The Horseman On The Roof

1995, Movie, R, 136 mins

The Horseman On The Roof: Review

HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF, THE | LE HUSSARD SUR LE TOIT

An energetic, grandly appointed costume picture from Jean-Paul Rappenau, director of the international crowd-pleaser CYRANO DE BERGERAC. The screenplay, cowritten by Rappeneau, doesn't quite capture the social dimension of Jean Giono's widely beloved novel, but the film works well on the level of an old-fashioned swashbuckler, frankly melodramatic, visually resplendent and unapologetically emotional. As a cholera epidemic sweeps through Provence in 1832, an exiled Italian ca... read more leave a comment