The Horseman on the Roof

The Horseman on the Roof is a French film history from the year 1995. During the award ceremony of the French César Award in the same year he received ten nominations and two of them could decide for themselves. Filming took the scenic opulent strip in the southeast of France, mainly in the department of Vaucluse Provence, Alpes -de -Haute- Provence, Bouches -du -Rhône. The film is based on the novel by Jean Giono, who hails from Provence.

Action

Europe, 1832. France is marked by cholera, Italy is occupied by the Austrians. The Italian Colonel Angelo Pardi hiding in France, before the Austrian soldiers. Brought up by his mother's love of freedom and decency, he had fought against the occupation and is now looking for additional money for the fight for freedom. But in the cities of Provence, there is cholera, and his henchmen are hot on his heels.

In Manosque he meets Madame de Théus that spontaneously granted to him in her townhouse hideout. For a long time she waits for her husband, a doctor, now she decides how Pardi to leave the subscribed by the illness city. It succeeds the two to work around some roadblocks, and yet they end up ultimately in a gutbewachten quarantine station in a monastery. Here waiting in a confined space, many people crammed in, among them already ill. Pardi sets fire to flee in panic then erupting with Madame de Théus.

Madame de Théus, however, has been infected with cholera. Your life depends pitch their quarters by a thread as the two on their flight in an abandoned country house. Pardi defies shame and decency and saves her by using the care of the doctor 's life.

Criticism

" Elaborate novel adaptation, which closely follows the template and the utmost care in providing accurate equipment. Here are dramatic images of misery in addition to pictures in the style of a romantic nature painting. The theme of fear and alienation, however, remains at the center. "

Awards

In the ceremonies of the French César Film Awards 1996, the film was nominated in ten categories and won two of them, for the best sound and the best camera for themselves. The editor in 1997 received an award from the American sound editor Association, the costume design received an award from the Italian film journalists.

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