France,
1986, 116 min
(Director's cut: 185 min)
Directed by:
Jean-Jacques BeineixScreenplay:
Jean-Jacques BeineixCinematography:
Jean-François RobinComposer:
Gabriel YaredCast:
Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland, Clémentine Célarié, Jacques Mathou, Vincent Lindon, Jean-Pierre Bisson (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
A story of two lovers—Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a novelist, and Betty (Beatrice Dalle), a sexy, mercurial woman—who fall into an all-consuming relationship, moving from a remote shack to bohemian Paris and back to a dreamy rural town, in this intense story of struggling with love and lust. (MUBI)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1987 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Best Foreign Language Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1987 - Best Film not in the English Language
César Awards
- 1987 - Best Poster
- 1987 - Best Film
- 1987 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Best Director)
- 1987 - Jean-Hugues Anglade (Best Actor)
- 1987 - Béatrice Dalle (Best Actress)
- 1987 - Gérard Darmon (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1987 - Clémentine Célarié (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1987 - Gabriel Yared (Best Original Music)
- 1987 - Best Editing
Golden Globes
- 1987 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Montreal World Film Festival
- 1986 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Grand Prize)
- 1986 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival)