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The Story of Adele H. [VHS]
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302180237
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302180236
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal Language
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: January 27, 1993
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
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Editorial Review:François Truffaut's dramatization of the true story of Adele Hugo, the daughter of French author-in-exile Victor Hugo, and her romantic obsession with a young French officer is a cinematically beautiful and emotionally wrenching portrait of a headstrong but unstable young woman. Adele (Isabelle Adjani, whose pale face gives her the quality of a cameo portrait) travels under a false name and spins a half-dozen false stories about herself and her relationship to Lieutenant Pinson (Bruce Robinson), the Hussar she follows to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Pinson no longer loves her, but she refuses to accept his rejection. Sinking farther and farther into her own internal world, she passes herself off as his wife and pours out her stormy emotions into a personal journal filled with delusional descriptions of her fantasy life. Beautifully shot by Nestor Almendros in vivid color, Truffaut's re-creation of the 1860s is accomplished not merely in impressive sets and locations but in the very style of the film: narration and voiceovers, written journal entries and letters, journeys and locations established with map reproductions, and a judicious use of stills mix old-fashioned cinematic technique with poetic flourishes. The result is one of Truffaut's most haunting portraits, all the more powerful because it's true. --Sean Axmaker
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Adèle H, the daughter of French writer Victor Hugo, wrote in her journals that she would walk across the ocean to be with the lover who rejected her. François Truffaut's Story of Adele H chronicles that journey.
One of the founders of the French New Wave film genre, Truffaut is best known for The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim and the Adventures of Antoine Doinel (The 400 Blows / Antoine & Collette / Stolen Kisses / Bed & Board / Love on the Run). In 1975, he gained notoriety with The ... Read More
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Isabel Adjani may be playing a character with a loose screw. But I am telling you, the babe is smokin' hot!
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This film tells the true tale of one of Victor Hugo's daughters who, obsessed in her love for a man who could seemingly care less about her, follows him to Canada and then to the Caribbean. She is a desperately unhappy and neurotic woman. If she were alive today she'd be on all sorts of mood altering drugs and receiving all sorts of therapy.
Her story is painful to watch as a result--it's not easy to watch someone spiral into madness. As a film, it's also somewhat difficult to watch ... Read More
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I love "arsty" movies. I love Kurosawa. I like Eric Rohmer. My Dinner with Andre is one of my favorite movies. Those movies are interesting and engaging. Truaffaut is BORING! Ok, a few early movies were "new" for their time with the realism in all, but even those don't hold up well.
Zzzzzzzzzzz.
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She chases after a man who doesn't want her. Very French. She finally looses her mind at the end. Much angst. HARD TO WATCH. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. True story.
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