Aloïse (film)

Aloïse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLiliane de Kermadec
Written byLiliane de Kermadec
André Téchiné
Produced byAlain Dahan
StarringIsabelle Huppert
CinematographyJean Penzer
Edited byClaudine Merlin
Distributed byS.E. Framo
Release date
  • 2 April 1975 (1975-04-02)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Aloïse is a 1975 French drama film directed by Liliane de Kermadec. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Tim Palmer has written about this film in his article, "Enraged to Live: Reviving Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse," in French Screen Studies.[2]

Plot

The unsuccessful Swiss artist Aloïse Corbaz finds work at the court of the German emperor and gets infatuated. Showing frank symptoms of insanity she is hospitalised.

Cast

  • Isabelle Huppert - Aloïse jeune / Aloïse as a child
  • Delphine Seyrig - Aloïse adulte / Aloïse as an adult
  • Marc Eyraud - Le père d'Aloïse / Aloïse's father
  • Michael Lonsdale - Le médecin directeur / The second doctor
  • Valérie Schoeller - Élise jeune / Élise as a child
  • Monique Lejeune - Élise adulte / Élise as an adult
  • Julien Guiomar - Le directeur de théâtre
  • Roger Blin - Le professeur de chant / The singing teacher
  • Jacques Debary - the old director
  • Roland Dubillard - the teacher
  • Jacques Weber -the engineer
  • Nita Klein - the head nurse
  • Hans Verner - the chaplain
  • Alice Reichen - 'la microphonée'
  • François Chatelet - the priest
  • Fernand Guiot - the priest in the asylum

See also

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Aloïse". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  2. ^ Palmer, Tim (2024). "Enraged to Live: Reviving Liliane de Kermadec's Aloïse". French Screen Studies. doi:10.1080/26438941.2024.2389626.