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The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre) [IMPORTED, NTSC, All Regions ]

The Return of Martin Guerre (Le retour de Martin Guerre) [IMPORTED, NTSC, All Regions ]
Directed by Daniel Vigne

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DVD Made in South Korea~~French Sound with English or Korean Subtitlees~~~Plot Synopsis: During the medieval times, Martin Guerre returns to his hometown in the middle of France, after being away in the war since he was a child. Nobody recognise him, and the people who knew him suspect he is not Martin, but he knows all about his family and friends, even the most unusual things. Is this man really Martin Guerre?

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #17647 in DVD
  • Formats: NTSC, Color, Subtitled
  • Subtitled in: English, Korean
  • Running time: 123 minutes

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  • The Return of Martin Guerre dvd
  • Gérard Depardieu

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A family tragedy5
This film is based on a real incidents researched by historian Natalie Zemon Davis. In a French village during the 16th century reign of Francis the First, Martin Guerre, husband of the daughter of landed peasants, returns after an absence of years. He is heartily welcolmed, but soon a growing number of villagers question if this is really the true Martin.
Authorities investigate, but not before village families are bitterly divided.
The story brims with carefully recreated period detail: farm life, landed peasants, local priests, and French country social and legal custom. Such information is not generally available in books. I have viewed this dvd again and again; I see new and subtle detail each time.
If a story with such detail and superb acting could be done of England under Henry VIII, we would have a box office hit.

Good version of the film5
I don't understand what one of the reviewer said that it only plays in PowerDVD (DVD-rom). My Korean import copy plays on regular DVD player just fine. Actually, it plays in my DVD player, my desktop DVD-rom, and in my laptop perfectly. Picture is clear and the sound is sharp. No complain whatsoever. Oh, yeah...good movie too.

This version is from KOREA!1
So far, I've found this to be a horrible version of the film that I've only been able to play on PowerDVD DX since it's from Korea! I didn't notice that on the description or picture. Caveat Emptor