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Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Ivry Gitlis
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Story of Adele H. |
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THE STORY OF ADELE H. is a movie cowritten and directed by François Truffaut in 1975. Isabelle Adjani was nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category.
1863. Halifax, Canada. The daughter of the well-known French writer and politician Victor Hugo has crossed the ocean to follow the Lt. Pinson, a British officer who had seduced her in Guernesey. Persuaded that he will marry her, she's harrassing him with letters but the young officer has already forgotten Adele and is very annoyed with the unusual love of Victor Hugo's daughter. Obsessed by Pinson, she will eventually follow him in the Barbados islands and become mad with sorrow. She will spend the forty last years of her life in an mental institution in France.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Story of Adele H. |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
Lover is...
- totally uninterested
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- writer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Genius
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
- The Caribbean
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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