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Cinema: “An Affair of Honor” focuses on the practice of dueling
The film “An Affair of Honor”, in theaters since Wednesday December 27, looks back on the practice of dueling, very common in the 19th century. – (France 2)
The film “An Affair of Honor”, in theaters since Wednesday December 27, looks back on the practice of dueling, very common in the 19th century.
In theaters since Wednesday December 27, the film “A affair ofhonr” by Vincent Perez, is a historical story that immerses fans of cloaks and swords in Paris at the end of the 19th century. The duel ofhonr was a practice in vogue at that time. The film brings together sword fights but also saber and pistol fights. “There was a duel every day, a death every 35 duels and I discovered that there was a whole world of extremely precise protocol all around the fight”explains director Vincent Perez.
“Wash your honor in blood”
Duels were prohibited under Louis XIV but this did not prevent many personalities from participating in them. The writers Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas and Alexandre Pushkin indulged in it. The politician Léon Blum also experienced the duel. “The first goal was to wash his honr in the blood”, specifies Michel Carliez, fencing master specializing in duels. The practice became rarer before disappearing completely in the 20th century.
