L'histoire d'Adèle H. (1975)

Director:

François Truffaut

Writers:

Jan Dawson (English adaptation)
Jean Gruault (writer)

Release Date:

8 October 1975 (France)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History

Plot:

Halifax, 1863. A young woman, miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, whom she is madly in love with...

Plot Keywords:

Obsession | Unrequited Love | Bookstore | Nightmare | Halifax Canada

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 4 nominations

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

Also Known As:

The Story of Adele H (USA)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (1991) | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | UK:12 | USA:PG | West Germany:16 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Barbados

Company:

Les Films du Carrosse

Trivia:

Gitlis (as the hypnotist) dismisses his Chinese assistant so he can discuss in private with Adele. He allegedly talks to her in Chinese, but actually tells her in Hebrew to get lost.

Goofs:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976) (TV)

Incredible

Don't read ANY comments if you haven't seen it yet.

OH God, François Truffaut summarized so perfectly the stages of ... well, "non correspondent love". It's obsessive, but above all is the love of a lost, fragile woman.

Rejection told step by step in its consequences, brilliantly.

And then there's Isabelle Adjani. WOW. WHAT A PERFORMANCE! She REALLY incorporates a psychologically instable Adele and deserved the recognition she got (NYFCCA, NBR, NSFCA and was robbed of a much deserving Oscar, but who can beat the "hurricane" One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest?)

See IT and feel IT. Remember that it is based on a true story: you won't forget Adele H. ,her complexity and her nobility soon.