1994, 101 min
Country: Great Britain
Studio: Disney/Miramax
Cast: Colin Firth, Amina Annabi, Ian Holm, Jim Carter, Donald Pleasence, Nicol Williamson
Director: Leslie Megahey
Rating: R
Our Rating:
The Advocate
1994, 101 min
Country: Great Britain Studio: Disney/Miramax Cast: Colin Firth, Amina Annabi, Ian Holm, Jim Carter, Donald Pleasence, Nicol Williamson Director: Leslie Megahey Rating: R Our Rating:
REVIEW
Writer-director Megahey has taken what has to be a virtually unknown medieval law and with it fashioned a scintillating black comedy masquerading as a murder mystery. Firth plays a 15th-century Parisian lawyer who escapes the rigors and hardships of the city for a simpler life in the country. But a peaceful landscape and gentle countryfolk are not what he finds when he immediately becomes embroiled in the murder trial of a young boy -- and his defendant is a pig! As Firth tries to uncover the facts, he comes face to face with political corruption, religious bureaucracy and a bevy of beautiful women all trying to bed him. The situation is ripe with satiric possibilities, and Megahey has wondrously exploited them with a light touch and marvelous wit.
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Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: None
UPC: 786936220254
Studio: Disney/Miramax
Languages: English Dolby Digital Surround (Primary), English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85
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