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DVD ~ Juliette Binoche
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  • Actors: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Magnan
  • Directors: Patrice Leconte
  • Writers: Patrice Leconte, Claude Faraldo
  • Producers: Daniel Louis, Denise Robert, Frédéric Brillion, Gilles Legrand
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 1 May 2002
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005957E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 34,978 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The "widow" referred to in the title of La Veuve de Saint-Pierre isn't a woman, but a mechanism--to be exact, the guillotine, (though the title does take on a second meaning in the tragic final moments of the film). We're on the island of Saint-Pierre, a tiny forgotten French colony off the coast of Newfoundland, midway through the 19th century. A senseless drunken murder is committed and the killer is condemned to death, but zut alors!, there's no guillotine on the island. So one must be requested from the slow, bureaucratic authorities in Paris and, once approved, laboriously shipped over. Meanwhile the killer, a simple-minded giant of a man, is placed in the custody of the Captain, whose beautiful wife starts taking an interest in the prisoner.

Director Patrice Leconte has always had an acute feel for place and period--he directed the mordantly witty costume drama Ridicule--and La Veuve vividly captures the sense of remoteness and resentful isolation of this blizzard-swept community. The brooding landscape, all slate-blues and greys, is beautifully framed by Eduardo Serra's camera, and Leconte draws affecting performances from his central trio of actors: Daniel Auteuil, with his intriguingly lopsided face, as the Captain; Juliette Binoche, radiantly vulnerable as his wife; and, in an unexpected but remarkably successful bit of casting, Serbian film director Emir Kusturica as the condemned man. La Veuve de Saint-Pierre may be a touch over-solemn at times, and its message is hardly unexpected; but it's an intelligent, engrossing and richly atmospheric piece of filmmaking. --Philip Kemp



Special Features

2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
French
Region 2
Dolby Digital Surround English
Dolby Digital Surround
Theatrical Trailer
English
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric Historical Drama, 16 Jan 2006
By L. Davidson (Belfast, N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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"La Veuve de Saint Pierre" is a film based on actual events that took place in 1850 in a remote French speaking island just off the coast of Newfoundland. A drunken fisherman commits a brutal murder and is sentenced to death, but his death is delayed by both the absence of a guillotine and an executioner on the island. In the meantime the prisoner catches the eye of the wife of the Captain of the garrison from his cell in the barracks where her and her husband's living quarters are also located She then befriends the condemned man and tries to redeem him, but time starts to run out for the prisoner as the authorities press for his execution. "La Veuve" is an evocative film, well acted and filmed with an intriguing storyline. For me the highlight of the film was the close relationship between the Captain (Daniel Auteil) and his wife Madame La (Juliette Binoche), two non-conformist liberals who presumably had been exiled to this remote outpost of the French Republic for their anti-establishment attitudes.They put their necks on the line for the killer, almost as if they were deliberately looking to bring down the wrath of the French authorities upon themselves. Auteil is particularly impressive as the captain, although I wasn't altogether convinced by the motivation of Binoche's character. I couldn't quite believe that she would wish to develop a close relationship with a dishevelled ,brutal murderer and risk her own marriage and happiness for him, when she appears to be so blissfully content with her dashing husband. The pair certainly lived up to the French ideals of "Liberte, Egalite and Fraternite" anyway. A quality film which maintains suspense and interest right up to the end.
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66 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Black Widow, 21 Jun 2001
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From the moment this intriguing film opens, nothing is as it seems. A man,convicted of murder and sentenced to death, is placed under the care of the captain of the island. His wife sets out to redeem him and ultimatley begins a fatalistic attempt to save him from death. But this is an ambiguous story and we are forced to question her motives. Is she being unfaithful, in her heart if not psychically? Is she merely testing her husband boundaries? The film doesn't answer the questions, and it shouldn't. As Madam La Juliette Binoche gives a fine decorious performance. As usual she is deeply committed to her role, and it shows. Watching Binoche now we begin to realise that in time her name will be mentioned alongside Garbo and the other classic faces of cinema.

The DVD is beuatifully transfered with a two channel sound track which is so well mixed it resembles a 5.1 mix.

In the end La Veuve de Saint-Pierre is old fashioned entertainment in style with a decidedly contemporary edge. Highly recomended.

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars French Masterpiece, 7 Jun 2001
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This review is from: La Veuve De Saint-Pierre [VHS] [2000] (VHS Tape)
A movie that contains all the emotions that one comes to expect from Classic French cinema. A joy to watch as a story unfolds in front of your eyes and draws you to its harrowing conclusion. Superb acting, excellent direction and cinematography add to the storyline. The period nature of the story is fantastically reflected in the detail of the wardrobe, and the sets.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Strange, but compelling story
If one didn't know that this was a true story it would be hard to believe. The acting is excellent, the framing and colour of the filming beautiful. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Bluebell

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning - you won't forget it in a hurry
La Veuve de Saint Pierre was absolutley stunning - I was captivated by the cinematography from the outset. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Great Cinematography
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3.0 out of 5 stars Visually beautiful, narratively interesting.
And nicely played. Evokes its world very well and doesn't patronise.
Published on 20 Sep 2004 by Jason Mills

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great pairing
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