The Return of Martin Guerre

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Plot: 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, conscientiou...( read more read more... )s 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

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  • SansSouciBlogs1
    SansSouciBlogs1
    5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 15, 2007
    Who was is who really returned from the war and did it matter?
    Gerard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye are terrific.
  • robertscottwall
    robertscottwall
    4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 25, 2007
    This is Fantastic! Trust me, you'll love it and be deeply moved. I'll just let you experience it though and say nothing more.

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  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Daniel Vigne
  • Genres: Art House & International, Drama
  • Released: December 31, 1982
  • DVD Released: January 15, 2002

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