The Widow of Saint-Pierre

(2000)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 63 votes

Genres: Romance, Drama, History

Year: 2000

Runtime: 112 мин

Country: Canada, France

Director: Patrice Leconte

Cast: Даниель Отой, Эмир Кустурица, Жюльет Бинош, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Magnan, Christian Charmetant, Филипп дю Жанеран, Reynald Bouchard, Ghyslain Tremblay, Marc Béland

Plot

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.