Conquest

What could have been an amusing little movie turned out to be quite the misfire. I actually was expecting to enjoy this film, but by the halfway point, it was clear that nothing interesting was going to happen. I managed to sit through the whole thing, and save for a few mildly enjoyable scenes early on, this film was worthless. I'm not quite sure how this could be considered a comedy, unless you like laughing at a large number of annoying characters. I'll admit that the acting was fine, but no amount of talent could have saved this mess. A definite disappointment.

A light hearted, salt of the Earth, memorable romantic comedy. My grandfather was actually in the background in the funeral scene near the end. We went to the theatre and watched it together. Great memory. I believe it was actually filmed in Mortlack, SK.

Why does it always seem when one is trapped in a place which is off the map, it's usually where one was meant to be in the first place? That seems to be the argument posited by Conquest, a droll comedy about eccentrics living in a small town and the outsider who falls in with them. Tara Fitzgerald, from Sirens and Brassed Off fame, plays the traveler whose 'steed' breaks down and Lothaire Bluteau is the town's banker who becomes smitten with her when he knows she doesn't plan to stay long. Albeit the cracks and seams of this tried and true genre are evident here but the mixing up of genre staples such as the brothers who spend their time painting while in debt to the bank, the old biddies constantly making jelly salads and getting drunk while berry picking whenever they purchase new shoes, and the banker who yearns to leave but can't because for 1)the bus never seems to stop and 2)his family was ruined by the same bank he works for so he figures he can make a difference, all work well to give, at least to this bitter and jaundiced viewer, a chance to smile and await the obvious machinations to develop as we know they will. Not entirely original but entirely enjoyable.

In our teens, a cousin and I first met.

He had lived in London and San Francisco until moving to a southern town as small and seemingly isolated as "Conquest".

Instead of being bored, he had a great attitude and found humor in the town and its people whom he really cared about, and embraced what there was instead of yearning for what there wasn't.

I had loved Dallas and Miami as much as any of the places I grew up, but always loved spending time with him in his neck of the woods and did so at every opportunity.

This movie reminded me of this and much more in my nomadic life. The scenery was nice and the characters interesting in themselves without trying to be.

The love of home and the hope for its future really came through.

I saw this on cable years ago and have been searching for it lately, as I did not recall the title or any actors names. I have just now found it and had to post.

I would enjoy seeing this slow-moving, comfortable film again for all its quirkiness and its rich characters and feelings.

OK, HERES THE SCOOP......I live in Conquest, Saskatchewan my whole life (except for the few years I've worked in and around the province).....and NOW I find a movie called "Conquest"......that has NO RESEMBLANCE to anytime,anything (let alone anyone) FROM Conquest......I remember a film company "looking" at possible sites for a movie a few years ago....but that was in-between to local communities of Bounty and Ardath......All I want to know is WHERE was this filmed? a specific LOCATION would be appreciated.....thanks!XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXX!