| | |  | KOREA | Home » » The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre) [IMPORTED, NTSC, All Regions ] | | | | | | | Description: | | - 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. | | | Product Details: | | | Director:
| Daniel Vigne | | Subtitle:
| English, Korean | | Average Customer Rating:
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20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 A family tragedyDec 19, 2007
By P. Marsella
"Film fan"
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 found the following review helpful:
Very Memorable FilmJul 26, 2010
By T. K. Smith
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.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
French historical film - well done!Apr 05, 2010
By M. K. Pitts
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.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Good version of the filmDec 18, 2008
By Dragonfly
I don't understand what one of the reviewer said that it only plays in PowerDVD (DVD-rom). My Korean import copy plays on regular DVD player just fine. Actually, it plays in my DVD player, my desktop DVD-rom, and in my laptop perfectly. Picture is clear and the sound is sharp. No complain whatsoever. Oh, yeah...good movie too.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Personal upheaval just prior to the Reformation violenceAug 27, 2011
By Robert J. Crawford
The first time I saw this film, I needed a break from graduate school exams (in France). I did not particularly like Depardieu and knew nothing of the story. But once I was inside, I was amazed and left thinking it was one of the best films I had ever seen, a serious fan of Depardieu ever since. It is an extraordinarily vivid historical reconstruction of a true story, illuminating a tumultuous period of history with exceptional accuracy. You feel the texture of the life, with innumerable subtle allusions that deep reading in history can uncover - about the rights of women, law, the role of religion in everyday life, about identity and possibility - and the best of all: a completely absorbing story that keeps the viewer guessing the whole time.
The two principal characters, played by Depardieu and the astonishingly beautiful yet apparently plain Natalie Baye, are compelling in their love, having re-found each other. Martin Guerre, unhappy and unloving, had walked away from everything that he had: some land, a large extended family, and the obligations of his station. He returns after nearly a decade of war as a soldier in Spain, to welcome and forgiveness, fitting into the life of the village in his proper role. Martin and Bertrand have children, continue to work, and everything seems fine. Then some vagabonds arrive, who inadvertantly claim that Martin is not who he claims to be. This sows doubt in the village and gets tangled in some local politics and greed, leading to a law suit and threats of violence.
The story is framed by the investigation of a good, aristocratic magistrate who seeks to find the truth behind the allegations. Is it true? Or do the accusers have ulterior motives involving greed and corruption. It is utterly riveting and a mystery until the end. The personalities are well drawn and evolve throughout the course of the story - the viewer's perception of the all changes more than once. I just watched it with my children, who normally prefer computer games, and they watched in fascinated silence, except when they asked questions (the best reward of all!).
Warmly recommended. This is a classic, perfectly acted, distinctive, intricate.
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