The Annunciation of Marie (1991)

During the Crusades, Vercors betroths his beautiful daughter Violaine to Jacques. She cannot marry Jacques because she has contracted leprosy, so Jacques marries her younger sister Mara. Jacques and Mara's first child dies soon after its birth, and Mara begs Violaine to return from seclusion to restore the child to life.

Producers	PROCIREP, Téléfilm Canada, Ministère de la Culture, La Sept Cinéma, Pax Film International, Conseil Régional de Picardie, Conseil Général de l'Aisne, Productions Desmichelles, Sofica Lumière
Original title	L'Annonce faite à Marie
Directors	Gilles Sionnet, Guylaine Chagnon, Jean-Luc Lucas, Alain Cuny
Writers	Paul Claudel, Alain Cuny

Cast

Roberto Benavente

as Pierre de Craon

Christelle Challab

as Mara Vercors

Alain Cuny

as Anne Vercors

Ulrika Jonsson

as Violaine Vercors

Jean Des Ligneris

as Jacques Hury

Cécile Potot

as Elisabeth Vercors

Kent MacKenzie

as Le maire

Samuel Tetreault

as L'apprenti

Martin L. Evans

as Michel