The Horseman on the Roof

7
1995 2 hr 15 min Adventure , Drama , History , Romance

In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.

  • Cast:
    Juliette Binoche , Olivier Martinez , Pierre Arditi , François Cluzet , Jean Yanne , Isabelle Carré , Claudio Amendola

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Reviews

ThiefHott
1995/09/20

Too much of everything

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Micitype
1995/09/21

Pretty Good

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ChanBot
1995/09/22

i must have seen a different film!!

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Beanbioca
1995/09/23

As Good As It Gets

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sarahmcm-2
1995/09/24

I found the film historically poignant in reference to the period of history when the plague ravaged Europe. You feel what people must have felt during that era.The romance was sensitive and based on harsh realities of the epoch in question. This was in my mind, different and refreshing. I recommend this movie to the student of history as well as those who would study love and how love grows in a relationship.I felt the actors were a good pick and stood up well to the task at hand.A great example of some of the recent French films that have come on the scene lately.

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rzajac
1995/09/25

This is a beautiful movie. The sets, cinematography, acting, editing, writing, development, everything is just about perfect. It has the depth of character and narrative development you expect from European cinema, and the action and flash of Hollywood; with no bitter aftertaste!The best part is how the flurry of narrative leads to a simple conclusion, or "pre-conclusion." Though simple in principle, the events leading to it give it a depth and richness. In this sense, the movie is like effective opera, except (thank god) that it's not sung.A very interesting portrait of gentlemanly honor. A key strength is the tension cunningly struck between, on one hand, the obvious erotic interest between the two leads and, on the other the channelling of that energy into the working out of their mutual and individual fates.See it.

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raymond-15
1995/09/26

Provence provides a stunning locale for this romantic adventure. The camera work is exquisite and every opportunity is taken to capture the natural beauty of this region. The story is simple enough. Angelo, an Italian colonel (handsome Olivier Martinez) escapes from Austrian-oppressed Italy to raise funds in the continuing battle against Austria. He finds more than an unsympathetic acceptance in France. Most of the towns through which he rides are beset with cholera. The camera scenes of the dead and dying victims, horse-drawn carts packed high with bodies and funeral pyres are terrifying enough, but it is the fluttering of black wings as crows seek out the eyes of the dying victims that frighten most. Some of the close-ups are pretty grim. In lighter vein I liked the scene where a cat befriends our horseman and he talks to it on the roof about how wars are won with money as much as guns. The cat is a great little actor. The horseman an accomplished swordsman carves his way through many a desperate situation (What hero doesn't?) He acquires a bottle of medicine from a dying stranger who has taught him a massage technique to avert death from cholera. On his way back to Italy with a bag of gold coins, he gives protection to Pauline, a doctor's wife (Juliette Binoche)who is seeking out her missing husband in the cholera-infected area. The young 25-year old colonel who sends almost daily letters to his mother in Italy (they are really a diary of events) behaves as the perfect gentleman at all times, but his protegee is obviously drawn to him. Here is a love story where the lovers admire from a distance never submitting to the chemistry which is drawing them together. When the woman collapses with cholera, all existing barriers are forgotten as he works on her frantically with his acquired knowledge to save her life. One of the great joys of this film is to watch the handsome faces of Martinez and Binoche. Their beauty contrasts sharply with the agonised plight of the villagers and the devilish black crows which hover continuously about the dead, fluttering out through open doors and windows. The ending may not satisfy some, but it leaves us with the thought that somewhere sometime all will be well again.

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Zaxx-2
1995/09/27

This movie is about honor, courage, and honesty.It is beautiful in many ways, including scenery and the typically French passion for precision of meaning in language.However, its greatest beauty is its display of honor and how it guides the lives of the protagonists, Angelo and Pauline, and directs the unfolding of the story.The epilogue suggests that Pauline's husband is also a man of honor.Such subject matter is particularly appreciated by Americans, who in the past decade have been sickened by widespread dishonor in public officials, journalists, and the intelligensia. When honor, honesty, and courage are openly scorned and ridiculed, and deceit and intimidation are openly accepted, a movie which displays the value, importance, and magnificence of honor, honesty, and integrity, and shows them so beautifully, is thrilling and reassuring.

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