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L'histoire d'Adèle H. (1975)
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Release Date:
8 October 1975 (France)
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Halifax, 1863. A young woman, miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, whom she is madly in love with...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 9 wins
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4 nominations
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It Makes You Wonder
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Isabelle Adjani | ... | Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewry | |
| Bruce Robinson | ... | Lt Albert Pinson | |
| Sylvia Marriott | ... | Mrs. Saunders | |
| Joseph Blatchley | ... | The Bookseller | |
| Ivry Gitlis | ... | Hypnotist | |
| Louise Bourdet | ... | Victor Hugo's servant | |
| Cecil De Sausmarez | ... | Mr. Lenoir | |
| Ruben Dorey | ... | Mr. Saunders | |
| Clive Gillingham | ... | Keaton | |
| Roger Martin | ... | Doctor Murdock | |
| M. White | ... | Colonel White (as Mr White) | |
| Madame Louise | ... | Madame Baa | |
| Jean-Pierre Leursse | ... | Black penpusher |
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The Story of Adele H (USA)
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96 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (1991) |
Australia:PG |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:Atp |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
UK:12 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:16 |
Singapore:PG
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The film is based in true facts.
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Anachronisms: The hypnotist has a plant in the audience pretending to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which was not set up until a decade after the story's setting of 1863
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian (#1.18)" (1976)
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This is a period movie that takes place in the 1860s in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It concerns an unrequited love between Adele H., the daughter of Victor Hugo, and a member of the English military stationed there. It is directed by Francois Truffaut. At the film's beginning, there is some narration about the involvement of the French and British in the American Civil War, but the Civil War plays no part in the movie.
I enjoyed the feel of this film. French actress Isabelle Adjani superbly plays a woman whose love is rejected and who inches down a slippery slope to madness. The costumes and scenery ring true, and the movie conveys the feel of the Canadian Atlantic province. It was also interesting to learn this sidelight about Victor Hugo.
Most of all, I enjoyed this film because it raises the question of whether its main character is crazy to begin with or whether, being possessed of such a strong love, it was a natural progression to madness when it was rejected. It raises, but of course does not answer, what causes such a potent love to arise and what is the consequence of its extinguishment.