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Director:
Bertrand Tavernier
Writer:
Colo Tavernier (writer)
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Release Date:
April 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Somewhere in France during the Middle Ages. Béatrice is impatient to see her father return from English captivity... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ... François de Cortemart

Julie Delpy ... Béatrice de Cortemart
Nils Tavernier ... Arnaud de Cortemart
Monique Chaumette ... La mère de François
Robert Dhéry ... Raoul
Michèle Gleizer ... Hélène
Maxime Leroux ... Richard
Jean-Claude Adelin ... Bertrand Lemartin
Jean-Louis Grinfeld ... Maître Blanche
Claude Duneton ... Le prêtre
Isabelle Nanty ... La Nourrice
Jean-Luc Rivals ... Jehan
Roseline Villaume ... Marie
Maïté Maillé ... La Noiraude
Albane Guilhe ... La Recluse
Marie Privat ... Marguerite
Sébastien Konieczny ... François enfant
Vincent Saint-Ouen ... Le père de François enfant (as Vincent Saint Ouen)
Tina Sportolaro ... La mère de François enfant
François Hadji-Lazaro ... Curé départ guerre
Érick Bernard ... L'amant
Nicole Siffre ... Pauline
Myriam Thomas ... Mariette
Christophe Rea ... Jacques
David Ordonez ... Thomas
Jacques Raynaud ... Joseph
Pétrus Léo Crombe ... Gildas
Béatrice Abatut ... Blandine
Jean-Claude De Brou ... Ecorcheur
Stéphane Bédrossian ... Ecorcheur
Christophe Poiron ... Ecorcheur
Yves Frexinos ... Ecorcheur
Raymond Pazzaglia ... Ecorcheur
Marie Cosnay ... Nicolette
Sylvie Beyssen ... Prostituée
Anne Bolon ... Prostituée
Frédérique Figuero ... Prostituée
Agnès Hick ... Prostituée
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Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Colo Tavernier  writer (as Colo Tavernier O'Hagan)

Produced by
Adolphe Viezzi .... producer
 
Original Music by
Ron Carter 
 
Cinematography by
Bruno de Keyzer 
 
Film Editing by
Armand Psenny 
 
Production Design by
Guy-Claude François 
 
Costume Design by
Jacqueline Moreau 
 
Makeup Department
Annick Legout .... assistant makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Michel Barlier .... sound mixer
Jean-Michel Chauvet .... boom operator
Gérard Lamps .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Yves Freess .... grip
Georges Pierre .... still photographer
 
Music Department
Ron Carter .... musician: bass
William Flageollet .... music mixer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beatrice (USA)
Quarto comandamento (Italy)
The Passion of Beatrice (USA) (video title)
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Runtime:
131 min | USA:130 min | West Germany:132 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Château de Puivert, Aude, France
Company:
AMLF more

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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
God is dead., 3 May 2002
Author: dbdumonteil

Filmed entirely on location ,"la passion Béatrice"avoids the pitfalls of the historical reconstructions.No cardboard,only a fortress and a desolate landscape where the winds endlessly blow. Back from the Crusades,a knight (Donnadieu,impressive) has lost all that he used to believe in.The Quest he has done has nothing to do with the Holy Graal,it's only death,crimes,rapes and plunders.Tavernier warned us before he began his tale:in the Middle Ages,there's Good,there's Evil,and there's nothing between the two concepts.The knight's bestiality is some kind of suicide -as the ending testifies- but ,like his son,he is a coward afraid to die.God is silent,and the wooden statue of Virgin Mary and Child has something definitely frightening.As if it had turned into some pagan divinity.Some would make a parallel with Donnadieu's character and Von Sydow's in Bergman's "the seventh seal"(1958).But the latter ,whose faith is not enough,wants to know the truth.Tavernier's knight is well beyond this stage .Actually,and this is the movie's greatest originality,this man has the psychology of a contemporary man:the truth is no longer important,for God is dead and with his family -particularly his daughter- there can only be war and destruction. One can regret the small "the most dangerous game"(1932) rip off and the slow pace.With more than two hours,parts of the film seem to drag on,and when Donnadieu is not on the screen,some people may yawn their head off. Thus,I would recommend it mainly for people who like works such as "the seventh seal" or Bresson's "Lancelot du Lac" (1974).

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