
13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to read and heal? Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle. Alongside, and coming between them, a woman... Thomas, the mercenary, his body marked by scars of varying degrees of valor, left the family farm many years ago. When he returns, his mother, the local healer, is dead. She passed on her skills to her younger son, Arnaud. But he has lost his memory after a beating from a gang of ruthless outlaws. And so, Arnaud's young and defiantly resourceful wife, Guillemette, must persuade Thomas to help her in the quest for lost knowledge.
Cast

Vincent Lindon
Thomas

Guillaume Canet
Arnaud

Mélanie Doutey
Guillemette

François Berléand
Le curé

Brunelle Lemonnier
Hilde
Frédéric Lacave
Benoît

Perkins Lyautey
Le chef des brigands

Roch Leibovici
Le Chauve

Manuel Le Lièvre
Le Bossu

Christophe Vandevelde
Le Casque

Augustin Legrand
Le Moustachu

Anthony Decadi
Le Giton

Philippe Fretun
Le Créancier

Franck Gourlat
Ademar

Arlette Thomas
L'abbesse

Frédérique Moidon
Le Prieure
Crew

Pierre Jolivet
Director, Writer
Simon Michaël
Writer
Yves Deschamps
Editor
Pascal Ridao
Director of Photography
Sonia Larue
First Assistant Director
Frédéric Bourboulon
Executive Producer

Christine Gozlan
Executive Producer

Alain Sarde
Producer

Jean Labadie
Producer

Emile Ghigo
Production Design

Frédérique Moidon
Casting
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Designer
François Maurel
Sound
Stratos Gabrielidis
Sound

William Flageollet
Sound
Serge Perathoner
Original Music Composer

Jannick Top
Original Music Composer
Jean-Louis Airola
Stunt Coordinator
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