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Betty

Betty

Drama · 1992

A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty begins to recount to Laure the story of her bourgeois life and her unhappy and unfaithful marriage.

Movie details

Betty

1992 Drama 1h 43m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty begins to recount to Laure the story of her bourgeois life and her unhappy and unfaithful marriage.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Claude Chabrol

Written by

Claude Chabrol

Marie Trintignant

Marie Trintignant

Betty Etamble

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Laure

Jean-François Garreaud

Jean-François Garreaud

Mario

Yves Lambrecht

Yves Lambrecht

Guy Etamble

Christiane Minazzoli

Christiane Minazzoli

Madame Etamble

Pierre Vernier

Pierre Vernier

Le médecin

N

Nathalie Kousnetzoff

Odile

Court is in session

Put Betty on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.