Directed by:
François TruffautScreenplay:
François TruffautCinematography:
Néstor AlmendrosComposer:
Maurice JaubertCast:
Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, François Truffaut, Ivry Gitlis, Thi-Loan NguyenPlots(1)
The year is 1863. Adele Hugo (Isabelle Adjani) is the daughter of the legendary poet and novelist Victor Hugo. After falling in love with the British soldier Lt. Pinson (Bruce Robinson), Adele sails by herself to Nova Scotia, intending to persuade Pinson to marry her. Pinson callously rejects her advances; unperturbed, she continues to pursue him, and her obsession becomes wilder and more desperate, leading her to become increasingly outcast from society. The Story of Adele H. is a handsomely mounted costume drama that is nevertheless one of Francois Truffaut’s darkest and most psychologically complex works, with a legendary, Oscar-nominated central performance from the then 20-year-old Adjani. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Isabelle Adjani
France
Best movies:
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
The Tenant (1976)
One Deadly Summer (1983)
Bruce Robinson
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Still Crazy (1998)
The Story of Adele H (1975)
Sylvia Marriott
UK
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Two English Girls (1971)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
François Truffaut
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Day for Night (1973)
Pocket Money (1976)
Ivry Gitlis
Best movies:
The Story of Adele H (1975)
Swann in Love (1984)
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Best movies:
Pocket Money (1976)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)