La Belle Histoire

La Belle Histoire
Original French theatrical poster
Directed byClaude Lelouch
Written byClaude Lelouch (scenario, dialogue)
Maryline Dupoux (additional dialogue)
StarringGérard Lanvin
Béatrice Dalle
Vincent Lindon
Isabelle Nanty
Patrick Chesnais
Anémone
Marie-Sophie L.
Gérard Darmon
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
CinematographyJean-Yves Le Mener
Edited byHélène de Luze
Music byFrancis Lai
Philippe Servain
Distributed byAFMD/Les Films 13
Release date
  • 18 March 1992 (1992-03-18) (France)
Running time
210 min.
LanguageFrench
Box office$4.3 million[1]

La Belle Histoire (1992) is a French film directed by Claude Lelouch, featuring Gérard Lanvin and Béatrice Dalle.

Synopsis

A film with an emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past.[2] These stories are juxtaposed.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Nîmes.[3]

Events

Prior to the film's release, in February 1992 a 70 mm copy of the film was projected onto a 300 m wide screen mounted on the Palais des Congrès in Paris.[2][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "La Belle histoire (1992)". JPBox-Office. 25 March 1992. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 bergen-filmklubb.no En vakker historie Archived 5 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ "Claude Lelouch vient présenter en avant-première son film "Finalement..." au CGR à Nîmes". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  4. ↑ allocine.fr La Belle histoire (in French)