New France

PG-13

2004

2 hr. 23 min.

History

Drama

List

20%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

38%

100+ Ratings

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During the battle for New France, a man (David La Haye) falls in love with a young widow (Noémie Godin-Vigneau) suspected of witchcraft.

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Mark J

They really manage to take a pivotal point in history and reduce it to boring series of events lacking passion or action. The flies buzzing about in various scenes are more interesting than the dialogue. Even the nose can't save this. The portrayal of First Nations Peoples was decent and the bilingual nature of the characters was cool to contemplate. The Francois fighting scenes came straight out the Kirk Douglas playbook ala the Buccaneer. Was excited by the premise disappointed in the execution.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/27/23

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Kendall S

The acting was wonderfully over-the-top and mostly enjoyable. But the plot was not only thin and the politics simplistic, the denouement was unnecessarily cruel on the audience. [Spoiler alert] Did they really think the British government would punish a child that was defending herself from an attacker? It's preposterous. And why did we get no warning that Xavier was a pedophile? Talk about a stupid twist. Didn't that mean that the mother was partly to blame for bringing him into the home? It was just all so stupid.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/27/23

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Audience Member

This film is not "Gettysburg": Not at all! It's not a classical War Story: Is a true Love Story ! Not an erotic or passional Love Story between a Man and a Woman (certainly it is ...) but a compelling and moving Maternal Love Story: A Mother and a Daughter tight together by a "fatal" Destiny... NO SPOILERS! That said, if you want to learn an important piece of Canadian History in accurate details this is not your cup of tea. But I recommend it to you if you like to be "touched" by deep feelings and emotions, very well directed and filmed in breath-taking scenery by Director Baudin, and performed by an Empathetic Cast, bad Guys included: Great Noèmie Godin Vigneau, and the young Juliette Gosselin above all: But everybody are more than good impersonating their characters! (P.s.- I don't want to mention Mr. Depardieu: since 30 years he's just always playing himself and his nose...)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

MASTERFUL and BEAUTIFUL. Like a dance with all the right moves. SEE IT.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

So many seemed profoundly to dislike this movie. I liked it. It's like the old multi-night mini-series - like "Roots," say - but still good, even poignant by the end. Usually I'm in line with the other Reviews 75% of the time; but this is one of the 25% I'm not..

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Great historical fiction. I want to see it again.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Jean Beaudin

Director

Noémie Godin-Vigneau

Marie-Loup Carignan

David La Haye

François le Gardeur

Sébastien Huberdeau

Xavier Maillard

Juliette Gosselin

Young France Carignan

Irène Jacob

Angélique de Roquebrune

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John Terauds

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History is long, life is short. It's certainly too short for the sort of overblown, melodramatic, pseudo-epic filmmaking Quebec's Jean Beaudin tried to foist on Francophone audiences two years ago.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 21, 2005

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David Gilmour

Globe and Mail

Feels like a French Romantic novel shot without a trace of irony.

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 21, 2005

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Lisa Nesselson

Variety

Fans the flames of passion, undoused by time or clunky exposition.

Oct 18, 2005

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

you'll be dying for Celine Dion's inevitable closing number to take you away from it all. God, never thought I'd say that.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 26, 2006

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Synopsis

During the battle for New France, a man (David La Haye) falls in love with a young widow (Noémie Godin-Vigneau) suspected of witchcraft.

Director: Jean Beaudin
Screenwriter: Pierre Billon
Production Co: Melenny Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 6, 2014

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