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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 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 Paris...
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.
Oct 14, 2021 · History | October 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.
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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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The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France is a 2004 book by American author Eric Jager about one of the last officially recognized judicial duels fought in France. In 2021, director Ridley Scott adapted the book as a movie called The Last Duel.
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.
Oct 16, 2021 · The nonfiction work catalogs the events leading up to France’s last government-sanctioned trial by combat, held between Jean de Carrouges and his former friend, Jacques Le Gris.
