Directed by:
Jean-Jacques BeineixScreenplay:
Jean-Jacques BeineixCinematography:
Jean-François RobinComposer:
Gabriel YaredCast:
Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland, Clémentine Célarié, Jacques Mathou, Vincent Lindon, Jean-Pierre Bisson (more)Plots(1)
A controversial portrayal of obsessive love and sex Betty Blue tells the tale of aspiring novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade, Queen Margot) who earns a living as a handyman. When Betty, a sultry, unpredictable temptress enters his life and steals his heart away Zorg is suddenly taken on a rollercoaster ride of passionate sex and emotional blackmail that literally turns his life upside down. As Betty pushes the limits of their relationship to the brink of destruction with her flighty tantrums and turns of jealousy, Zorg desperately clings to the fragments of what brought them together in the first place and suggests they take a sojourn to a dreamy rural town for some romantic therapy before calamity reigns and life irreparably spirals out of control. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1987 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Best Foreign Language Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1987 - Best Film not in the English Language
César Awards
- 1987 - Best Poster
- 1987 - Best Film
- 1987 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Best Director)
- 1987 - Jean-Hugues Anglade (Best Actor)
- 1987 - Béatrice Dalle (Best Actress)
- 1987 - Gérard Darmon (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1987 - Clémentine Célarié (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1987 - Gabriel Yared (Best Original Music)
- 1987 - Best Editing
Golden Globes
- 1987 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Montreal World Film Festival
- 1986 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Grand Prize)
- 1986 - Jean-Jacques Beineix (Public Award for the Most Popular Film of the Festival)