what a wonderful movie and full of quiet passion . the widow of st. pierre be a beautful and haunting film that tell the story of a man commit to death on a small french fishing island that do not have a guillotine and how he learn to repent his crime and become a useful member of the community . the judge obsevers and we commit a murderous brute and be go to top a benefactor . there be another story of the marriage of le capitaine ( daniel auteuil ) and his wife madam la ( juliette binoche ) . of their love and understanding for each other . the play between these two actor be something to see and they just look at each other and you can see their feeling for one another . she feel for the prisoner and her husband sympathizes with her feeling and understand her . the director patrice leconte have do an admirable job portray the time and place and atmosphere . emir kusturica who play neel and the murderer and juliette binoche and daniel auteuil all play their part with a quiet understanding for their character . i think this must be juliette binoche best performance . this be a beautiful and disquieting movie and i highly recommend it to those who like an intelligent story and well told .