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Alias Betty (2002)
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner, Edouard Baer, Stephane Freiss
Screenwriter: Claude Miller
Story: Ruth Rendell
Producer: Yves Marmion, Annie Miller
Composer: Francois Dompierre
Reviews
Miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection.
Mezcla de serie negra “a la francesa” con estudio sórdido sobre la maternidad, Betty Fisher posee la estructura cinematográfica que debe tener una película que entrecruza historias como si fueran piezas de un collage que, al final, se juntan.
A pleasant enough valentine to Rendell's The Tree of Hands, if a story that deals with child abuse and sexual obsession could be described in those terms.
Like a Tarantino movie with heart, Alias Betty is richly detailed, deftly executed and utterly absorbing.
This is pretty dicey material. But some unexpected zigs and zags help.
An ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation.
Miller is playing so free with emotions, and the fact that children are hostages to fortune, that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness.
Either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks.
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