Set in 15th-century France, THE ADVOCATE is predicated on the notion that lawyers, businessmen, zealots, and ordinary people caught in the middle of things have always been essentially the same; and although the film is full of quaint goings-on, the problems it poses are immediately
familiar to modern audiences.
Parisian lawyer Richard Courtois (Colin Firth), weary of the petty intrigues, back-room deals, and entrenched hypocrisy of city life, moves to the small town of Abbeville, where he hopes to rediscover his faith in the law by working for simple country people, arbitrating their modest disputes
and luxuriating in the pleasures of rural life: fresh air, ...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NC-17
Length:
117 mins