Betty Blue
Drama, Romance
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1986
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A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
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Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
9 Apr 1986
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$2,003,822
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 12 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A playful, meandering, somewhat confusing tale that hangs together as a portrait of demented love.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
24 Jul 2009
fresh:
If Betty Blue feasts on the bodies of its leads, it's this director's cut that fully establishes the movie's artistic bona fides.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
10 Jun 2009
fresh:
Curvy, ripe Dalle, only 21 at the time and in her first screen role, completely commits to the part.
– Melissa Anderson,
Village Voice,
10 Jun 2009
fresh:
The movie was colorful and swirling and oppressive all at once, and in 1991, Beineix recut it not to slim it down but to add a florid third hour.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
8 Jun 2009
fresh:
Dalle, a model, makes a moving debut as the desperate baby-doll who fails to mold reality to her own conceptions of happiness. Anglade is more introvertedly affecting as the lucidly casual, but devoted Zorg.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009