ISABELLE ADJANI LOOKS IMPOSSIBLY YOUNG IN DIANE DE POITIERS EPIC TV SERIES CLIP ABOUT THE ROYAL LOVER OF HUGO BECKER'S KING HENRY II OF FRANCE

DIANE DE POITIERS

FIRST CLIP IS HERE!

Straight from the French court we have the first clip from French historical mini series DIANE DE POITIERS and although short it does gives us the first glimpse on the main characters: Hugo Becker as King Henry II,

Isabelle Adjani looks very young in the series

Virginie Ledoyen as Anne de Pisseleu, lead star Isabelle Adjani as the king's older lover Diane de Poitiers and Gaia Girace as the queen of France

The series will air on French TV later this year

Catherine de Medici looking not very happy. To air sometime later this year on French Television, the project will be offered to international buyers as two 100 minute episode series or four 50 minute episode one.

IN THIS EPIC TV SERIES
about the royal Valois-Angoulême house who ruled in the midst of the Renaissance, a woman rides in the lead in the race for honours: her name is Diane de Poitiers, experienced huntress whose unalterable beauty fueled

First glimpse of Hugo Becker as king Henry II of France

rumors and legends during her lifetime... and long after her death. Despite her unchallenged influence over Henry, the youngest son of Francis I, her position at court remained fragile in the face of the powerful rival Anne de Pisseleu, the King's favourite, who had a fierce hatred for her. And wasn't Henry's marriage

Gaia Girace as Catherine de Medice with the set crew

to Catherine de Medici definitively compromising the dreams of Diana, who did not hesitate to compare herself to the goddess Artemis? Can the great Nostradamus (Gerard Depardieu) himself predict Diane's future? Can a

Another photo of Catherine de Medici at the sets

simple courtesan escape the suspicions of the inquisition which relentlessly hunts down Protestants and witches? Almost a queen... More than a queen... Diane de Poitiers is a formidable firebrand, an icon of fashion and power, and a free woman.