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Exilarating The Horseman on the Roof (1995) is Jean-Paul Rappeneau's free adaptation of Jean Giono's novel "Le hussard sur le toit", written between 1945 and 1950 and published in 1951. Adapted for the first time by Cyrano of Bergerac's director (1990), The Horseman on the Roof is a romantic and historical drama which shares the same lyrical and tumultuous atmosphere with Cyrano. It is the story of Angelo Pardi, a young horseman officer from an aristocratic Italian family, exiled from his homeland in search for another... more info
Horseman with fixed subtitles This is a great film somewhat marred by the English subtitles which are not optional! Whether it is laziness on behalf of the company - second sight - or some other reason, there is simply no excuse for this kind of artistic shortcut nowadays.
A superb old-fashioned romantic adventure! The Horseman on the Roof has finally emerged on DVD in an uncut widescreen version with English subtitles in the UK (the Region 1 disc is typically MiramAxed by more than a quarter of an hour), and it's well worth the wait. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's grand romantic adventure starts off with Italian exile Olivier Martinez on the run from Austrian assassins until an outbreak of cholera outruns them both, turning the beautiful countryside into a treacherous series of army roadblocks, deadly quarantine areas... more info
Love in the time of Cholera This film has taken a while to come out on dvd (1995 infact) yet actually I wouldn't say you could tell the date by looking at it. The story, adapted from the book by Jean Giono revolves around an exciled Italian soldier who's fled to Provence in the early 1800s only to be caught up in the Cholera epidemic and to be hounded by Austrian police. For the first hour or so dialogue and character are verging on the vague as like the book, the love interest doesn't much appear until quite far in and then only... more info
