i have the memory of a jacquou le croquant and hero of a tv mini series of my childhood and who have lose his parent by the fault of an aristocrat and more generally because of the post napoleonean social class system and and who come to a revenge by lead a revolt especially against that social system and against the man which incarnate the cause of the tragedy of his family . on the basis of that and one expect to see a social fresco full of various emotion that go along with the rich history of france of that period represent tragedy and love and revenge and popular revolt ( revolution against the established order ) and freedom seek and and other great emotion which accompany this kind of epic story but it be not the case . the narration be too slow and really insipid . the actor be just as pale a the story and it rhythm . what a waist for such a beautifully photographed picture . if one can afford to see laurent boutonnat version of jacquou be solely because it good look at . costume and the decoration be really really superb . the director definitely be a good director of photography and and even a good soundtrack composer but certainly not a storyteller and definitely not a director .