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Battle of the Brave [DVD] [2007]

Gerard Depardieu , Colm Meaney , Jean Beaudin    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
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  • Actors: Gerard Depardieu, Colm Meaney, Jason Isaacs, Vincent Perez, Tim Roth
  • Directors: Jean Beaudin
  • Producers: Samuel Hadida, Robert Sidaway, Richard Goudreau
  • Format: Subtitled, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Hindi
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Mar 2007
  • Run Time: 145 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000MGBPF6
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 87,336 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Epic war drama set in the 18th century. When Canada is besieged by British forces, two brave lovers risk everything to protect their freedom and the freedom of Quebec. Marie-Loup Carignan (Noemie Godin-Vigneau), a peasant woman and single mother, is madly in love with Francois (David La Haye), a French-Canadian trapper. Discovering that local French authorities are in league with the British, Francois becomes a resistance leader - a course which endangers everything the lovers hold dear.

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Battle of the Brave is set against the sweeping backdrop of history and is the epic tale of great passion and sacrifice in a time of war. When Canada is besieged by British forces, two brave lovers risk everything to protect their freedom and the freedom of Quebec. Marie-Loup Carignan (Noémie Godin-Vigneau), a peasant woman and single mother, is madly in love with François (David La Haye), a French-Canadian trapper. Discovering that local French authorities are in league with the British, François becomes a resistance leader -- a course which endangers everything the lovers hold dear -- in this grand-scale epic adventure.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Whither Canada? 25 July 2008
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
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Despite decades of tax incentives, in terms of international visibility the Canadian film industry still lags behind most central African and Islamic states (surprisingly few Canadian films are released outside their native shores), and Nouvelle-France aka Battle of the Brave is another example of why. More than any other country, commercial Canadian cinema seems unable to develop an identity of its own and is stuck in pale imitation of other countries' failures. On paper this historical drama could look vaguely promising. There's certainly a rich vein of untapped material in Canada's history as the French and English warred over and bought and sold the colony, though none of it makes the cut here unless you count the odd blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of characters saying "Wolfe is dead" or "Nouvelle-France is no more" before getting back to the soap operatics. But while this isn't a history lesson, it isn't a drama or the epic adventure the new title promises either: there is no battle in the film unless you count 10 seconds of shelling by a half-dozen re-enactors and one collapsed shed. The town square that is all we ever see of Quebec is a rather obvious flatly lit studio interior, giving many scenes an old TV miniseries look, as does director Jean Beaudin's reluctance to offer much in the way of long shots or even exteriors. What you do get for your money is a simple but drawn-out Harlequin romance about doomed lovers constantly separated by events beyond their control where the biggest surprise is that Fabio doesn't turn up in the cast. It's the kind of film where whenever two characters are about to make the beast with two backs the camera pans over to a convenient raging fireplace or waterfall.... Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 stars Battle of the Bores 17 May 2007
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This has got to be one of the most disappointing films I have ever seen. A 2¼ hour story which encompasses the Seven Years War and, in particular, the loss of New France to the British; a story which incorporates such historical figures as Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, General James Wolfe, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and Benjamin Franklin has all the necessary prompts to make it a sweeping and exciting historical adventure of a film. Given the film's title of "Battle of the Brave" you may well be tempted to believe that the film is such a historical epic.

However, actually, this is a truly dreadful second rate "Mills and Boon" style costume romance.

The film boasts a credible cast with such luminaries as Jason Isaacs and Tim Roth but these actors are mainly confined by a wooden script and cameo roles. The lead actors put in the quality of performance which would not be out of place in a sixth form school play.

The dialogue is clichéd enough to almost parody itself and would embarrass the producers of the worst day time TV soap operas. The cinematography is equally of a quality more reminiscent of a made-for-TV movie.

1. This film had the potential to be so much better;

2. This film is positioned as something which it is not - it is no great historical drama; and

3. The quality of the lead acting, direction, script (including the dialogue) and the general cinematography are all second rate.

This is not a film I could recommend to anyone.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not much battle and where were the brave ? 6 May 2007
By Sticker
Format:DVD
A right old pot boiler. You would think directed by the makers of "The Thorn Birds".

The "battle" consisted of less than half a dozen big guns and one roof collapsing as a result killing one of the braves, all over in less than a minute of the over two hours of this taradiddle.

The plot as such doesn't even get started until 1 hour in. By about 1 hour 20 minutes it's lost it again. The final 15 minutes was entertaining, but mainly for the interestingly different iron-maiden hanging scene (that should have been the director perhaps).

Tim Roth's face was a picture while Mr Isacs (of normally excellent skills in such as the BBC drama about the US ambasador) surely sends up a supposedly asthmatic general having an attack in the middle of ranting about the war to come.

An interesting rear angle of Mr D skulking away from the beach I would imagine was an extra after the money ran out to get the star in.

The fundamental problem here was too much scope to be covered with not enough money. The scenery was mostly only a short step up from Are You Being Served in that film they did in Spain.

It looked nothing much like the common view of grim dirty suffering, a little too much like a newly painted lot and with rather bright lighting.

Amusingly bad.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not so Brave 9 Jan 2012
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I think Gerard Depardieu was having an off day when he agreed to take part in this film. Very disappointing and poor acting
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1.0 out of 5 stars Awful 21 Aug 2011
By Junius
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As with some of the other reviewers, this is not worth watching on really any level, which is a great shame because the story of the taking of Quebec by Wolfe's army in 1759 is such a dramatic tale. Despite the title which includes the word 'Battle', despite the box's words 'Rise. Unite. Fight' and despite the scenes of battle on the box, there isn't a battle here at all. There is a brief sowrd fight, and that's the lot. No reference to a large scale battle between British and French troops outside Quebec. No reference to the great French general, Montcalm. But apart from that, the film moves at a snail's pace and is pretty unexciting throughout. Occasionally unintentionaly comic. The scenes with the great and good - Pitt, Wolfe, Franklin, Pompadour and Voltaire - are miserable. The latter was one of the world's great intellectuals of all time, but you wouldn't know it from this. Likewise Pitt and Wolfe were inspiring leaders - again no clue here. Franklin talks of America soon to be the world's greatest financial power - but this is 1759 not the twentieth century. At over two hours this wastes everyone's time. Oh, and there are other oddities, such as soldiers acting as judge and legal officers, Royal artillerymen in red not blue coats, talk of (pre Wolfe) French troops being massacred - well, in the early part of the Seven Years War, the French were doing well - remember Braddock, Washington and Fort William Henry. Back to the film, there are three weird sisters (out of Macbeth methinks) who don't do much apart from look sinister. Top tip: don't watch this film. Use your two hours more wisely.
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