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Bookmark this pageLa Veuve de Saint-Pierre (2000)
Director: Patrice Leconte
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From Time Out Film Guide
Saint-Pierre is a small island off Newfoundland. The year is 1850. Fog and scandal enwrap the island in the wake of a brutal random murder committed by two drunken locals, who are quickly arrested and tried. Neel Auguste (Serbian director Kusturica) is sentenced to the guillotine but, while the device is shipped from Paris, he's turned over to the supervision of Le Capitaine (Auteuil) for hard labour. The latter and his wife (Binoche) are very much in love, and her growing interest and faith in their prisoner's scope for redemption leads Le Capitaine into increasingly serious confrontation with the island's bigoted governing elite. Thus prejudices are tested, loyalties torn and love rent asunder - all of which ought not to come across as so commonplace, but the film is resolutely unsurprising.Author: NB
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- Glen Beaumont said...
- Posted on Jun 06 2009 09:23 Beautifully photographed but very difficult to de-cypher in terms of the the intentions/motivations of the main characters. Ultimately leaves the viewer indifferent rather than frustrated
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Cast & crew
Director: Patrice Leconte
Producer: Frédéric Brillion, Gilles Legrand
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Magnan, Christian Charmetant, Philippe Du Janerand, Reynald Bouchard, Ghyslain Tremblay full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 112 mins
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