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In the debacle of the battle of Vitoria in Spain in 1813, Pierre Cursey was robbed of the horses of his unit by a fugitive. He is taken prisoner and sent to a floating pontoon. He managed to survive but vowed to find the traitor who had put him through hell. He finds him two years later in a village in the Dordogne. Francois Lemercier is the town's shoemaker and above all the captain and hero of the local soule team, a ball game that dates back to the Middle Ages. Cursey will discover in Lemercier a man of chivalrous honor.Read moreLess
In the debacle of the battle of Vitoria in Spain in 1813, Pierre Cursey was robbed of the horses of his unit by a fugitive. He is taken prisoner and sent to a floating pontoon. He managed to survive but vowed to find the traitor who had put him through hell. He finds him two years later in a village in the Dordogne. Francois Lemercier is the town's shoemaker and above all the captain and hero of the local soule team, a ball game that dates back to the Middle Ages. Cursey will discover in Lemercier a man of chivalrous honor.
The story
In the debacle of the battle of Vitoria in Spain in 1813, Pierre Cursey was robbed of the horses of his unit by a fugitive. He is taken prisoner and sent to a floating pontoon. He managed to survive but vowed to find the traitor who had put him through hell. He finds him two years later in a village in the Dordogne. Francois Lemercier is the town's shoemaker and above all the captain and hero of the local soule team, a ball game that dates back to the Middle Ages. Cursey will discover in Lemercier a man of chivalrous honor.
Cast & crew
Richard Bohringerle sergent François Lemercier
Christophe Malavoyle lieutenant Pierre Cursey
Marianne BaslerMarion
Roland BlancheGauberlin
Jean-Pierre Sentierle curé
Jean-François Stéveninle colonel ValbertExplore the crew
- Writer
- Michel Sibra
- Director
- Michel Sibra
- Writer
- Jacques Emond
- Producer
- Marie-Christine de Montbrial
- Producer
- Michel Frichet
- Original Music Composer
- Nicola Piovani
- Director of Photography
- Jean-Jacques Bouhon
- Editor
- Élisabeth Couque