Sunday, March 19, 2023

The Horseman On The Roof (Le Hussard sur le toit) - 1995

Set in a beautiful summer in the mid-19th century, it follows Olivier Martinez's Italian in exile as he is chased across France by Austrian agents intent on killing as many Italian rebels as they can only for his pursuers to be outrun by a cholera epidemic that picks off friends and foes. Along the way his path crosses with various victims and survivors - a doctor who teaches him a neat disinfecting trick of setting your hands on fire, a cute governess, Jean Yanne's duplicitous peddler, Gerard Depardieu's paranoid mayor, and most importantly Juliette Binoche, who is determined to find her husband. Naturally they become travelling companions as they try to get through roadblocks and avoid being put into quarantine by the soldiers cordoning off the roads.

Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Stars  Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Depardieu.

Movie won 5 César Awards.

Subtitles: English, Portuguese, Spanish.

LINK: https://youtu.be/iy7teTa9CD8

Movie blocked only in Andorra, Belgium, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Guadeloupe, Italy, Luxembourg, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, New Caledonia, Réunion, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Switzerland, Wallis & Futuna.

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