Justinien Trouve, or God's Bastard (1993)

6.5/10 160 min Comedy Drama History

Overview

Set in the French countryside in the 1600s, a lone rider deposits a newborn baby boy on the steps of a monastery, having bitten his nose off. The child is bought up by an ex-pirate and his wife and is taught to read, write, count, joust and fence, and is also given a wooden nose. However, he is ordered by a local baron to attend a tough seminary, but he soon rebels and makes an action-packed escape...

Cast

Pierre-Olivier Mornas

Justinien

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Martin Coutouly

Ticky Holgado

Beaulouis

Bernard Haller

Judge Cressayet

Patrice Valota

Baron Raoul

Roland Blanche

Galine

Didier Pain

The provost

Bernard Farcy

Biensobre

Valérie Stroh

Dame Eglantine

Chick Ortega

Baldo Cabanon

Maxime Leroux

The militiaman captain

Zouc

Laragne-Garou

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