The Sleeping Beauty (TV 2010)
"La belle endormie" (original title)

A young princess is the subject of a tug-of-war among witches, as each struggles to find the suitable antidote to a death sentence inculcated by an evil sister.

Director:

Catherine Breillat

Writers:

Hans Christian Andersen (story), Catherine Breillat (screenplay),

Stars:

Carla Besnaïnou, Julia Artamonov, Kerian Mayan

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carla Besnaïnou	...	Anastasia
Julia Artamonov	...	Anastasia 16 ans
Kerian Mayan	...	Peter (as Kérian Mayan)
David Chausse	...	Johan
Luna Charpentier	...	Petite brigande
Rhizlaine El Cohen	...	Brigande adulte
Delia Bouglione-Romanès	...	La chanteuse Tsigane
Diana Rudychenko	...	Véroutchka
Maricha Lopoukhine	...	Grand-mère
Jean-Philippe Tesse	...	Le père (as Jean-Philippe Tessé)
Dounia Sichov	...	Fée aînée
Leslie Lipkins	...	Fée puînée
Camille Chalons	...	Fée cadette
Romane Portail	...	Reine des neiges
Anne-Lise Kedvès	...	Mère de Peter (as Anne-Lise Kedves)

Storyline

The princess Anastasia is cursed by the witch Carabosse to die but three teenage fairies change it and the girl falls into a deep sleep for one hundred years to wake-up as a sixteen year-old teenager. Along her dream, Anastasia takes a ghost train and is adopted by a woman that lives in the woods with her son Peter that becomes her stepbrother. Soon Peter is seduced by the Snow Queen and leaves home with her. Anastasia seeks him out and travels through the kingdom of albino King and Queen that offer her a stagecoach to help her to travel. However Anastasia is attacked by gypsy bandits that kidnap her, but she befriends a gypsy girl that offers a magic animal to ride in her quest. Out of the blue, the sixteen year-old Anastasia is awaken by Peter's grandson Johan.

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Plot Keywords:

princess | title directed by female | girl | fairy tale | curse | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

8 July 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die schlafende Schöne

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,553 (USA) (15 July 2011)

Gross:

$28,791 (USA) (21 October 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arte France, CB Films, Flach Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

A Step Up From the Previous Adaptation

The Sleeping Beauty (2010)

** (out of 4)

Director Catherine Breillat's second straight adaptation of a Charles Perrault fairy tale. While this one here fairs much better than the previous BLUEBEARD, there's still no question that there are some problems keeping it from being a good movie. An evil witch is at the birth of a new baby girl and places a curse on her saying that she will die at the age of 16. Minutes later three good witches get on the scene and while they can't break the curse they can at least make it easier. They make it that the girl will fall asleep at the age of 6 and remain that way for one-hundred years but when she wakes up she'll still only be the age of 16. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY has some very interesting things going on in it and it starts off rather strongly but as the girl's mission kept going the interest level started to drop. I thought the first thirty-minutes were rather interesting because the story made for something that should have worked much better. I thought the early scenes showing the girl getting ready to set off on this journey was interesting and I thought her first stop, to a new family with an older brother, featured some good stuff. From this point on the film started to lose me and especially when the various stops that the girl goes through. All of these look very good visual and there are some great looking scenes but sadly all of them are rather slow and seem to go nowhere. Carla Besainou plays the 6-yaer-old girl and does a very good job with the part. I thought she was quite charming and managed to carry the performance in a very believable fashion. The supporting players are all nice as well but no one can really save this picture. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY is aimed more at adults with its nudity and thoughts on sexuality but these just aren't enough to make it worth viewing outside of the director's fans.