Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site wivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!dyer From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: The Return of Martin Guerre (non-spoiler) Message-ID: <18418@wivax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 01:03:48 EDT Article-I.D.: wivax.18418 Posted: Sun Jun 26 01:03:48 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jun-83 07:14:47 EDT Sender: dyer@wivax.UUCP Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma. Lines: 17 If you're tired of mindless summer entertainment and/or global thermonuclear war, make sure you see this new French film. I would call it an almost perfect movie. "Martin Guerre" is set in 16th century France: a sullen young man, recently married, suddenly disappears from his village, deserting his family and wife. Nine years later he returns, and the story unfolds... This movie is enjoyable on so many levels: it's a great courtroom drama, it's an absolutely convincing portrayal of dirty, gritty peasant life, it's an investigation into the nature of belief and persuasion, and it's a story of love, justice, and recompense. I left the theater drained, but satisfied--it's a compleat movie. The acting is uniformly good; the only "star" is Gerard Depardieu, who plays the central character. The cinematography is fantastic: the entire film looks like a Breughel scene brought to life.