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Une Affaire d'Honneur (2023)

Drama | 101 minutes
3,38 4 votes

Genre: Drama / History

Duration: 101 minuten

Alternative title: The Edge of the Blade

Country: France

Directed by: Vincent Perez

Stars: Roschdy Zem, Doria Tillier and Vincent Perez

IMDb score: 6,6 (1.026)

Releasedate: 27 December 2023

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Une Affaire d'Honneur plot

Paris, 1887. Duels are officially banned, but are still performed regularly. For many, they are the only way to defend their honor. Fencing master Clément Lacaze tries in vain to prevent his cousin from entering into an unequal duel with the more experienced Colonel Berchère. Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre, a feminist who fights for women's equality, tries to show that honor is not just a man's affair.

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Perhaps not exactly historically accurate, but a very interesting and beautifully filmed picture of the times, with lots of nice details about what it was like at the height of dueling - subtly set against the background of the changes in the law of that period, and the rise of feminism.

It is a pity that the character of Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre - I believe the only character who really existed - is given relatively little space. You could make a very interesting film about her life, and with Doria Tillier this film has an actress who could fill that in with verve.

Instead, Roschdy Zem has the lead role as the fictional sword master Clément Lacaze. That's not really a punishment, though - Zem has reached a level of acting that is perhaps even higher than the exalted status of the Maître d'Armes he plays.

Perez has a tight grip on the direction, and assigns himself the role of antagonist - which he plays just as beautifully dosed as Zem and Tillier. Good work, and it results in a very fine film - exactly what I like to see in a film, not just an hour of entertainment but also the spark, the incentive to learn something more about the subject, and in this case there are two of them - fencing and Astié de Valsayre.

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