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Overview

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Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Claude Chabrol (writer)
Georges Simenon (novel)

Contact:

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Release Date:

October 1993 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

When Betty is caught en flagrante, her bourgeois in-laws and husband force a divorce settlement upon her and bar her from seeing her two daughters... more | add synopsis

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A quiet film. more (9 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Marie Trintignant ... Betty Etamble
Stéphane Audran ... Laure
Jean-François Garreaud ... Mario
Yves Lambrecht ... Guy Etamble
Christiane Minazzoli ... Madame Etamble
Pierre Vernier ... Le médecin
Nathalie Kousnetzoff ... Odile
Pierre Martot ... Frédéric

Thomas Chabrol ... Schwartz
Yves Verhoeven ... Philippe
Henri Attal
Coco Bakonyi
Emmanuelle Bataille
Antoine Blanquefort
Mélanie Blatt ... Thérèse
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Additional Details

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:12 (w) | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Paris, France more


Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:

Je voulais te dire que je t'attends more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
A quiet film., 29 March 2003
6/10
Author: Lalit Rao (cpowerccc@yahoo.com) from Paris, France

Chabrol's true representations of women have made him a "cineaste des femmes".Betty signifies a change of pace for Chabrol as after years of thrillers,he has made a quiet film.Betty is a unique tale of a troubled bourgeois woman who felt that she could drown her sorrows in alcohol. Chabrol has accurately adapted Simenon novel as everything appears in a flashback.He has made it clear that he has not created neither a psychological portrait nor a moralistic drama.Betty is a collection of sharp obeservations on bourgeois life.She is a victim of circumstances as destiny did not favour her.Although,her marriage was based on love it didn't succeed as she was sceptical of it from the beginning.What she really wanted was companionship.Betty and Laure share a strange friendship built on mutual trust and respect.Betty's heartrending tale confirms that no woman will ever leave her family unless something tragic happens to her.

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