Widow of St. Pierre (2000)
La veuve de Saint-Pierre (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 1h 52min
- Drama, History
- 13 Apr 2001 (USA)
- Movie
In a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man.
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Awards:
- 3 wins & 9 nominations.
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Cast
| Juliette Binoche | ... |
Pauline (Madame La)
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| Daniel Auteuil | ... |
Jean (The Captain)
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| Emir Kusturica | ... |
Ariel Neel Auguste
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| Michel Duchaussoy | ... |
The Governor
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| Philippe Magnan | ... |
President Venot
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| Christian Charmetant | ... |
Supply and Secretariat Officer
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| Philippe du Janerand | ... |
Customs Officer
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| Maurice Chevit | ... |
The Governor's Father
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Catherine Lascault | ... |
La Malvilain
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| Ghyslain Tremblay | ... |
Monsieur Chevassus
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| Reynald Bouchard | ... |
Louis Ollivier
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| Marc Béland | ... |
Soldier Loïc
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| Yves Jacques | ... |
The Rear Admiral
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| Dominique Quesnel | ... |
The Proprietor
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Anne-Marie Philipe | ... |
The Governor's Wife
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Isabelle Spade | ... |
President Venot's Wife
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Arianne Mallet | ... |
Governor's Child
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Julián Gutiérrez | ... |
Governor's Son
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| Sylvie Moreau | ... |
Adrienne
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Genevieve Cocke | ... |
Washhouse Woman
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| Manon Gauthier | ... |
Washhouse Woman
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| Marianne C. Miron | ... |
Mme Chevassus
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Jean-Paul Rouvray | ... |
The Priest
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| Michel Daigle | ... |
Father Coupard
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| Luc Guérin | ... |
Captain Dumontier
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| Neil Kroetsch | ... |
Captain of the Marie Galante
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Sylvain Eluau | ... |
Captain Goelette / Raymound Cloutier (The Adjutant)
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Patrick Steltzer | ... |
The Brigadier
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| Patrick Caux | ... |
Young Soldier
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| Bernard Tanguay | ... |
The Orderly
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| Serge Christiaenssens | ... |
Drummer
(as Serge Christianssens)
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| Martin Larocque | ... |
Town Crier
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Boris Napes | ... |
Assessor
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| Yvon Roy | ... |
Granjean
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| Luc Proulx | ... |
Cafe Customer
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Kendall Negro | ... |
The Child
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| Stefan Perrault | ... |
Oarsman
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Sarah McKenna | ... |
Emilie
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| Lee Delong |
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Directed by
| Patrice Leconte | ||
Written by
| Claude Faraldo | ... | () |
| Patrice Leconte | ... | (adaptation) |
Produced by
| Frédéric Brillion | ... | producer |
| Gilles Legrand | ... | producer |
| Daniel Louis | ... | co-producer |
| Denise Robert | ... | co-producer |
Music by
| Pascal Estève | ||
Cinematography by
| Eduardo Serra | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Joëlle Hache | ||
Editorial Department
| Christian Dutac | ... | color timer |
| Emilie Monod | ... | assistant editor |
| Clara Ott | ... | assistant editor |
| Van der Vorm | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
| Jacques Dublin | ||
Production Design by
| Ivan Maussion | ||
Art Direction by
| Ivan Maussion | ||
Costume Design by
| Christian Gasc | ||
Makeup Department
| Sophie Asse | ... | assistant hair stylist |
| Marie-France Cardinal | ... | key hair stylist |
| Kathryn Casault | ... | key makeup artist |
| Michel Demonteix | ... | key hair stylist |
| Réjean Forget | ... | key hair stylist |
| Evan Hyisky | ... | hair stylist |
| Joël Lavau | ... | key makeup artist |
| Isabelle Luzet | ... | key hair stylist |
| Thi-Loan Nguyen | ... | key makeup artist |
Production Management
| Pierre Allard | ... | unit production manager |
| Rémi Bergman | ... | unit production manager |
| Frédéric Blum | ... | production manager |
| Daniel Hilaréguy | ... | assistant production manager |
| Nicole Hilaréguy | ... | production manager |
| Emmanuel Legrand | ... | production manager |
| Philippe Lenfant | ... | unit manager trainee |
| Daniel Ross | ... | assistant unit manager |
| Donald Tetreault | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Anne Alloucherie | ... | assistant director |
| Grégoire Barachin | ... | first assistant director |
| Olivier Chouinard | ... | assistant director |
| Anne Gilles | ... | second assistant director |
| Gus Maclean | ... | assistant director (as Angus Maclean) |
| Jacques Pasquier | ... | assistant director |
| Simon-Édouard Pilon | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| François Aïssa | ... | construction laborer |
| Gilles Baillot | ... | construction laborer |
| Martin Bartherotte | ... | set dresser |
| Alain Bergé | ... | construction laborer |
| Bernard Boivin | ... | construction coordinator |
| Jean-Michel Boivin | ... | construction laborer |
| Michel Bourgeois | ... | construction laborer |
| Xavier Buffin | ... | construction laborer |
| Michel Charvaz | ... | property master |
| Daniel Clerici | ... | construction laborer |
| Dominique Coutelle | ... | construction laborer |
| Jamie Day | ... | construction laborer |
| Virginie Denis Roy | ... | set dresser (as Virginie Denis) |
| Pierre Denis | ... | set dresser |
| Daniel Donovan | ... | construction laborer |
| Eric Frion | ... | construction laborer |
| Ludovic Garçon | ... | construction laborer / set designer painter |
| Christian Guillebaud | ... | construction laborer |
| Claude Guyon | ... | construction laborer |
| Brian Hanson | ... | construction laborer |
| Mario Hervieux | ... | set dresser |
| Marie Ève Lacasse | ... | set dresser |
| Frédérique Menichetti | ... | construction laborer |
| Igor Mollet | ... | construction laborer |
| Henry Morash | ... | construction laborer |
| Michel Méry | ... | set dresser |
| Véronique Pagnoux | ... | construction laborer |
| Xavier Palud | ... | construction laborer |
| Frédéric Perron | ... | construction laborer |
| Robert Perry | ... | construction laborer |
| Manuel Poulain | ... | construction laborer |
| Nicolas Raffy | ... | assistant property master |
| Pol Richard | ... | construction laborer |
| Nicolas Rufy | ... | set dresser |
| Annie Tourriol | ... | construction laborer |
Sound Department
| Annabel Acquaviva | ... | sound assistant (as Annabelle Acquaviva) |
| Jean-Philippe Angelini | ... | post-synchronization engineer |
| Fanchon Brulé | ... | dialogue editor |
| Pascal Chauvin | ... | foley artist |
| Pascal Dedeye | ... | foley artist |
| Michel Filippi | ... | post-synchronization engineer |
| Jean Goudier | ... | sound |
| Claude Hazanavicius | ... | sound engineer |
| Katrina Heaulme | ... | post-synchronization engineer |
| Dominique Hennequin | ... | sound |
| Jean-Paul Hurier | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Paul Lainé | ... | sound engineer |
| Jean-Louis Lebras | ... | boom operator |
| Gilles Missir | ... | foley recordist |
| Thierry Morlaas-Lurbe | ... | boom operator |
| Sandrine Strauss | ... | assistant sound editor |
Special Effects by
| Pierre Côté | ... | special effects |
| Lorne Dosogne | ... | special effects |
| Mario Dumont | ... | special effects |
| Francis Marleau | ... | special effects |
| Frederic Papon | ... | special optical effects |
| Louis Pedneault | ... | special effects |
| Daniel Pereira de Abreu | ... | special optical effects |
| Benoit Talenton | ... | special effects |
| Pierre Turmeau | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Christophe Belena | ... | digital visual effects |
| Coralie Boulay | ... | digital visual effects |
| Thomas Buchwalder | ... | digital visual effects |
| Alain Carsoux | ... | digital visual effects |
| Solena Collignon | ... | digital visual effects (as Solen Collignon) |
| Stéphanie Dargent | ... | digital visual effects |
| Thierry Delobel | ... | digital visual effects |
| François Dupuy | ... | digital visual effects |
| Sylvian Fabre | ... | digital visual effects |
| Xavier Fourmond | ... | digital visual effects |
| Chia-Chi Hu | ... | digital visual effects |
| Alexandre Jeanneret | ... | digital visual effects |
| Alexandre Kolasinski | ... | digital visual effects |
| Emmanuel Le Courbe | ... | digital compositor |
| Jeremie Leroux | ... | digital visual effects |
| Karine Marchandou | ... | digital visual effects |
| Frederic Medioni | ... | digital compositor |
| Olivier Poujaud | ... | digital compositor |
| Céline Sene | ... | digital visual effects |
| Antoine Simkine | ... | visual effects executive producer: Duboi |
| Daniel Trujillo | ... | digital artist |
| Edouard Valton | ... | digital visual effects |
| Nicolas Vibert | ... | digital visual effects |
Stunts
| Mario Luraschi | ... | horse supervisor |
| Pascal Madura | ... | horse master |
| Antonio Vidosa | ... | stunt arranger |
| Pete White | ... | horse supervisor |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Brian A. Adams | ... | grip |
| Claude Atanassian | ... | chief electrician |
| Michel Atanassian | ... | electrician |
| Eric Baraillon | ... | electrician |
| Florent Bazin | ... | assistant camera |
| Jacques F. Bernier | ... | assistant camera (as Jacques Bernier) |
| Gérald Bourget | ... | generator operator |
| Stéphanie Branchu | ... | assistant still photographer |
| Geoffrey Brown | ... | assistant camera |
| Catherine Cabrol | ... | still photographer |
| Stéphane Cry | ... | electrician |
| Stéphane de Ernsted | ... | grip |
| Jérôme Doidy | ... | grip |
| Bernard Estève | ... | electrician |
| Dominique Fortier | ... | electrician |
| Jacob Fortier | ... | electrician |
| Jacques Fortier | ... | chief electrician |
| Marie Gennesseaux | ... | video controller |
| David Grinberg | ... | assistant camera |
| Warren Jefferies | ... | grip (as Warren Jeffries) |
| Kevin Jewison | ... | camera operator: second unit |
| Raphaël Jordan | ... | grip |
| Raphael Jourdan | ... | grip |
| Edith Labbé | ... | assistant camera (as Edith Labbe) |
| Patrice Leconte | ... | camera operator |
| Anne Nicolet | ... | assistant camera |
| Stéphane Pilon | ... | grip |
| Denis Scozzesi | ... | key grip |
| Bruce Sharpe | ... | grip |
| Marc Simpson-Threlford | ... | clapper loader |
| Nicolas Venne | ... | electrician |
| Stephen Wells | ... | grip / rigging grip |
Casting Department
| Geneviève Acien | ... | extras casting |
| Catherine Deserbais | ... | extras casting |
| Eric Guy | ... | casting: Canada |
| Mireille La Febriere | ... | extras casting |
| Anne Lockquell | ... | casting: Canada |
| Wendy Ross | ... | extras casting (as Wendy Cohen Ross) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Françoise Attal Roth | ... | costumer |
| Claudette Babin | ... | costumer |
| Brigitte Bourneuf | ... | seamstress |
| Maureen Burke | ... | costumer |
| Caroline Easterey | ... | seamstress |
| Tess Hammami | ... | costumer |
| Carla Kaiberlah | ... | costumer |
| Rose Kreutz | ... | costumer |
| Alec Lahey | ... | costumer |
| Daniel Lalande | ... | chief costumer |
| Françoise Lecours | ... | costume coordinator |
| Jocelyne Lucas | ... | seamstress |
| Faye MacLeod | ... | seamstress |
| Edwige Morel D'Arleux | ... | costume coordinator |
| Corinne Page | ... | seamstress |
| Pascale Paoli | ... | costumer |
| Lyse Pomerleau | ... | costume coordinator |
| Germaine Ribel | ... | costumer |
| Ginette Régis | ... | costumer |
| Florence Sadaune | ... | assistant costume designer / chief costumer |
| Bénédicte Simon | ... | seamstress |
| Laurent Sévigny | ... | costumer |
| Géraldine Touesnard Joyce | ... | costumer |
| Andrée Tremblay | ... | seamstress |
Location Management
| Nick Barker | ... | location scout |
Music Department
| Jean-Paul Batailley | ... | musician: percussion |
| Denis Caribaux | ... | assistant music mixer / assistant music recordist |
| Edouard Dubois | ... | music consultant |
| Frédéric Guérouet | ... | musician: accordion |
| Didier Lizé | ... | music mixer / music recordist |
| Nicolas Meyer | ... | music mixer / music recordist |
| Frédéric Moreau | ... | musician: violin |
| Gilberta Pereyra | ... | musician: bass |
| Daniel Py | ... | musician: English horn |
| Frédéric Robin | ... | musician: alto |
| Alexandre Soumagne | ... | musician: cello |
| Bernard Wystraete | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
| Marie Leconte | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
| Jasmine Lewandowski | ... | driver: cast |
Additional Crew
| Danielle Baldwin | ... | production staff |
| Jérôme Barboux | ... | video reporter |
| Andrée Bouvier | ... | production coordinator |
| Eric Burchill | ... | boat wrangler |
| Michael Burke | ... | production assistant |
| Martin Desroches | ... | production staff |
| Sylvie Desrosiers | ... | administrator |
| Damaris Detours | ... | production assistant |
| Luc Detours | ... | production assistant |
| Jean-Pierre Devillers | ... | video reporter |
| Hakim Falek | ... | production assistant |
| Walter Flower Jr. | ... | boat wrangler (as Walter Flower) |
| William Flower | ... | boat wrangler |
| Massimo Gallizzi | ... | production assistant |
| Hélène Grimard | ... | administrator (as Hélène Gallizzi) / production accountant (as Hélène Gallizzi) |
| Anne-Lyse Haket | ... | production staff |
| Neil Halverson | ... | boat wrangler |
| Vanessa Jerrom | ... | press relations |
| Alexandre Juaneda | ... | set production assistant |
| Serge Klinger | ... | production assistant |
| Francois Lacasse | ... | son (as François Lacasse) |
| Eric Lacesse | ... | international sales |
| Sylvie Lalonde | ... | production assistant |
| Renaud Le Van Kim | ... | video reporter |
| Eric Leca | ... | production staff |
| Armelle Lecoeur | ... | production staff |
| Nicolas Lecovic | ... | production assistant |
| Muriel Lizé | ... | production coordinator |
| Nicky Luca | ... | production assistant |
| Mario Luraschi | ... | horse wrangler |
| Deborah MacNeil | ... | production staff |
| Pascal Madura | ... | horse wrangler |
| Christophe Maratier | ... | weapons consultant |
| Lina Martins | ... | assistant: Juliette Binoche |
| Lisa Martins | ... | production assistant |
| Géraldine Milles | ... | production staff |
| Marc Moisan | ... | horse groom |
| Stéphane Montmorency | ... | production assistant |
| Robert Henry Morash | ... | boat wrangler |
| Cecilia Nyström | ... | production coordinator |
| Anne O'Neill | ... | coordinator: Forteresse de Louisbourg |
| Charles Obrul | ... | laboratory liaison |
| Xavier Reboli | ... | horse groom |
| Sarah Richer | ... | production staff |
| Tiffany Rieder | ... | production staff |
| Daniel Ross | ... | assistant unit manager |
| Terry Rudderham | ... | production assistant |
| Karen Smail | ... | administrator |
| Stéphane Teillet | ... | administrator |
| Donald Tetreault | ... | production assistant |
| Vanessa K. Tingley | ... | production staff |
| Marisol Turcot | ... | production assistant |
| Pete White | ... | horse wrangler |
Production Companies
- Cinémaginaire Inc. (coproducers)
- Epithète Films
- France 2 Cinéma
- France 3 Cinéma
Distributors
- Atlantis Entertainment (2001) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2000) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Alfa Films (Argentina)
- Cine Qua Non Films
- Key Films
- Lionsgate Films (2001) (United States) (subtitled)
- Movie Star (Brazil) (DVD)
- Movie Star (Brazil) (VHS)
- Pathé
- PolyGram Film Distribution (France)
- Prooptiki Video (Greece) (VHS)
- Prooptiki (Greece)
- Pyramide Distribution (World-wide)
- Trimark Video (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Orchestre Philarmonique d'Île-de-France (orchestra)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In 1849, in the Archipelago of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, the drunken Ariel Neel Auguste and his partner Louis Ollivier kill for a futile motive (to see if he is fat or just big) the fishing boat captain Coupard. Nell, who stabbed the victim, is sentenced to die with his head severed in the guillotine while Louis is sentenced to hard labor. During the transportation to the prison under the custody of Captain Jean, there is an accident and Louis dies. While spending his days in the cell waiting for the guillotine and the executioner, Neel is invited by the captain's wife Mrs. Pauline to help her in her garden and becomes her protégé. Later he has a process of rehabilitation helping the locals in minor works and becomes very popular in the island. When he saves the building Café du Nord and her owner from sinking in the sea, his popularity increases and nobody but the governor and politicians of the council wants his death. Neel marries Eleontine Jeanne-Marie, but sooner he is informed that the ship Marie Galante has just left Martinique bringing a guillotine. Now the Governor and politicians need to find an executioner in the population to execute the sentence. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Taglines | A true story of revenge and redemption, fear and forgiveness, and the true meaning of love. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | FRF100,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The film was to be completely filmed on the island of Saint-Pierre, but when the snow failed to arrive, the production had to move further north to Newfoundland for certain sequences. See more » |
| Goofs | When Neel is told he's strong enough to "ramer jusqu'au chez les Anglais", the English subtitles say "row over to Canada" rather than "row over to the English". This introduces an error: both the geography and the dialogue in other scenes make it clear that Newfoundland is meant, but Newfoundland wasn't part of Canada until 1949. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001). See more » |