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| Juliette Binoche | ... | Pauline de Théus | |
| Olivier Martinez | ... | Angelo Pardi | |
| Pierre Arditi | ... | Monsieur Peyrolle | |
| François Cluzet | ... | The Doctor | |
| Jean Yanne | ... | Le Colporteur | |
| Claudio Amendola | ... | Maggionari | |
| Isabelle Carré | ... | The Tutor | |
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Carlo Cecchi | ... | Giuseppe |
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Christiane Cohendy | ... | Madame Peyrolle |
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Jacques Sereys | ... | The old man |
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Nathalie Krebs | ... | Madame Barthelemy |
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Laura Marinoni | ... | Carla |
| Elisabeth Margoni | ... | The farmer's wife | |
| Yolande Moreau | ... | Madame Rigoard | |
| Christophe Odent | ... | Monsieur Barthelemy | |
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In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo, young Italian officer hunted by the Austrian secret police, meets Pauline de Theus, a young lady. After a second accidental meeting, both will start the search of Pauline's husband in a chaotic country. Written by Remy Amouroux <Remy.Amouroux@imag.fr>
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FranceRelease Date:
6 October 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$1,839,000, 12 July 1996Gross USA:
$1,877,179, 21 July 1996Company Credits
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Keanu Reeves was a fan of the novel and met with Rappeneau for the part of Angelo. But the director wanted a french actor instead. See more »Quotes
Angelo: Mother, you always wanted me to be more reckless. Today, you would have been proud of me.See more »
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Le Hussard sur le Toit presents its audience with the grim reality of cholera-stricken rural France in 1832 and its effect on a journey of escape by two anxious visitors. The frequent images of corpses and mass burial are refreshed by the breathtaking and beautifully shot scenery, itself brought to life by characters who dilute the presence of death with an oxymoronic mix of comedy and despair. Carrion crows regularly appear, mercilessly flying around in sinister anticipation, their cawing beaks wide open with hunger.
Juliette Binoche enters only in the second half, her laconic period style beautifully portrayed, and preparing the way for her appearance as George Sand in Les Enfants du Siecle (1999). Le Hussard's plot is simple, its screenplay uncomplicated. But the action is fast and Bond-like and the innocence of Martinez' military-dominated character is uncanny. But it is its simplicity that makes this movie a work of exceptional visual satisfaction, for romantics or action-lovers alike.