THE SERPENT QUEEN

STARZPLAY DRAMA

Catherine de Medici (Samantha Morton, right), an Italian noblewoman who became the Queen of France, tells her life story to the poor, terrified kitchen girl who has brought her food. The young Catherine (Liv Hill) gradually learns that she has to be ruthless to survive and the character regularly talks straight to the camera to comment on her treatment with a modern sensibility. The dialogue is contemporary too. It’s a bit like

The Great mixed with Becoming

Elizabeth.

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