Both the novel and the movie, “The Return of Martin Guerre” is based off an event that happened in Southern France in a town called Artigat. Martin Guerre, a land owner in the town went missing without a trace for eight or so years before returning to his friends, family and fellow villagers, however the “Martin Guerre” that returns isn’t the same Martin Guerre that had left those years ago. Both the movie and the book in titled “The Return of Martin Guerre” tells this story, with many of the same events happening that lead up to the of who Martin Guerre actually is. With the movie things happen faster than it does in the book since it was loosely based off less information that the book held, while as the book which was written post-movie
