THE WIDOW OF ST PIERRE
(La Veuve de Saint-Pierre)
French 1997

Top policeman
Daniel Auteuil and Juliett Binoche sustain fidelity even as convicted murderer Emir Kusturica is befriended and work-released into Ms. Binoche’s tender care on the bleak Canadian Cod Islands of the 1850’s. Meanwhile, Neel(Emir) captures the hearts and forgiveness of the islanders even as the film periodically pans to the ghoulish image of a guillotine arriving by ship from Martinique to carry out inevitable justice. WOW!

With Philippe Magnan, Michael Duchaussoy and Christian Charmetant : Directed by Patrice Leconte.



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