No Man of Her Own: Vigne’s Classic Medieval Identity Drama Resurrected
In the early 1980s, French director Daniel Vigne seemed poised to be one of his generation’s noted forerunners with his celebrated sophomore film The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), a medieval period identity drama based on the true account of a French peasant who claimed to be a prodigal community member who had disappeared from his village under mysterious circumstances years prior. Comparable to favored film noir tropes, this compelling case study is gently relayed as a period melodrama and courtroom thriller, featuring standout performances from leads Gerard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye, not to mention a stellar supporting cast, many of whom would go on to be fixtures of French cinema.…...
In the early 1980s, French director Daniel Vigne seemed poised to be one of his generation’s noted forerunners with his celebrated sophomore film The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), a medieval period identity drama based on the true account of a French peasant who claimed to be a prodigal community member who had disappeared from his village under mysterious circumstances years prior. Comparable to favored film noir tropes, this compelling case study is gently relayed as a period melodrama and courtroom thriller, featuring standout performances from leads Gerard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye, not to mention a stellar supporting cast, many of whom would go on to be fixtures of French cinema.…...
- 7/3/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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