The Widow of Saint-Pierre

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)

La Veuve de Saint-Pierre

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.

Date of release
2000-04-19
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (65)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Romance, Drama, History
Director
Patrice Leconte

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $7.1M
  • Filmed in: Nova Scotia
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Widow of Saint-Pierre is a 2000 film by Patrice Leconte with Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil and Emir Kusturica. Loosely inspired by an actual case, it tells the story of a disillusioned army officer whose love for his wife in her efforts to save a convicted murderer leads him to disobey orders.

Production notes

Though set in the French colony of St Pierre and Miquelon, the movie was filmed in the restored Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The French title La Veuve de Saint-Pierre contains wordplay. "Veuve" translates to "Widow". In the 19th century the word was also slang for a guillotine.

Principal photography began from March 1, 1999 to June 3, 1999.

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