The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)

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Directed by Patrice Leconte

Also known as "LA Veuve De Saint Pierre", "La veuve de Saint-Pierre", "Pasión de Amor", "The Widow of St. Pierre"

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2000

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: France/Canada

Filmed in Colour

Patrice LeConte's FilmFour-funded fact-based mid-19th century drama is set on a small French island off the Newfoundland coast. There, Neel Auguste is convicted of a drunken murder and must be guillotined, but the island has to wait for one to come by ship. Neel, given his freedom to roam, is taken to Madame La, wife of the captain of the military presence, who asks him to tend the garden. The pair grow close; she is alienated from her homeland, he from society. Auteuil, however, refuses to intervene, sure in his wife's love for him. Delicately drawn and beautifully shot, this is not about a crude ménage-a-trois but a story about the strength of true love and the hope of change through redemption.

Cast

Image for Juliette BinocheJuliette BinochePauline
Image for Daniel AuteuilDaniel AuteuilJean
Emir KusturicaAriel Neel Auguste
Michel DuchaussoyThe Governor
Philippe MagnanPresident Venot
Christian CharmetantSupply and Secretariat Officer
Philippe Du JanerandCustoms Officer
Maurice ChevitThe Governor's Father
Catherine LascaultLa Malvilain
Ghyslain TremblayMonsieur Chevassus
Marc BélandSoldier Loďc
Reynald BouchardLouis Ollivier
Yves JacquesThe Rear Admiral
Dominique QuesnelThe Proprietor
Anne-Marie PhilipeThe Governor's Wife

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