Fantastic movie, with certainly the only script written in believable 17th-century French, about the rebel Huguenots of the Cévennes. It takes place after Louis XIV revokes the Edit de Nantes which had allowed Protestants freedom of religion in France for a few decades, and shows the persecutions waged against them.
The movie is shot in the still wild mountainous areas of Central France where the rebels took refuge.
It earned a well-deserved prize at the 1972 Berlin Film Festival.
It's simply-made with excellent actors who don't ham it up, packs an amazing emotional wallop, and should be available on DVD.
The movie is shot in the still wild mountainous areas of Central France where the rebels took refuge.
It earned a well-deserved prize at the 1972 Berlin Film Festival.
It's simply-made with excellent actors who don't ham it up, packs an amazing emotional wallop, and should be available on DVD.