Call Me Elisabeth
| Call Me Elisabeth | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Améris |
| Produced by |
Fabienne Vonier Laurent Champoussin |
| Written by |
Jean-Pierre Améris Guillaume Laurant |
| Based on |
Je m'appelle Elisabeth by Anne Wiazemsky |
| Starring |
Alba Gaïa Bellugi Stéphane Freiss Maria de Medeiros Yolande Moreau |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
| Distributed by | Pyramide Distribution |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Call Me Elisabeth (French title: Je m'appelle Elisabeth) is a 2006 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Améris, and based on a novel written by Anne Wiazemsky.
Plot
Betty, ten years, is afraid of ghosts and dark corners. When her sister Agnes goes to boarding school, Betty finds herself alone with her parents Régis and Mado, and Rose, an almost silent housekeeper. Her father is the director of an asylum next to their house, separated only by a wall. A young patient, Yvon, escapes over the wall and hides in the family's garden, where Betty finds him. Moved by his fragility, Betty hides Yvon for several days in the hut bike garden. She tells him everything she has on her heart, determined to make him her best friend and confidant. Yvon barely communicates. Yet gradually a bond of trust, and then a kind of friendship develop between them.
Cast
- Alba Gaïa Bellugi as Betty / Elisabeth
- Stéphane Freiss as Régis
- Maria de Medeiros as Mado
- Yolande Moreau as Rose
- Benjamin Ramon as Yvon
- Lauriane Sire as Agnès
- Virgil Leclaire as Quentin
- Olivier Cruveiller as The teacher