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Stolen Life

Original title: Voleur de vie
  • 1998
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
190
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Emmanuelle Béart and Sandrine Bonnaire in Stolen Life (1998)
Drama

Alda, her sister Olga, and the latter's daughter Sigga live together in an old house facing a cemetery by the sea. Self-assured Alda collects men; Olga shuns them, but cannot help following ... Read allAlda, her sister Olga, and the latter's daughter Sigga live together in an old house facing a cemetery by the sea. Self-assured Alda collects men; Olga shuns them, but cannot help following the activities of Alda (who receives her lovers in the sisters' house) with some envy. In ... Read allAlda, her sister Olga, and the latter's daughter Sigga live together in an old house facing a cemetery by the sea. Self-assured Alda collects men; Olga shuns them, but cannot help following the activities of Alda (who receives her lovers in the sisters' house) with some envy. In their own way, both women refuse any emotional ties with other people, while keeping a str... Read all

  • Director
    • Yves Angelo
  • Writers
    • Yves Angelo
    • Nancy Huston
    • Steinunn Sigurdardottir
  • Stars
    • Emmanuelle Béart
    • Sandrine Bonnaire
    • André Dussollier
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    190
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    • Director
      • Yves Angelo
    • Writers
      • Yves Angelo
      • Nancy Huston
      • Steinunn Sigurdardottir
    • Stars
      • Emmanuelle Béart
      • Sandrine Bonnaire
      • André Dussollier
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Emmanuelle Béart
    Emmanuelle Béart
    • Alda
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    • Olga
    André Dussollier
    André Dussollier
    • Jakob
    Vahina Giocante
    Vahina Giocante
    • Sigga
    Eric Ruf
    • Yann
    André Marcon
    André Marcon
    • Steindor
    Bulle Ogier
    Bulle Ogier
    • Dame cimetière
    François Chattot
    • Le père
    Rudi Rosenberg
    • Peter
    Nathalie Richard
    Nathalie Richard
    • La femme de Yann
    Françoise Le Treut
    • La laborantine
    Geneviève Robin-Treguer
    • Femme de Steindor
    Julien Simon
    • Le recteur
    Erika Vandelet
    • Professeur blonde
    Émile Morel
    • L'élève de Beckett
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    • Enfant laboratoire
    • Director
      • Yves Angelo
    • Writers
      • Yves Angelo
      • Nancy Huston
      • Steinunn Sigurdardottir
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    The presence of death always
    I haven't read the novel by Steinunn Sigurdardottir, but the film version that transports the story from Iceland to the rocky isle of Ouessant off the coast of Brittany has many moments of beauty amid the slow unfolding of the plot. Emmanuelle Beart and Sandrine Bonnaire represent two opposites: Alda is impulsive, a sexual tease, unsatisfied with her surroundings; while Olga is steady, motherly, devoted to her family (which includes the dead members, who are constantly referred to). It's hard not to see the skull beneath the skin when you live next to a cemetery.

    Bonnaire has a wonderful scene at Christmas time where she watches her sister and daughter dancing to a sensual song and must accept that her life is coming to a close. She is so much the anchor and compass of this movie. Vahina Giocante is wonderful as the daughter, who has to steer a course between the extremes of the two older women. Emmanuel Beart does a fair job as the pixie Alda, but has been better for Sautet (Un coeur en hiver). This isn't Yves Angelo's best picture--that would be Colonel Chabert--but he gets the emotional tone right.
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    • Release date
      • September 9, 1998 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Kvinnorna från Bretagne
    • Production companies
      • Film Par Film
      • France 3 Cinéma
      • TPS Cinéma
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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