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Betty Blue
Original Title
37°2 Le Matin- Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Writer: Philippe Djian; Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Producer: Jean-Jacques Beineix; Claudie Ossard
CGiii Comment
The director's cut - well, he needn't have bothered, littering an over-rated film with inane and inept comedy sequences...making it too long by 60 minutes...at least.
Betty, a girl on her merry way towards madness, definitely deserving of a few mighty slaps along the way...and, there's Zorg...who gave her a few slaps but, alas, to no avail...
The film basically lurches towards the insane...when you see the robbery, your jaw will drop.
All the women on display are at different stages of insanity - that's how it looks to the world and, perhaps, that's how Beineix views the fairer sex...grim.
There is just so much wrong with this film...
The director's cut is a work of self-treachery.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Zorg is a handyman working at the seaside in France, maintaining and looking after the wooden bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. He is in love with Betty, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. After a dispute with Zorg's boss, they leave and Betty finds a place to stay at her girlfriend's house. The girlfriend's lover owns an Italian restaurant and there they find a job. She is obsessed to try to get one of Zorg's books published, but it is rejected, which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly, Betty's wild manners start to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane. Is his love for Betty strong enough, if even if it comes to the worst?
Cast & Characters
Jean-Hugues Anglade as Zorg;
Beatrice Dalle as Betty;
Gerard Darmon as Eddy;
Consuelo De Haviland as Lisa;
Clementine Celarie as Annie;
Jacques Mathou as Bob;
Vincent Lindon as Richard le jeune policier;
Jean-Pierre Bisson as Le commissaire;
Dominique Pinon as Le dealer / Dope dealer;
Bernard Hug; Catherine D'At;
Claude Aufaure as Le medecin;
Louis Bellanti as Mario;
Dominique Besnehard as Client pizzeria;
Raoul Billerey as Le vieux policier