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The Return Of Martin Guerre [1982]
from Arrow Films
starring Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Isabelle Sadoyan
directed by Daniel Vigne

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Documentary Made Costume Drama
  First of all, let's give this film its proper name. The original book may have been American, but the title of the shooting script, and the working name, was "Le Retour de Martin Guerre" - a film in French by Daniel Vigne. It's not asking too much to ask French, especially from a film with a first-line French cast.
  The source is really real-life and contemporary - there are still accounts by the Inquisitor Coras in his limping early Renaissance style - but let's go with the flow and take it no further... more info

• Great piece
  I got this free in some paper so I can't complain (presume it was the independent). It is a beautifully portrayed work, subtly looking at the undercurrents of living a lie. Gerard Depardeau is fantastic, in his earlier days and the feeling of the village is superb because it is not overly archaic or stereotyped.
  It has some good twists or turns and a fine sense of suspense.

• Superior much copied original
  The story is bound to be familiar since Hollywood's remake Sommersby attempted to re-interpret an interesting theme with dissapointingly mediocre results. Vigne's undoubtedly superior original, has Martin Guerre (Depardieu) as a man returning to his village who as a youngster abandoned his wife (Bayc). He is soon though accused of being an impostor... The medieval tale of mysterious twists and turns about the man's identity has two major strengths: firstly, Depardieu's tranquil performance which makes an... more info

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