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| Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | ... | François de Cortemart | |
| Julie Delpy | ... | Béatrice de Cortemart | |
| Nils Tavernier | ... | Arnaud de Cortemart | |
| Monique Chaumette | ... | La mère de François | |
| Robert Dhéry | ... | Raoul | |
| Michèle Gleizer | ... | Hélène | |
| Maxime Leroux | ... | Richard | |
| Jean-Claude Adelin | ... | Bertrand Lemartin | |
| Jean-Louis Grinfeld | ... | Maître Blanche | |
| Claude Duneton | ... | Le prêtre | |
| Isabelle Nanty | ... | La Nourrice | |
| Jean-Luc Rivals | ... | Jehan | |
| Roseline Villaume | ... | Marie | |
| Maïté Maillé | ... | La Noiraude | |
| Albane Guilhe | ... | La Recluse | |
| Marie Privat | ... | Marguerite | |
| Sébastien Konieczny | ... | François enfant | |
| Vincent Saint-Ouen | ... | Le père de François enfant (as Vincent Saint Ouen) | |
| Tina Sportolaro | ... | La mère de François enfant | |
| François Hadji-Lazaro | ... | Curé départ guerre | |
| Érick Bernard | ... | L'amant | |
| Nicole Siffre | ... | Pauline | |
| Myriam Thomas | ... | Mariette | |
| Christophe Rea | ... | Jacques | |
| David Ordonez | ... | Thomas | |
| Jacques Raynaud | ... | Joseph | |
| Pétrus Léo Crombe | ... | Gildas | |
| Béatrice Abatut | ... | Blandine | |
| Jean-Claude De Brou | ... | Ecorcheur | |
| Stéphane Bédrossian | ... | Ecorcheur | |
| Christophe Poiron | ... | Ecorcheur | |
| Yves Frexinos | ... | Ecorcheur | |
| Raymond Pazzaglia | ... | Ecorcheur | |
| Marie Cosnay | ... | Nicolette | |
| Sylvie Beyssen | ... | Prostituée | |
| Anne Bolon | ... | Prostituée | |
| Frédérique Figuero | ... | Prostituée | |
| Agnès Hick | ... | Prostituée |
Directed by | |||
| Bertrand Tavernier | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Colo Tavernier | writer (as Colo Tavernier O'Hagan) | |
Produced by | |||
| Adolphe Viezzi | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ron Carter | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Bruno de Keyzer | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Armand Psenny | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Guy-Claude François | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Jacqueline Moreau | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Annick Legout | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
Sound Department | |||
| Michel Barlier | .... | sound mixer | |
| Jean-Michel Chauvet | .... | boom operator | |
| Gérard Lamps | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Jean-Yves Freess | .... | grip | |
| Georges Pierre | .... | still photographer | |
Music Department | |||
| Ron Carter | .... | musician: bass | |
| William Flageollet | .... | music mixer | |
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I've never been able to shake this movie. Although I hated it while watching it, its authority convinced me utterly that its portrait of medieval castle life as lonely, dreary, and brutal (contradicting the swashbuckling fantasies in which many of us are apt to indulge) is the way it probably was. Indeed, the recollection of that awful, far-flung, yet confining world overrides and incapacitates every representation of the period I've seen since. It must be one of the most convincing views of a historical era ever put on film. The film itself is brutal; that was one reason I hated watching it; but in retrospect I believe there was no other way to tell the story fairly, and certainly it's the humanity of Beatrice, not the inhumanity of her surroundings, that the film leaves as its final impression. If this isn't a great film, it's a commanding and uncompromising one.