Product Details

• Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Barrier
• Directors: Daniel Vigne
• Subtitles: English, Korean
• Region: All Regions
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KBB1IY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,197 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

- Import from Korea - French language - Subtitles in English and Korean are optional - NTSC All Regions - Color - Set in medieval France during the Hundred Years' War, follows the alleged homecoming of a soldier after many years of absence. His wife (a structurally difficult role to portray with any skill, but played gamely here by the fetching Nathalie Baye) finds him such an improvement--both in the sack and otherwise--from the husband who left for the front that she ignores the villagers' suspicions that he is an impostor.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A family tragedy, December 19, 2007

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P. Marsella "Film fan" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre) [IMPORTED, NTSC, All Regions ] (DVD)

This film is based on a real incidents researched by historian Natalie Zemon Davis. In a French village during the 16th century reign of Francis the First, Martin Guerre, husband of the daughter of landed peasants, returns after an absence of years. He is heartily welcolmed, but soon a growing number of villagers question if this is really the true Martin.
Authorities investigate, but not before village families are bitterly divided.
The story brims with carefully recreated period detail: farm life, landed peasants, local priests, and French country social and legal custom. Such information is not generally available in books. I have viewed this dvd again and again; I see new and subtle detail each time.
If a story with such detail and superb acting could be done of England under Henry VIII, we would have a box office hit.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Memorable Film, July 25, 2010

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T. K. Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre) [IMPORTED, NTSC, All Regions ] (DVD)

My World History professor showed this film in class, 3 years ago. I've always wanted to purchase it and am excited I have found it here. I won't go into details about what the story line is. You can read that for yourselves elsewhere. What I can tell you, is that this is a very accurate portrayal of life in 1500s France. Gérard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye are wonderful in this movie. I can't wait to get this movie and watch it again! The discussions after my history class watched it were wonderful. Trying to suss out why the wife testified the way she did led to some very interesting debates about the rights of women in France at the time.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars French historical film - well done!, April 5, 2010

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M. K. Pitts (Katy, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre) [IMPORTED, NTSC, All Regions ] (DVD)

A brief summary: "The Return of Martin Guerre" documents a strange sixteenth-century court case. A wealthy peasant, Martin Guerre, abandoned his wife and family and disappeared. Years later a man claiming to be Martin Guerre returned and resumed Martin's life. Later he was accused of being an imposter. On the point of winning his trial the real Martin Guerre appeared.

This is the story that "Summerbsy" is based; the American ending is much different. Great story, well acted, and the setting is truly 16th century.