The 3 Musketeers: Milady, second part of the diptych by Martin Bourboulon adapted from the work of Alexandre Dumas is released this Wednesday, December 13 in our cinemas. Here’s a reminder of D’Artagnan!
“WARNING – This article is a recap of the film “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan”. It contains spoilers and aims to refresh the memory of viewers who have seen the film. If you have not yet seen the film, move on. .
This is the French film event of the end of the year! The Three Musketeers: Milady, sequel to D’Artagnan released on April 5, is released this Wednesday, December 13 in our cinemas.
Martin Bourboulon’s feature film, inspired by the work of Alexandre Dumas, attracted more than 3.3 million spectators to French cinemas (without taking into account the figures for its release since D’Artagnan is once again visible on the big screen until December 12).
But before discovering its direct sequel to the cinema, here is a recap of the events of D’Artagnan.
In 1627, the young D’Artagnan headed to Paris to realize his dream: to join the King’s musketeers. Thanks to his chance meeting with the famous Athos (Vincent Cassel), Porthos (Pio Marmaï) and Aramis (Romain Duris), his wish is granted.
But this new life of adventure and brotherhood is also full of dangers. The most formidable being the mysterious Milady De Winter (Eva Green), the spy of Cardinal De Richelieu (Eric Ruf). The latter try to compromise Queen Anne of Austria (Vicky Krieps), the wife of the King of France Louis XIII (Louis Garrel). But thanks to the tenacity of the 4 musketeers, the Queen’s honor is saved.
The Kingdom of France is divided into two camps: the Catholic Royalists and the Protestant Republicans. Between plots, attacks, kidnappings, murders and betrayals, the country is more than ever on the verge of civil war. The Musketeers manage at the last minute to thwart an attack against the King, but the identity of its sponsor is still unknown…
Julien Panié François Civil and Romain Duris
In the shadows, powerful forces always conspire and will do anything to seize power. But after Constance Bonacieux (Lyna Khoudri), the Queen’s confidant and friend of D’Artagnan, discovers the identity of those responsible, she is kidnapped. D’Artagnan sets out in the footsteps of his beloved but is stopped in his frantic race by Ardanza (Ivan Franěk).
The film ends with a post-credit scene during which Milady asks Cardinal Richelieu to get rid of the Musketeers…
What to expect in “Milady”?
During our interview with the film team to promote Milady, François Civil told us: “Milady is the direct sequel to D’Artagnan. We pick up where we left off the first because we cut to a surprising cliffhanger.“The latter continues:” We find the same characters but we go in more depth, whether in their trajectory or in their past. There are lots of things that come to light, obviously. We arrive at the conclusion of many mysteries.”
The actor then evokes the difference in tone between the two opuses. “Milady has a slightly different tone, even if there is always a counterbalance in the story, a bit like Dumas. There are aspects which are more of a comedy with Pio Marmaï And Romain Duris and things more of a dramatic nature.”
Julien Panié
Eva Green
Director Martin Bourboulon adds: “We leave the first film with the King who launches France’s commitment to war to recover the siege of La Rochelle, and the second film explores this. So, if only in visual tone, it is a film which is more aerial, more outdoors, with the sea and natural elements which are a little different.“
Planned from the start as a diptych and shot at the same time as D’Artagnan, The Three Musketeers: Milady was nevertheless “adjusted” by Martin Bourboulon and his team. The latter in fact took into account the opinions of D’Artagnan’s spectators, in particular the criticisms concerning the colorimetry sometimes considered too yellow by the spectators.
We took into account the feedback from spectators.
The director explains to us thus: “We took into account the feedback from spectators. It is a chance. The opportunity to make two films at the same time is unheard of for a director. It’s very rare. The advantage we had is that when I say that I took the feedback into account, that is to say that in fact, the second opus is much more external. In colorimetry, it offered something different.
In the first part we had a universe with rather dark interiors, and we paid attention to that in the second film. Because indeed, more than spectator feedback, it is feedback from experience which means that there is no cinema in France that is set up in the same way and there are places where , ultimately, the image we wanted does not necessarily come across in the right way. So there you have it, we have this feedback and we heard it because when we make a film it is above all for the spectators.“
The Three Musketeers: Milady releases in our theaters this Wednesday, December 13.