Spaghetti Westerns are a mix of commercial and art movies but some of them are really artistic. Une corde, un colt (Cemetary Without Crosses in English) is one of latter ones. The name of the movie is in French. The movie is a French/Italian co-production. Robert Hossein who is the director and main actor of the movie dedicated this to Sergio Leone who was an director icon (the Dollars Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West). In fact Leone directed one scene of this movie.
A plot is a simple revenge story. A widow Maria Caine (Michèle Mercier) wants to revenge on murderers (Will Rogers and his sons) of his husband. His former love Manuel (Hossein) agrees to do that for her by kidnapping a daughter of Rogers. The late husband's brothers play their own play behind Maria's back because they want to save themselves. The Rogers give their own violent answer for the situation. The spiral of violence begins.
Cemetary Without Crosses has exceptionally low small amount of speech. I haven't seen movie which includes so few words except Chaplin movies. The music is of high quality. Actors are credible in their roles. Some scenes are too long and sometimes the movie is confusing between scenes. If you like Spaghetti Westerns or artistically challenging movies I recommend this for you. 7/10.
A plot is a simple revenge story. A widow Maria Caine (Michèle Mercier) wants to revenge on murderers (Will Rogers and his sons) of his husband. His former love Manuel (Hossein) agrees to do that for her by kidnapping a daughter of Rogers. The late husband's brothers play their own play behind Maria's back because they want to save themselves. The Rogers give their own violent answer for the situation. The spiral of violence begins.
Cemetary Without Crosses has exceptionally low small amount of speech. I haven't seen movie which includes so few words except Chaplin movies. The music is of high quality. Actors are credible in their roles. Some scenes are too long and sometimes the movie is confusing between scenes. If you like Spaghetti Westerns or artistically challenging movies I recommend this for you. 7/10.