Beatrice (1987)
La passion Béatrice (original title)Reference View | Change View
- R
- 2h 11min
- Drama
- 11 Nov 1987 (France)
- Movie
- 1 win & 3 nominations.
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Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu | ... |
François
(as Bernard Pierre Donnadieu)
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Julie Delpy | ... |
Béatrice
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Nils Tavernier | ... |
Arnaud
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Monique Chaumette | ... |
Mère François
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Robert Dhéry | ... |
Raoul
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Michèle Gleizer | ... |
Hélène
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Maxime Leroux | ... |
Richard
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Jean-Claude Adelin | ... |
Bertrand Lemartin
(as Jean Claude Adelin)
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Jean-Louis Grinfeld | ... |
Maître Blanche
(as Jean Louis Grinfeld)
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Claude Duneton | ... |
Le curé
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Isabelle Nanty | ... |
La nourrice
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Jean-Luc Rivals | ... |
Jehan
(as Jean Luc Rivals)
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Roselyne Vuillaume | ... |
Marie
(as Rosaline Villaumé)
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Maïté Maillé | ... |
La noiraude
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Albane Guilhe | ... |
La recluse
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Marie Privat | ... |
Marguerite
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Sébastien Konieczny | ... |
François enfant
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Vincent Saint-Ouen | ... |
Père de François enfant
(as Vincent Saint Ouen)
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Tina Sportolaro | ... |
Mère de François enfant
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François Hadji-Lazaro | ... |
Curé départ guerre
(as François Hadji Lazaro)
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Érick Bernard | ... |
L'amant
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Nicole Siffre | ... |
Pauline
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Myriam Thomas | ... |
Mariette
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Christophe Rea | ... |
Jacques
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David Ordonez | ... |
Thomas
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Jacques Raynaud | ... |
Joseph
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Pétrus Léo Crombe | ... |
Gildas
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Béatrice Abatut | ... |
Blandine
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Jean-Claude De Brou | ... |
Ecorcheur
(as Jean Claude De Brou)
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Stéphane Bedrossian | ... |
Ecorcheur
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Christophe Poiron | ... |
Ecorcheur
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Yves Frexinos | ... |
Ecorcheur
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Raymond Pazzaglia | ... |
Ecorcheur
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Marie Cosnay | ... |
Nicolette
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Sylvie Beyssen | ... |
Prostituée
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Anne Bolon | ... |
Prostituée
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Frédérique Figuero | ... |
Prostituée
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Agnès Hick | ... |
Prostituée
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Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier |
Written by
Colo Tavernier | ... | () (as Colo Tavernier O'Hagan) |
Produced by
Adolphe Viezzi | ... | producer |
Music by
Ron Carter |
Cinematography by
Bruno de Keyzer |
Editing by
Armand Psenny |
Editorial Department
Minh-Tam Nguyen | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Guy-Claude François |
Costume Design by
Jacqueline Moreau |
Makeup Department
Alain Bernard | ... | wig maker |
Paul Le Marinel | ... | makeup artist |
Annick Legout | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Sound Department
Michel Barlier | ... | sound mixer |
Jean-Michel Chauvet | ... | boom operator |
Michel Desrois | ... | sound |
Gérard Lamps | ... | re-recording mixer |
Alain Lévy | ... | foley artist |
Jérôme Lévy | ... | foley artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
Laurent Fleutot | ... | assistant camera |
Jean-Yves Freess | ... | grip |
Georges Pierre | ... | still photographer |
Music Department
Lili Boulanger | ... | composer: additional music |
Ron Carter | ... | conductor / musician: Contrebasse et basse piccolo |
Yves Chabert | ... | musician: 2ème contrabasse |
Concert Dans l'Oeuf | ... | ensemble (as Concert dans l'Oeuf) |
Cheikh Fall | ... | musician: Percussions (as Cheiki Tidione Fall) |
William Flageollet | ... | music mixer |
Tre Fontane | ... | ensemble |
Additional Crew
François Nadal | ... | equestrian advisor |
Thanks
Riccardo Freda | ... | to my friend |
Production Companies
- Cléa Productions
- AMLF (co-production)
- TF1 Films Production (co-production)
- Les Films de la Tour (co-production)
- Little Bear (co-production)
- Scena Film (co-production)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation)
- Images Investissements (supported by)
- Investimage (supported by)
Distributors
- Warner Home Vidéo (1992) (France) (VHS)
- AMLF (1987) (France) (theatrical)
- Cine Saison (1988) (Japan) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Sonet Film (1988) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1989) (Canada) (VHS) (subtitled)
- MCA Home Video (1989) (Canada) (VHS) (subtitled)
- Pidax Film (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company (1988) (United States) (subtitled)
- Virgin Vision (1989) (United States) (VHS) (subtitled)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
A warrior leaves home to fight in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) between France and England. Before his departure, he gives his young son, François, a sword to safeguard his mother and her virtue. One day, after the boy opens a bedroom door to find his mother willingly submitting to a man, he uses the sword to kill the man and becomes traumatized with guilt and enmity toward his mother. Years later, François (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) must go off to war as a chevalier, or knight. While he is away, his daughter, the gentle and loving Béatrice (Julie Delpy), sees to the needs of her little brother and her feckless mother. Although the castle in which they live is a sepulcher of shadows and stone, Béatrice maintains her spirits as she looks forward to the day when her father's voice will once again echo in the corridors. After four years of war in which he was held captive for a time by the English, he returns to the castle, a hardened warrior who has renounced God. Inside his twisted mind, he still carries the memory of that terrible day long ago, the day he discovered that his mother was an adulteress. Giving the demons within him free rein, he begins to abuse everyone around him: He insults, bullies, and pillages the local village. He even forces his son (Nils Tavernier) to wear women's clothes and become the prey in a hunt. As he descends deeper into depravity, it is innocent Béatrice who suffers the most. Whether he has completely destroyed her, or whether she will rise up and destroy him, becomes the central focus of the film as it moves toward its conclusion. |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Director Bertrand Tavernier said that Julie Delpy had an exceptional power of concentration and emotion. She had to shoot a quite difficult scene completely naked. He told her there would be no rehearsal. The first take went very well, but she asked for a second. She said to him: "I can do better." See more » |
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La Noiraude:
The earth is flooded with brutes., and they'll procreate. The plague is nothing in comparison. See more » |