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Beloved

Beloved image - a film by Christophe Honoré
Beloved image - a film by Christophe Honoré
Beloved image - a film by Christophe Honoré
Beloved image - a film by Christophe Honoré
Beloved image - a film by Christophe Honoré
Beloved image - a film by Christophe Honoré
Beloved image - a film by Christophe Honoré
NOW AVAILABLE TO OWN OR VIEW ON DEMAND
Beloved poster - a film by Christophe Honoré
A giddy high for those who adore the look and feel of the era and its movies. The performances of Sagnier, Deneuve and Mastroianni and the panache of the movie-making certainly afford great pleasure. Movie buffs will have a ball with the references and links.
Mark Naglazas
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Honoré always gives you a little bit of l’amour fou to take home with you
Stephanie Zacherek
MOVIELINE
Director: Christophe Honoré
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Paul Schneider, Miloš Forman
Duration: 135mins
Country of Origin: France
MA15+
Strong sex scenes
A giddy high for those who adore the look and feel of the era and its movies. The performances of Sagnier, Deneuve and Mastroianni and the panache of the movie-making certainly afford great pleasure. Movie buffs will have a ball with the references and links.
Mark Naglazas
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Honoré always gives you a little bit of l’amour fou to take home with you
Stephanie Zacherek
MOVIELINE

OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2011 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Enchantingly led by Catherine Deneuve and her real-life daughter Chiara Mastroianni, this sly and exquisitely romantic musical-drama from writer/director Christophe Honoré (Love SongsInside Paris) spans over four decades as it follows a mother and daughter’s twin misadventures in love.

In Paris, 1964, carefree young Madeleine (Ludivine Sagnier) steals a gorgeous pair of high heels, and whilst wearing them is mistaken for an escort – an error that signals the next direction her life will take. But she soon falls for and marries a suave Czech doctor Jaromil (Rasha Bukvic), leaving Paris for Prague. Thirty years later we follow Madeleine’s daughter, Vera (Mastroianni), a lovely but reckless young woman whose romantic life is no simpler than that of her mother. She has a sometime-lover Clément (Louis Garrel) but on a trip to London falls for an American (Paul Schneider), a man who’ll prove incapable of devoting himself to her. Meanwhile in Paris, a re-married Madeleine (Deneuve) has rekindled her love affair with Jaromil (now played by Miloš Forman)…

Influenced by Jacques Demy but with style all his own, Honoré has made a film of many delights, not least of which is the sight of Deneuve’s character strolling through Paris, singing through tears and revisiting her reckless youth.

Beloved poster - a film by Christophe Honoré
NOW AVAILABLE TO OWN OR VIEW ON DEMAND