Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.
- husband wife relationship
- countryside
- court case
- southern france
- based on true story
- historical figure
- rural area
- small village
- identity theft
- 16th century
The bill
Gérard Depardieu
Arnaud du Tilh
Nathalie Baye
Bertrande de Rols
Maurice Barrier
Pierre Guerre
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Martin Guerre
- Isabelle Sadoyan — Catherine Boëre
- Rose Thiéry — Raimonde de Rols
- Chantal Deruaz — Jeanne
- André Chaumeau — Dominique Caylar
- Maurice Jacquemont — Judge Rieux
- Roger Planchon — Jean de Coras
- Francis Arnaud — André the Pockmarked
- Philippe Babin — Jacques
- Axel Bogousslavsky — The Cobbler
- Valérie Chassigneux — Guillemette
- Neige Dolsky — Jacquemotte
- Directed
- Daniel Vigne
- Written
- Daniel Vigne, Jean-Claude Carrière
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 225 ratings
- Studio
- SFP, Productions Marcel Dassault, FR3
If this stayed with you
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