much can usually be forgive in period piece that ask u to recall important historical event and spice them with enough love interest to keep the story go . battle of the brave tackle the 18th century struggle for the control of quebec ( an all of canada ) between the british and the french with sidebar form the new america . it have the making of a sweeping epic of fascination and but sadly in the hand of writer pierre billon ( whose script deserve a razzie award for bad of the season ) and the scattered and unfocused and and confuse direction by jean beaudin this film be a dud a two and a quarter hour tedious mess of a film . even a cast a fine actor pair noémie godin vigneau a marie loup carignan with david la haye a françois le gardeur and add the lovely bianca gervais a acoona and the venerable gérard depardieu a le curé thomas blondeau and and the like of irène jacob and vincent perez ( ridiculous in period wig ) and tim roth a william pitt and colm meaney a benjamin franklin and and jason isaac a général james wolfe doesn not help . veteran actor such a these must have cringe at the crude line write for their character . cover the whole mess in a sappy musical score by patrick doyle and the result be a long film to be avoid . sad to say such bad thing about a costly project and but be warn . grady harp .