St. Ives (1998)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Harry Hook

Writers:

Allan Cubitt (writer)
Robert Louis Stevenson (short story "St. Ives")

Release Date:

22 October 1998 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp...

Plot Keywords:

Napoleonic Wars | French | Romp | Gentleman | Officer

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr	...	Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Miranda Richardson	...	Susan Gilchrist
Richard E. Grant	...	Major Farquhar Chevening
Anna Friel	...	Flora Gilchrist
Michael Gough	...	Comte de Saint-Yves
Cécile Pallas	...	Mathilde
Jason Isaacs	...	Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Bonnefoy
Tim Dutton	...	François
Barney Craig	...	Linlithgow
Desmond Barrit	...	Biggerstaff
Patrice Melennec	...	Couperin
Adrian Scarborough	...	Le Bon
Chris McHallem	...	Gautier (as Christopher McHallem)
Enda Oates	...	Duelling Office

Also Known As:

All for Love (UK) (TV title)
St. Ives - Alles aus Liebe (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality/nudity and violence.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France | Germany | Ireland | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | Spain:T | Iceland:12

Company:

Icon Entertainment International

Quotes:

Francois: Beauty is only skin deep.
Jacques St. Ives: That's it. Our friendship is over. I cannot love a man who loves a cliche.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Secret of St. Ives (1949)

Soundtrack:

Quartet No. 15, Rondo

I Wonder How Many Complaints It Got ?

ALL FOR LOVE ( as it titled when it was broadcast at the weekend ) is a romantic period drama featuring Captain Saint Ives a French officer in Napoleon`s army who is captured by the British and imprisoned in Scotland where he meets and falls in love with a young maiden who visits the prison . There`s also a storyline involving a murder .

I will be honest and confess that I wasn`t too taken by the movie since I`m not much of a fan of period dramas and the screenplay feels somewhat episodic but I will say that this is well acted by everyone involved and it`s got a good cast that features Miranda Richardson , Anna Friel , Richard E Grant , Michael Gough and Jason Isaacs . The costume design as you can expect is also excellent

I`ll be very surprised if this movie doesn`t get any complaints after being broadcast on BBC2 at teatime . Captain Saint Ives lies in bed with a prostitute where a nipple is fully exposed and there`s a scene of French prisoners bathing that includes full frontal male nudity not to mention a murder scene where blood is clearly seen . You really do have to worry if BBC schedulers have any type of clue as to what they`re doing