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Release Date: 1995

Cast: Claudio Amendola, Hervé Pierre, Christophe Odent, François Cluzet, Richard Sammel, Olivier Martinez, Nathalie Krebs, Laura Marinoni, Jean-Marie Winling, Carlo Cecchi, Jean Yanne, Jacques Sereys ...MORE

Cast: Claudio Amendola, Hervé Pierre, Christophe Odent, François Cluzet, Richard Sammel, Olivier Martinez, Nathalie Krebs, Laura Marinoni, Jean-Marie Winling, Carlo Cecchi, Jean Yanne, Jacques Sereys, Pierre Arditi, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Carré, Christiane Cohendy, Daniel Russo, Juliette Binoche ...LESS

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The Horseman on the Roof (French: 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 Italian struggle for independence and the cholera epidemic in southern France in 1832 are historical events. The film received César Awards in 1996 for Best Cinematography and Best Sound, as well as eight... MORE

The Horseman on the Roof (French: 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 Italian struggle for independence and the cholera epidemic in southern France in 1832 are historical events. The film received César Awards in 1996 for Best Cinematography and Best Sound, as well as eight César Award nominations for Best Film, Best Costume Design, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Production Design, and Most Promising Actress. In July 1832, Italian patriots hiding out in Aix, France, are betrayed by one of their own, and Austrian agents are on their trail. One patriot, Giocomo, is dragged away and executed. His wife runs off to warn their friend, Angelo Pardi (Olivier Martinez), a young Italian nobleman in France raising money for the Italian revolution against Austria. As the agents descend on his apartmant, Angelo escapes into the countryside. At LESS