The Lacemaker

The Lacemaker
	Film poster
Directed by	Claude Goretta
Produced by	Lise Fayolle; Yves Gasser
Screenplay by	Claude Goretta; Pascal Lainé
Based on	La Dentellière; by Pascal Lainé
Starring	Isabelle Huppert; Yves Beneyton
Music by	Pierre Jansen
Cinematography	Jean Boffety
Edited by	Joële Van Effenterre
Distributed by	Jupiter Communications
Release date	25 May 1977;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Lacemaker (French: La Dentellière) is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert and Yves Beneyton.[1] It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellière by Pascal Lainé.[2]

Plot

In Paris, the shy and virginal Béatrice (known as "Pomme") lives with her mother and works in a hairdressing salon, where her only friend is the lively Marylène. Left by her lover, Marylène suggests that the two girls take a holiday by the sea at Cabourg. There Marylène soon goes off with a new man, leaving Béatrice on her own.

Befriended by the shy student François, the two become lovers and Béatrice moves into his room in Paris. Though he introduces her to his well-off parents and his intellectual friends, she is unable to mix in their worlds. Her deep reserve begins to annoy him and they split up. Losing interest in life, she ends up in a mental hospital.

Full of remorse, François visits her but she wants nothing: she has found a quiet place that suits her inwardness. In her silent anonymity, she is like the unknown girls in paintings such as Vermeer's The Lacemaker.

Cast

Isabelle Huppert as Pomme
Yves Beneyton as François
Florence Giorgetti as Marylène
Annemarie Düringer as Pomme's mother (as Anne-Marie Düringer)
Renate Schroeter as François' girlfriend (as Renata Schroeter)
Michel de Ré as the painter
Monique Chaumette as the mother of François
Jean Obé as the father of François
Christian Baltauss as Gérard
Christian Peythieu
Heribert Sasse
Jeanne Allard
Odile Poisson as the cashier
Gilberte Géniat (as Gilberte Geniat)
Sabine Azéma as Corinne (as Sabine Azema)

Awards and nominations

BAFTA Awards (UK)
- Won: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (Isabelle Huppert)
1977 Cannes Film Festival (France)
- Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Claude Goretta; tied with J.A. Martin photographe)
- Nominated: Golden Palm (Claude Goretta)[3]
César Awards (France)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Isabelle Huppert)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Florence Giorgetti)
- Nominated: Best Film
David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
- Won: Best Foreign Actress (Isabelle Huppert)

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References

"La Dentellière". unifrance.org. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
Canby, Vincent (6 October 1977). "Screen: Lacemaker Studies Passivity". The New York Times.
"Festival de Cannes: The Lacemaker". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2009.

External links

The Lacemaker on IMDb

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[1] "La Dentellière". unifrance.org. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

[2] Canby, Vincent (6 October 1977). "Screen: Lacemaker Studies Passivity". The New York Times.

[festival-cannes.com-3] "Festival de Cannes: The Lacemaker". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2009.