Jean de Carrouges is a respected knight known for his bravery and skill on the battlefield. Jacques Le Gris is a squire whose intelligence and eloquence makes him one of the most admired nobles in court. When Le Gris viciously assaults Carrouges' wife, she steps forward to accuse her attacker, an act of bravery and defiance that puts her life in jeopardy. The ensuing trial by combat, a grueling duel to the death, places the fate of all three in God's hands.
This is a weird movie to review. In terms of the story telling of the rape told from the three different points of view with the leading up to, the actual attack and the fallout from it was completely genius. Like off the charts good. But this movie taking place in medieval times and all the crazy battle violence and what not ended up being completely pointless. Like I was loving all that stuff for the first 45 minutes or so and then it got to what the story really was and I was like wait . . . . . . . What!?! Again - not that it was bad. I actually really liked this movie. Just a very weird "epic" feel to a movie about rape.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. I really enjoyed it- especially the three perspectives thing. But the placement in medieval times even though its based on a true story just felt odd as hell.
