unhinged.
Director
Josée Dayan
Arielle Dombasle
Milady
Asia Argento
Sally La Chèvre
Martin Lamotte
Richelieu
Julie Depardieu
Constance Bonacieux
Nicole Courcel
Jeanne De Breuil
Christopher Buchholz
Lord Buckingham
Florent Pagny
D'Artagnan
Guillaume Depardieu
Athos
Frédéric Longbois
Porthos
Eric Ruf
Aramis
Dominique Marcas
Mother Superior
Bernard Nissile
Thomas Backson
Édouard Baer
le vicomte de Wardes (not credited)
François Hadji-Lazaro
Jacob Mazel, Le bourreau de Béthune
Stanislas Merhar
John Felton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arielle Dombasle, who plays Milady, also co-wrote the screenplay—she literally wrote her own villain origin story.
This TV movie was part of a 2000s French trend of rehabilitating 'evil women' from classic literature through sympathetic backstories.
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