Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica
In 1850 on the small, isolated Canadian island of Saint Pierre, a sailor, Neel Auguste, murders a man and receives the death penalty after a quick trial. Saint Pierre lacks the necessary tools for an ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 18, 2001
Stats: 6 reviews
Neel Auguste ( Kusturica) is condemn to death for a murder on the little island of Saint-Pierre, which was, a territory of France. The guillotine( Veuve) is the instrument of death in France at that time. But the island doesn't have its "Veuve" and one is to be sent from Martiniq...( read more)
Hypnotic and haunting -- that rare period piece that resonates with provocative life. full review
Leconte seems at last to have anchored his cinematic gifts to a story worth caring about. full review
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