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- Now, the story of the 1386 trial by combat is the subject of a blockbuster film of the same name. Directed by Ridley Scott, the movie stars Matt Damon as Carrouges, Adam Driver as Le Gris and Jodie Comer as Carrouges’ second wife, Marguerite.
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Oct 14, 2021 · The True History Behind ‘The Last Duel’. A new film from Ridley Scott dramatizes the 1386 trial by combat of a medieval man accused of a horrific crime. Adam Driver (left) plays Jacques Le...
- Meilan Solly
Oct 12, 2021 · The Last Duel stars Jodie Comer and Matt Damon praise director Ridley Scott's latest work. The upcoming historical drama is based on the 2004 book of the same name by Eric Jager, an account of the real 1386 trial-by-combat that was the last of its kind recorded in France.
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Oct 14, 2021 · The Last Duel, which is out this weekend and stars Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer, offers a gorgeous, vibrant, and devastatingly dark rendering of an actual trial by combat in...
Oct 15, 2021 · The Last Duel feature a trial by combat involving Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), a French knight, and Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), a squire.
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Oct 1, 2021 · The Last Duel is set in 14th-century France, specifically the year 1386. By this point in time, trial by combat was no longer a common practice.
The Last Duel is a 2021 historical drama film [6] directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon, based on the 2004 book The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager.
The story tells of the 29 December 1386 trial by combat (duel) in which the Norman knight Jean de Carrouges dueled Jacques Le Gris, at the time a squire. Carrouges had accused Le Gris of raping his wife, Marguerite de Carrouges, née de Thibouville, some months before.