The Story of Adèle H. (1975) is one of François Truffaut’s most acclaimed films, inspired by the diaries of Adèle Hugo, the daughter of Victor Hugo. Set in the 1860s, the film follows Adèle as she travels to Halifax, Nova Scotia, pursuing a British officer who does not return her feelings. What begins as a romantic quest gradually reveals itself as an all-consuming obsession.
Anchored by a remarkable performance from Isabelle Adjani, who received an Academy Award nomination at just nineteen, the film is a sensitive and unsettling portrait of unrequited love, loneliness, and psychological decline. Combining historical detail with emotional intimacy, Truffaut crafts one of cinema’s most memorable studies of desire and self-delusion.
ZomerCinema: AMOUR is realized with the support of Institut français NL and the IF-cinéma programme.
- Director
- François Truffaut
- RUNNING TIME
- 95′
- Release Year
- 1975
- Country
- France
- Language
- French, English
- Subtitles
- English
- Supported by
- Institut français NL
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