France,
1982, 122 min
Directed by:
Daniel VigneCinematography:
André NeauComposer:
Michel PortalCast:
Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Roger Planchon, Tchéky Karyo, Dominique Pinon, Maurice Barrier, Yvette Petit, Marcel Champel (more)Plots(1)
Based on actual events in 16th century France, a Toulouse magistrate presides over the trial of a young man who returned to a medieval village claiming to be Martin Guerre, the scion of a well to do peasant family who'd abandoned his wife and kin years earlier. (official distributor synopsis)