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

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Betty (as Beatrice Dalle)
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Eddy (as Gerard Darmon)
Consuelo De Haviland ...
Clémentine Célarié ...
Annie (as as Clementine Celarié)
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Bob
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Richard le jeune policier
Jean-Pierre Bisson ...
Le commissaire (complete version)
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Le dealer / Dope dealer (complete version)
Bernard Hug ...
(complete version)
Catherine D'At
Claude Aufaure ...
Le médecin
Louis Bellanti ...
Mario
Dominique Besnehard ...
Client pizzeria
Raoul Billerey ...
Le vieux policier

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Storyline

Zorg is a handyman working at the seaside in France, maintaining and looking after the wooden bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. He is in love with Betty, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. After a dispute with Zorg's boss, they leave and Betty finds a place to stay at her girlfriend's house. The girlfriend's lover owns an Italian restaurant and there they find a job. She is obsessed to try to get one of Zorg's books published, but it is rejected, which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly, Betty's wild manners start to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane. Is his love for Betty strong enough, if even if it comes to the worst? Written by Mattias Pettersson <[email protected]>

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Drama | Romance

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Release Date:

9 April 1986 (France)  »

Also Known As:

Betty Blue  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,438 (USA) (12 June 2009)

Gross:

$2,003,822 (USA)
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Technical Specs

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1.66 : 1
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Trivia

The film is included on the film critic Roger Ebert's "Most Hated" list. See more »

Goofs

When Eddy's mother is lying dead on the bed, she is clearly breathing. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Zorg: [voice-over] I had known Betty for a week. We screwed every night. The forecast was for storms.
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Connections

Referenced in The Green Inferno (2013) See more »

Soundtracks

La Poubelle Cuisine
Written and Performed by Le Grand Orchestre De Gabriel Yared
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Love in their madness.
7 February 2003 | by (Australia) – See all my reviews

It was ten years ago when I saw the two hour version. Watching the director's cut was like seeing it for the first time. This version concentrated more on Jean-Hugues' character Zorg and his love and devotion to the mentally disintegrating Betty. The story takes its time, allowing us to understand Betty's illness and appreciate Zorg's erratic behaviour. The English title can be off putting because the expectations focus on the character Betty, played brilliantly by Dalle.


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