The Horseman On The Roof

A revolutionary Italian (Olivier Martinez) in flight from Austrian soldiers in 1832 France is the focus of this colorful and lively 1995 French feature. The narrative involves a cholera epidemic raging through Provence, so expect to see a lot of corpses and crows along with the romance and adventure. With Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, Francois Cluzet, and Jean Yanne; writer-director Jean-Paul Rappeneau (Cyrano de Bergerac) adapted Jean Giono’s novel Le Hussard sur la Toit. R, 135 min. (JR)

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