Lagardère (TV 2003)

Director:

Henri Helman

Writers:

Paul Féval (novel), Didier Lacoste (dialogue),

Stars:

Bruno Wolkowitch, Frédéric van den Driessche, Florence Pernel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruno Wolkowitch	...	Henri de Lagardère / Le Bossu
Frédéric van den Driessche	...	Philippe de Nevers
Florence Pernel	...	Inès de Nevers
Yvon Back	...	Philippe de Gonzague
Christian Hecq	...	Peyrolles
Clio Baran	...	Aurore de Nevers
Priscilla Bescond	...	Flore
Ticky Holgado	...	Passepoil
Jacques Frantz	...	Cocardasse
Julien Guiomar	...	Caylus
Isabelle Caubère	...	Anne
Pierre Gérard	...	Le gérant
Florence Muller	...	Jeanne
Didier Menin	...	Le mendiant / Le bossu
Michel Modo	...	L'ambassadeur de France

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

dagger | swashbuckler | revenge | framed for murder | paris france | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

24 December 2004 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

Lagardere lovag

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, France 2 (FR2), Telfrance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

145 min 144 min (cut) 200 min (longer)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Le bossu (1944)

User Reviews

Interesting retelling

A retelling of Paul Feval's Le Bossu, with a number of changes. The intrigue is a little more complex in the uncut version, which allows a greater development of the friendship that develops between Lagardere and the Duc de Nevers. Instead of a gypsy circus, Lagardere hides with Aurore in Spain, taking occasional trips through Europe hunting down the surviving assassins of the Duke, looking for the shadowed killer whose hand was pierced by Lagardere's dagger after stabbing the Duke in the back. The only drawback I found was that the Duke's special fencing move, the Botte de Nevers seemed a little overused in the movie.

A very well done movie with a few twists and turns. Good performances by nearly all the actors (I found Yvon Backe's de Gonzague a little weak), with Clio Baran doing a good job as an Aurore with the wit, wiliness and feistiness of her natural and adoptive fathers. The dialogue is very well written and rendered, but you'll need to know French to understand it.