Betty Blue

Betty Blue

1986 · 120 min · FR · NR · 7.2 (467 votes)
Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix · Starring Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland, Clémentine Célarié, Jacques Mathou · Music Gabriel Yared
DramaRomance

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.

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A raw, intense dive into obsessive love and spiraling madness. It's a passionate, tragic, and deeply unsettling portrayal of a relationship consumed by its own destructive forces. Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster.

intensepassionatetragicunsettlingrawsteadyarthousemelodramaticEuropean cinemacharacter studylovemental illnessself-destructionobsession
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self-destructionkissmental breakdownself-inflicted injuryborderline personality disorderfemme fatale
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