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The idea of the ballet was inspired by the film based on this book, the soundtrack to which Eugen Doga had composed. "... It’s curious how humans function: we are mostly directed toward the future, but a huge part of us is in the past, and only a fraction of us is in the present. Collaborating on the movie "Queen Margot" allowed me to focus my creative efforts in the past, many centuries ago. This was a good opportunity, since the breath of our ancestors is still alive in each one of us. Our brain and muscles are driven by the blood pulse of soldiers, winegrowers, shepherds, lovers and disappointed young inhabitants of the Carpathians, the Apennines, the Pyrenees ... "– wrote Eugen Doga in the preface of the movie’s soundtrack CD.