The Green Mare

(1959)

★ 5.6 IMDb · 34 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1959

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: France, Italy

Director: Клод Отан-Лара

Cast: Бурвиль, Francis Blanche, Yves Robert, Sandra Milo, Julien Carette, Валери Лагранж, Marie Déa, Guy Bertil, Mireille Perrey, Жорж Вильсон

Plot

A green mare makes the fortune of her owner, the horse dealer Haudouin. Shortly after his death, war broke out in 1870. One day, his neighbor Zèphe Maloret denounces Honoré, Haudouin's son, a maverick, to the Prussians. Following this denunciation, their non-commissioned officer enters the Haudouin home and rapes the mother while Honoré is hidden under the bed. The resentment already existing between the Haudouin and Maloret families turns to hatred... A letter recalling the events is lost, which doesn't help matters.