Caught this on IFC. It's from 2001, hadn't heard of it before. A really nice movie with Juliette Binoche & Daniel Auteil. Kind of a reverse My Fair Lady story in which Juliette Binoche tries to save and rehabilitate a man condemned to the guillotine for murder. It's set on a small Canadian island in the 1800's. Her husband (Daniel Auteil) is a ship captain stationed on the island and promotes her rehabilitation efforts, and has to deal with petty bureaucrats and their politics. Plus, did I mention it's got Juliette Binoche in it?
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