The Edge of the Blade

2023 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama

4
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1006 1K

Plot summary

In 1887, at a time when duels are in vogue in Paris, Clément Lacaze and Marie-Rose Astié meet. He's a charismatic master of arms; she's a feminist, far ahead of her time. Clément gets caught in a spiral of violence and decides to initiate Marie-Rose in the art of dueling. The two must work together to save face. How far will they go to defend their honor?

Director

Vincent Perez Photo
Vincent Perez

Top cast

Edouard Michelon Photo
Edouard Michelon as Un aristocrate
Roschdy Zem Photo
Roschdy Zem as Clément Lacaze
Pepe Lorente Photo
Pepe Lorente as Gustave de Borda
Vincent Perez Photo
Vincent Perez as Louis Berchère
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
921.52 MB
1280*692
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 5
1.85 GB
1920*1038
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by usa-mike 9 / 10

unique of its kinds

It might be the only movie about blade/sword activity/sport/figting and only for this reason, it deserves to be watched.I found Roschdy Zem very well, he really have the same class as Jamie Foxx actor.The feminism subject should have been more longer but it's already a good point in the movie. The woman/man training session sequence reminds a lot the one from Mask Of Zorro between Banderas & Z-Johnes !
Reviewed by ubik-79634 6 / 10

Capable but a missed opportunity

I discovered "Edge of the Blade" (aka Une Affaire d'honneur) at the Hong Kong French Film Festival, Vincent Perez was on hand to present his latest feature as director and actor. The film is a capable, entertaining and very good-looking period drama that borders on the swashbuckler, a genre that made Perez famous. The fights are very well-handled, and the historical background is a fascinating one: on the one hand the craze for duels following freedom of the press laws (now journalists could freely tarnish people's reputation), and first-wave feminism on the other. Both aspects, however, remain in the background and subservient to a main plot centering on male revenge dramatics that's not exactly enthralling. Considering who the real Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre was (a freethinker, a doctor, a composer, a duellist, a passionate feminist), it's a shame to make her into a supporting character who can only watch the last duel from a distance. The protagonist, on the other hand, is a cliché war-scarred, hieratic veteran who speaks like a shaolin master and develops a vague crush on Ms. De Valsayre (cue aborted love story). That, I believe, is not the ideal treatment of the character. Perez himself in the Q&A session after the screening made it clear how incredible her life had been. My thought then was, hey, somebody should make a movie about her! In the end, "Edge of the Blade" made me want to watch that as-yet-inexistent movie, which is perhaps its greatest accomplishment.
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