The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
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The Return of Martin Guerre is set in France during the Hundred Years' War. Imagining herself a widow, Nathalie Baye is astonished when her husband Gerard Depardieu returns after nine years. He looks like her husband and sounds like her husband, and certainly has a working knowledge of the couple's prior relationship. Still, neither Baye nor her neighbors can shake the notion that Depardieu is an imposter--especially since he's a much nicer and more responsible person than the man who marched off to war so long ago. Matters come to a head when the local magistrate sentences Depardieu to hang for his own murder. Return of Martin Guerre was the principal source for an American film, Sommersby (1993). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gérard Depardieu, Roger Planchon, (more)
- Director(s):
- Daniel Vigne
Synopsis of The Return of Martin Guerre
The Return of Martin Guerre is set in France during the Hundred Years' War. Imagining herself a widow, Nathalie Baye is astonished when her husband Gerard Depardieu returns after nine years. He looks like her husband and sounds like her husband, and certainly has a working knowledge of the couple's prior relationship. Still, neither Baye nor her neighbors can shake the notion that Depardieu is an imposter--especially since he's a much nicer and more responsible person than the man who marched off to war so long ago. Matters come to a head when the local magistrate sentences Depardieu to hang for his own murder. Return of Martin Guerre was the principal source for an American film, Sommersby (1993). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Return of Martin Guerre
- Gérard Depardieu - Martin Guerre
- Roger Planchon - Jean de Coras
- Sylvie Meda - Young Bertrande
- Maurice Barrier - Pierre Guerre
- Dominique Pinon - Antoine
- Isabelle Sadoyan - Catherine Boere
- Maurice Jacquemont - Judge Rieux
- Chantal Deruaz - Jeanne
- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu - Young Martin Guerre
- Nathalie Baye - Bertrande de Rols
- André Chaumeau - The Cure
- Stephane Peau - Young Martin
- Rose Thiéry - Raimonde de Rols
- Adrien Duquesne - Sanxi
- Valerie Chassigneaux - Guillemette
- Tchéky Karyo - Augustin
- Director(s):
- Daniel Vigne
- Writer(s):
- Jean-Claude Carrière, Daniel Vigne
- Producer(s):
- Daniel Vigne
- 1982 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Original Screenplay
- 1982 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Production Design
- 1982 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Music
- 1982 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Original Screenplay
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