The Return of Martin Guerre [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	Gérard Depardieu Nathalie Baye Maurice Barrier Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Isabelle Sadoyan
	Video by:	Fox Lorber
	Sales Rank:	212449

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Actor(s):
Gérard Depardieu
Nathalie Baye
Maurice Barrier
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Isabelle Sadoyan

Creators:
André Neau (Cinematographer)
Daniel Vigne (Producer)
Daniel Vigne (Writer)
Denise de Casabianca (Editor)
Janet Lewis (Writer)
Jean-Claude Carrière (Writer)
Natalie Zemon Davis (Writer)

Director(s):
Daniel Vigne

Recording label: Fox Lorber
EAN: 9781572520431
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 1572520434
Format: Color, Letterboxed, Original recording reissued, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release Date: 1997-11-11
Universal product code (UPC): 720917012070
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)

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While many ugly Americans best remember Gerard Depardieu from late-'80s Hollywood fluff (and the less said about Green Card the better), his art-house reputation as a legitimate, conscientious actor was more than mere hype. The solid Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre) stands as Depardieu's personal high-water mark: here, he was handed a well-written, nuanced role--one inviting a balanced display of intelligence, charismatic cool, and pure passion--and he makes the most of it. The narrative, set in medieval France during the Hundred Years' War, follows the alleged homecoming of a soldier after many years of absence. His wife (a structurally difficult role to portray with any skill, but played gamely here by the fetching Nathalie Baye) finds him such an improvement--both in the sack and otherwise--from the husband who left for the front that she ignores the villagers' suspicions that he is an impostor. The costumes and scenery are quite a bit better, and more historically responsible, than what we've all come to expect from period drama, and the logical flaws and obvious questions begged by the plot mechanics are smoothed out by director Daniel Vigne's steady hand with story art and cinematic pacing. The film was remade in English, and updated to the Reconstruction, in 1993 as Sommersby, starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster. See this original instead. --Miles Bethany

Running time: 122 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Subtitled)