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Original title: Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La
Release Date
• USA: Oct 21, 2000
• UK: 4 Aug 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 18, 2001
• R2: 1 May 2002
Budget FRF 100,000,000
Official Website:
The Widow of Saint-Pierre Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for a scene of sexuality and brief violence.
Running Time
1 hour, 52 minutes
Country France, Canada
Studio Cineimaginaire, Epithete Films, France 2 Cinema, France 3 Cinema
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Other Titles
• The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
• La Veuve de Saint-Pierre
• The Widow of St. Pierre
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Genre: Drama, Murder, Love, Experimental, Marriage, Period Piece, Society, Love Triangle
Tagline: A true story of revenge and redemption, fear and forgiveness, and the true meaning of love.
Plot: This dark drama explores a true tale set in 1850 on the isolated French-Canadian island of St. Pierre. Yugoslav director Emir Kustirica makes a fabulous acting debut as Neele August, an illiterate fisherman who brutally murders his ex-fishing captain in a night of drunken revelry. Sentenced to death, August cannot be killed until the remote island Governor imports a used guillotine from the French government. While awaiting the arrival of the "widow," August is placed under the care of the reticent, iconoclastic Captain Jean (Daniel Auteuil) and his freethinking wife Pauline (Juliette Binoche). Under Pauline's direction, August becomes a devoted social servant whose heroic deeds place the island's female population solidly against his death sentence. The film's costuming and art direction are accomplished, setting the stage for Eduardo Serra's gorgeous landscape cinematography, at its best amongst the dreary seasonal changes of the remote island. Low angles, hand-held camerawork, and consistently foggy skies create a seasick feeling as director Patrice Leconte's pained attention to Jean's horse and the society surrounding the main characters elevates the film from a tidy chamber drama into a visually engaging philosophical discourse.
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Pascal Estève
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