Horseman On The Roof Imdb

This gorgeous movie was set in the cholera period which wiped out the whole of europe in 10 days.

Horseman on the roof imdb. In a time of war and disease a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband. Le hussard sur le toit is a 1995 french film directed by jean paul rappeneau and starring juliette binoche and olivier martinez based on the 1951 french novel le hussard sur le toit by jean giono the film follows the adventures of a young italian nobleman in france raising money for the italian revolution against austria during a time of cholera. The horseman on the roof french. Directed by jean paul rappeneau.

Jean giono s the horseman on the roof represents a strange kind of throwback to the picaresque literature of earlier centuries. Audience reviews for the horseman on the roof. Universally praised by critics and moviegoers the horseman on the roof is another extraordinary film from the creators of the academy award r winning cyrano de bergerac best costume design 1990. Juliette binoche was gorgeous as.