La soule (1989)

7.5/10 • 95 min • Drama History

Overview

In the debacle of the battle of Vitoria in Spain in 1813, Pierre Cursey was robbed of the horses of his unit by a fugitive. He is taken prisoner and sent to a floating pontoon. He managed to survive but vowed to find the traitor who had put him through hell. He finds him two years later in a village in the Dordogne. Francois Lemercier is the town's shoemaker and above all the captain and hero of the local soule team, a ball game that dates back to the Middle Ages. Cursey will discover in Lemercier a man of chivalrous honor.

Cast

Richard Bohringer

le sergent François Lemercier

Christophe Malavoy

le lieutenant Pierre Cursey

Marianne Basler

Roland Blanche

Jean-Pierre Sentier

Jean-François Stévenin

le colonel Valbert

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