1982 French Film The Return of Martin Guerre

The film The Return of Martin Guerre provides excellent insight into the law, religion, and daily life of the 16th century. The chaos of the Middle Ages during this era, filled with religious wars and the rise of Christianity, Protestantism, and the Renaissance, is evident in the film. We see that this era was largely guided by cruelty, suspicion, superstition, ignorance and mistrust. When Martin, the husband of Bertrande, arrives home one day after nearly a decade's absence, he seems changed but is welcomed initially. When he asks for his profits while away, his uncle Pierre accuses him of not being "Martin." Bertrande, abandoned in her marriage by the real Martin, longs for true love and does not a

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