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Writers:
Claude Faraldo (writer)
Patrice Leconte (adaptation)
Release Date:
19 April 2000 (France) more
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A true story of revenge and redemption, fear and forgiveness, and the true meaning of love.
Plot:
In a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations more
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"Perfect Love Casteth out Fear" more (64 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Juliette Binoche | ... | Pauline (Madame La) |
 | Daniel Auteuil | ... | Jean (The Captain) |
| Emir Kusturica | ... | Ariel Neel Auguste |
| Michel Duchaussoy | ... | The Governor |
| Philippe Magnan | ... | President Venot |
| Christian Charmetant | ... | Supply and Secretariat Officer |
| Philippe du Janerand | ... | Customs Officer |
| Maurice Chevit | ... | The Governor's Father |
| Catherine Lascault | ... | La Malvilain |
| Ghyslain Tremblay | ... | Monsieur Chevassus |
| Marc Béland | ... | Soldier Loïc |
| Reynald Bouchard | ... | Louis Ollivier |
 | Yves Jacques | ... | The Rear Admiral |
| Dominique Quesnel | ... | The Proprietor |
| Anne-Marie Philipe | ... | The Governor's Wife |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Widow of Saint-Pierre (International: English title)
The Widow of St. Pierre (Canada: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for a scene of sexuality and brief violence.
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Runtime:
112 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | South Korea:18 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Fortress of Louisbourg, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada more
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The ship that brought the guillotine from Martinique was played by the Gazela Primiero, a Portuguese fishing vessel which now lives at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. more
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Anachronisms: When Neel is told he's strong enough to "ramer jusqu'au chez les Anglais", the English subtitles say "row over to Canada" rather than "row over to the English". This introduces an error: both the geography and the dialogue in other scenes make it clear that Newfoundland is meant, but Newfoundland wasn't part of Canada until 1949. more
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The ancient Greeks, gifted with an abstract way of thinking that was always trying to come down to earth and clothe itself with the commonplace occurrences of everyday life, did not have one all-embracing term for love, a we do, but broke it down into four types: affection (storge), friendship (phileo), sex (eros) and charity (agapao). And probably not since the ancient Greeks has a love story come along which not only divides love into its four types, but also weaves them, with enormous skill, into a single story. The Widow of Saint-Pierre is a love story of the tragic Greek proportions. It's an enormously beautiful movie, a story that gains power with every viewing. And for that reason, it's one of the most remarkable videos I've seen in a very long time.
We've all seen a plethora of films from Hollywood, which basically confine love, and the act of love, to eros. We all know the well-worn script. But what would it look like to view a film in which a relationship expresses all four types of love, and throbbing full force? I would be giving too much away if I were to tell you how these four types of love are rolled up so tightly into a single relationship, but that's exactly what we seen in the liaison between Jean, the Captain (Auteuil) and his wife, Pauline (Binoche). It's intensely interesting, because the performances are pitch-perfect. Even the cowardly bureaucrats, who feel threatened by the captain and his wife, are a picture of cowardly perfection. Their motives are all too human, all too real. But so is the unfathomable love they don't understand, and fear.
One of the things I really appreciate about this film is the way it expresses all forms of love as having boundaries. Jean and Pauline are not clinging vines. What we see is a mature, healthy relationship, each partner respecting the unique characteristics of the other. What a contrast to the infantile clinging vine romances out of Hollywood!