The Horseman on the Roof
by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Actor: Fran?ois Cluzet, Jean Yanne, Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Pierre ArditiDirector: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Brand: Disney
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Horseman on the Roof
Movie Review: Feminist Nightmare
Summary: 2 Stars
I saw this movie six or so years ago, and I loved it. Now that I'm a bit older (feminist grad student)I watched it again remembering how much I liked it the first time around. Well, things change. I don't think the main female character could leave the main male character for more than five minutes without becoming completely lost/in danger/helpless. It was quite funny, yet pathetic. To add insult to injury I think they were going for a "strong" and "independent" young woman-type in her character. So if this is how they construct a "strong" and "independent" woman...well I'm sure you get my drift.
Summary of The Horseman on the Roof
Academy Award(R)-winner Juliette Binoche (Best Supporting Actress, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, 1996) highlights this rousing, passionate adventure! In a world ravaged by revolution and violence, two strangers -- a handsome renegade (Oliver Martinez, UNFAITHFUL) and a beautiful countess (Binoche) -- find their only chance for survival in each other! Together they undertake a perilous cross-country journey where they will also discover unmatched danger, excitement ... and passion! Universally praised by critics and moviegoers, THE HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF is another extraordinary film from the creators of the Academy Award(R)-winning CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Best Costume Design, 1990)!Olivier Martinez (Unfaithful, The Chambermaid) plays Angelo, an exceptionally gallant, Italian soldier-in-exile hiding out from his Austrian enemies in rural France, where a cholera epidemic is sweeping the countryside. Helped in a tough spot by a countess (Juliette Binoche), Angelo swears his unyielding protection to her as she searches for her missing husband. The nobler virtues hold sway as Martinez suppresses his own deepening love and desire for the lady, an admirable posture that has ironic consequences when the countess herself becomes deathly ill. Jean-Paul Rappeneau, maker of the ornamental but empty Cyrano de Bergerac, directs this adventure-romance to a nice pitch of vitality and high drama. The two leads establish a great chemistry (they became offscreen lovers and parents), like watching a pair of thoroughbreds running in the same race. --Tom Keogh
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