Cult film alert!
Where do I begin, this film is fantastic on so many levels!
Betty Blue, or 37°2 le matin by Director Jean-Jacques Beineix stars Jean-Hugues Anglade (Subway, La Femme Nikita, Killing Zoe, La Reine Margot, The Sopranos) and Béatrice Dalle, who was discovered in this film.
Released in 1986, this film was nominated for best film, best actor, best actress, best director, best music, best editing, best supporting actor, and best supporting actress.
Béatrice Dalle is brilliant as Betty, completely unhinged (is she playing herself, I wonder?), who meets up with Zorg the handyman, scoops him up, and catapults him into her life of surrealistic madness. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Zorg, loves her faithfully to the end. Ah, and what an end!
A masterpiece of sensual madness.
Gros bisous d'un chef-d'œuvre et a demain.
Love, Charley
Oh yes I remember the first time I saw this. I was fairly young (18 or so) so the sex scenes were a shock (I was sheltered!), and the ending... I thought about it for weeks!
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've heard, the sex scenes were "realistic" .... yeah, the ending will make you think and think, and think!
ReplyDeleteI luuurve this film! But the ending makes me cry - that's true love for you, doing what he did!
ReplyDeleteAll the best
Keith
P.S. I don't think I've eaten in a Pizza Restaurant since I've seen this film!
@ Keith, yes, it certainly makes one look at pizza in a whole new way- ha!
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Great movie !
ReplyDeleteI took some pics in "Gruissan Plage"...
Regards,
Pierre
@ Pierre, Oh, how fabulous to have visited the beach!! I have heard about ti, not been myself.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading!!
Charley