Review of The Story of Adèle H. (1975) by Mereie D — 15 Jun 2010
How impressive: this kind of movie is right up my street. Weâ??ve got a beautiful costume drama (based on true facts) about Victor Hugoâ??s daughter, who is slowly but surely losing the plot due to her stone-blind love for a totally indifferent and undeserving party.
Her mad desires prompt her to stalking expeditions to the other end of the world (in 1863, mind). Eventually, her embarrassing behaviour begins to border on total self-humiliation. Truffaut has done more great relationship dramas (like â??Jules et Jimâ??) that show how well he masters the genre.
This is yet another example of his skills. Adèleâ??s (Isabelle Adjani) obsessive tendencies are portrayed very successfully by focusing on her maniacal writing sessions, her sweaty nightmares and occult spirit invocations concerning her drowned sister.
Moreover, this is one of those many movies that focus on the mad and crazy things that people are prepared to do for love. Always a treat to watch the bare essentials of human emotion. And all this is performed excellently by the ever-lovely and stunningly beautiful Isabelle Adjani, who looks like a ravishing Snowwhite turning into a distraught beggar spinster towards the end.
This review of The Story of Adèle H. (1975) was written by Mereie D on 15 Jun 2010.
The Story of Adèle H. has generally received positive reviews.
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