A Farewell to Fools

Discovering a corpse might sound like serious business, but it's just the start of some unexpectedly comic situations that unfold in Nazi-occupied Romania during World War II, when a young boy stumbles upon the body of a dead German soldier. As local town leaders are threatened with execution unless a confessed murderer is served up on a platter, a preacher (Harvey Keitel) leads an effort to persuade the town "fool" (Gérard Depardieu) to volunteer for the job. With Laura Morante, Bogdan Iancu. 85 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English. Filmed in English.