Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Claude Miller

Writers:

Claude Miller (writer)
Ruth Rendell (novel)

Release Date:

13 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Crimes of passion are not always between lovers.

Plot:

Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Criminal | Novelist | Depression | Foreign Language Adaptation

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Sandrine Kiberlain	...	Betty Fisher
Nicole Garcia	...	Margot Fisher
Mathilde Seigner	...	Carole Novacki
Luck Mervil	...	François Diembele
Edouard Baer	...	Alex Basato (as Édouard Baer)
Stéphane Freiss	...	Edouard
Yves Jacques	...	René the Canadian
Roschdy Zem	...	Dr. Jerome Castang
Consuelo De Haviland	...	Madame Barsky
Yves Verhoeven	...	Martinaud
Annie Mercier	...	Jacqueline
Alexis Chatrian	...	Jose Novacki
Enzo Crebessegues	...	Child
Arthur Setbon	...	Joseph Fisher
Réva Rothstein	...	Child

Also Known As:

Alias Betty (USA)
Betty Fisher and Other Stories (International: English title)
L'histoire de Betty Fisher (France) (working title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

France | Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

In the scene in which Alex goes to the bookshelf and pulls down a book in which some money is hidden, all the books on that shelf are by Ruth Rendell, who wrote the book this film was based on. The cover of the French version of that book, entitled 'Jeux des Mains', is prominently displayed when he pulls down the book.

Movie Connections:

Version of Tree of Hands (1989)

Four ways to love your child

I've just seen this film at the Montreal World Film Festival. The plot is very interesting. A deranged mother and her lack of love for her daughter, the daughter and her absolute love for her son, another mother and her distant love for her own son, and a mother's love for an adopted son. Once Betty loses her child, her deranged mother kidnaps a little boy, telling her daughter that she is keeping the boy for friends who are on vacation. We seem to think that we now know the ending. False. The plot thickens and the film ends as it should : nice, smart, a bit violent but also very funny. A very entertaining film. Luck Mervil is new to acting and did a great job.