The Horseman on the Roof (French title: Le hussard sur le toit) is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez. Based on the 1951 French novel Le hussard sur le toit by Jean Giono, the film explores two significant historical events: the 1832 cholera outbreak in southern France, and the efforts by Italians to gain independence from Austrian control
