This rollicking yarn, set during the Napoleonic War and made for British television, features both panoramic sweep and solid character development. French officer Jacques St. Ives (Jean Marc Barr) would rather make love than fight, though his skills in both regards are legendary. The scion of guillotined aristocrats, St. Ives has reinvented himself as a patriot of the people and after he's captured by the English he winds up in a POW camp in the Scottish Highlands. His noble bearing catches the eye of visiting do-gooders Flora Gilchrist (Anna Friel) and her aunt, Susan (Miranda Richardson); the camp's overseer, the Major (Richard E. Grant), also values St. Ives' good...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins