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The Advocate

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The Advocate
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R,1hr 45min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1993
Director:
Leslie Megahey
Distributor:
Miramax
Starring:
Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence  ...more
Synopsis: In France in 1452, the dark superstition of the Medieval era was beginning to give way to the more enlightened attitudes of the Renaissance. But the changes were slow in coming, as Richard Courtois (Colin Firth) learns when he moves to the country village of Abbeville, owned and ruled by the Seigneur (Nicol Williamson). Courtois is a lawyer, or an "advocate" as they were called in those days, and the Seigneur has hired him to act as a public defender for those who cannot provide their own legal counsel. ... Full Synopsis
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Genevieve Williams, AMG Review
Also called The Advocate, this is probably one of the stranger based-on-true-events crime dramas to emerge in the 1990s. It has all the trappings of a noir thriller -- apparently disparate plot elements that draw together like a net, a progressively less confused protagonist, supporting characters who offer cryptic utterances, and, of course, a mysterious woman -- but the setting, the French countryside ... Full Review
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Colin Firth
Richard Courtois
Ian Holm
Albertus
Donald Pleasence
Pincheon
Nicol Williamson
The Seigneur
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