alias betty (betty Fisher et autres histoires) 2001 region free dvd5 french - bcbc

Alias Betty (French: Betty Fisher et autres histoires) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Claude Miller.

(Contains movie and optional English subtitles. No menus or extras. Regular DVD quality (Not BD, 1080p etc...). Seeding always appreciated).



Cast:

Sandrine Kiberlain - Betty Fisher

Nicole Garcia - Margot Fisher

Mathilde Seigner - Carole Novacki

Luck Mervil - François Diembele

Édouard Baer - Alex Basato

Béatrice Agenin - Alex's mistress

Stéphane Freiss - Edouard

Yves Jacques - René the Canadian

Roschdy Zem - Dr. Jerome Castang

Consuelo De Haviland - Madame Barsky

Yves Verhoeven - Martinaud

Michaël Abiteboul - Milo



Synopsis

A woman's grief and her mother's madness lead to strange and unforeseen consequences in this offbeat drama based on a novel by Ruth Rendell. Betty Fisher (Sandrine Kiberlain) is a promising young writer who has a four-year-old son, Joseph (Arthur Setbon). Betty's mother, Margot (Nicole Garcia), comes to visit her from Spain. Betty's relationship with Margot is difficult at best; Margot is emotionally unstable, and once attacked her daughter with a pair of scissors when she was a child. While spending time with Margot, Betty loses track of Joseph for a while, and the boy is severely injured when he falls out of a window. While Joseph is rushed to the hospital, he never regains consciousness and dies later that day. Betty is understandably distraught, and as she sinks deep in sorrow, Margot snatches Jose (Alexis Chatrian), a boy the same age as Joseph who is the son of Carole (Mathilde Seigner), a waitress with a serious drug habit who often delegates care of her child to her new boyfriend, Francois (Luck Mervil). Margot claims that Jose deserves a better parent than Carole, and she gives him to Betty to care for; while Betty is fully aware of the impropriety of Margot's action, the loss of Joseph has left such a void in her life that she reluctantly accepts the child as a way of dealing with her sadness.