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Gabrielle

  • 2005
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.2K
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Isabelle Huppert and Pascal Greggory in Gabrielle (2005)
Period DramaDramaRomance

The marriage between Gabrielle and Jean begins to fray after the discovery of a letter that belongs to Gabrielle.The marriage between Gabrielle and Jean begins to fray after the discovery of a letter that belongs to Gabrielle.The marriage between Gabrielle and Jean begins to fray after the discovery of a letter that belongs to Gabrielle.

  • Director
    • Patrice Chéreau
  • Writers
    • Patrice Chéreau
    • Anne-Louise Trividic
    • Joseph Conrad
  • Stars
    • Isabelle Huppert
    • Pascal Greggory
    • Claudia Coli
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    2.2K
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    • Director
      • Patrice Chéreau
    • Writers
      • Patrice Chéreau
      • Anne-Louise Trividic
      • Joseph Conrad
    • Stars
      • Isabelle Huppert
      • Pascal Greggory
      • Claudia Coli
    • 32User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 79Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Isabelle Huppert
    Isabelle Huppert
    • Gabrielle Hervey
    Pascal Greggory
    Pascal Greggory
    • Jean Hervey
    Claudia Coli
    Claudia Coli
    • Yvonne
    Thierry Hancisse
    Thierry Hancisse
    • The Editor-in-Chief
    Chantal Neuwirth
    Chantal Neuwirth
    • Madeleine
    Thierry Fortineau
    • Guest
    Louise Vincent
    • Guest
    Clément Hervieu-Léger
    • Guest
    Nicolas Moreau
    • Guest
    Rinaldo Rocco
    Rinaldo Rocco
    • The Consul
    Xavier Lafitte
    • Guest
    Maï David
    • Maid
    Jeanne Herry
    Jeanne Herry
    • Maid
    Aude Léger
    • Maid
    Raina Kabaivanska
    • La cantatrice
    Florent Bigot de Nesles
    • Invité
    • (uncredited)
    Philippe Calvario
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    • Director
      • Patrice Chéreau
    • Writers
      • Patrice Chéreau
      • Anne-Louise Trividic
      • Joseph Conrad
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    8film_ophile

    A Dark,Textured, Many Faceted Thing

    I saw this dark oeuvre yesterday at the Boston French Film Festival at the MFA.It was chosen to be the Opening night Film and was sold out.The director was present and spoke at length about what drew him to make the film and what was important about it- for him. I felt the film-making was fascinating. From the opening sequence, where the footage in the train station is SO realistic in its early 20th c. appearance, and throughout the film, I found the cinematography to be lush, stylized, extremely well-framed and riveting .It is a perfect voice for the story. The actors are always IN YOUR FACE and this fact, combined with an economic and well written script, heavy dark music, tremendously accurate and effective set design, and spot-on acting, made for an extremely moving and interesting exploration of the story. For me, in tone and context, it felt a bit like Henry James' Portrait of a Lady (and probably works by Ibsen and others) Isabelle Huppert and her husband are extremely wealthy, cold, unemotional,detached from themselves and others, and 'safe' in that world. Their house-where 99% of the film takes place, is a dark, heavy, classical, structured prison.(The director's background in stage directing is very evident in this film.) One little bubble bursts from that prison and then things change and the disintegration begins. It gives one a great deal to think about. My only problem with the film is the MUSIC.The music is as much an element of the film as the actors. That is not, in and of itself, a bad thing, but in the last 20 minutes of the film, it is just WAY TOO MUCH: too heavy, too loud, and too repetitive;a bit like Bruchner at his worst. But if you are able to see a DVD of this, you can turn down this overkill. If you are lucky enough to see the film live (so important for major artistic cinematography like this) you'll just have to deal with it; maybe it won't bother you so much.At any rate, the film will provide those so inclined with many things to think about and discuss. And visuals to remember. For me,I will always carry the image of Huppert, dressed in black, on that enormous settee... it's a Degas.
    9RNQ

    Restraint

    Patrice Chéreau and his team continue to amaze. Their recent movies--"Intimacy" and "Son frère"--have been wild, and Isabelle Huppert has played some wild roles too. But "Gabrielle" is a masterpiece of control, an equal of the studio movies of Fritz Lang in the 1940s. A benchmark is Hitchcock's "Rebecca." Like those movies, every shot here, each turn of the head, is a statement of emotion (and a test of the actors' skill). Now not only music tells what the characters are doing, light is further nuanced with color. The almost-homage to black-and-white is astonishing, because it can also be lit into color, showing the characters' being forced to be here and now without escaping to old assumptions: a bitten lip bleeds red, a serving woman elaborately brings a softly glowing lamp upstairs. (A friend objects that the house has electricity, but the same friend puts candles on the dinner table, and this lamp has a purpose.) There's a thesis in Film Studies for the communicative devices of each scene and what is referenced, like the way there is a less flamboyant version of scenes in Ruiz's "Le temps retrouvé." But then being restrained is the theme, and the tension is extreme without any thunderstorm or overt thrill (a thrill for these characters might be the horror). If the source story was Conrad's homage to Henry James, here is a movie worthy of their capacity for narrative of the highest watchfulness and precision. Stay totally alert, movie goers.
    9paulawilder

    it's a matter of taste

    Obviously we don't all like the same things. One commentator said it was all just talk, as if that were a bad thing. I happen to love language and words, and in particular love the French language. So that is the reason I rent a movie in French. I also have a very strong aversion to "action movies" where language is reduced to "Ow! Help! Duck!" On the other hand, movies like Gabrielle where minute movements of the psyche are explored in depth by minimalistic means, these are what grip me, move me, keep me interested. I do not really think the movie is like an opera -- it was more like a french play -- the delivery and velocity of the spoken word was very much in the style of french live theater.

    My only caveat is that French-ness and Conrad seem a strange mix to me. There was another French movie that was made on a Conrad text, and I had a similar reaction. Conrad is not writing about French society. And yet the action has been transplanted to France. And it seems an entirely incongruous transplant to me -- plopping the joyless uprightness of puritanical England (the only place name mentioned is "West End Station" into a such a lively Latin culture which has always had a much more relaxed attitude towards love and sex... well,to me it's just incongruous.

    Nevertheless, it was an cleverly crafted movie, and the musical score by Fabio Vacchi was unearthly beautiful.
    10Peegee-3

    A stunning evocation of marital relationship

    This incredible adaptation of Joseph Conrad's story,"The Return" has been haunting me for days. The visual beauty of its cinematography in contrast to the devastating psychological and emotional pain of its characters, brilliantly portrayed by Isabelle Huppert and Pascal Gregory. has rarely been achieved in film. No need here to repeat the details of the story...I do however want to point out what I have not read in any reviews or comments...that this is basically, as I see it, an evocation of the power and control struggle in a marriage...that moves between husband and wife in the most fascinating and brilliant way. My most grateful appreciation and admiration to Patrice Chereau for giving us this remarkable film. In a time of blockbuster, action movies, what a joy to experience a work of art that provides intense emotion, intelligent food for thought and visual nurturance.
    6kenichiku

    Signe, Gabrielle Chilled on the Rocks

    I've been watching & thoroughly enjoying Isabelle Huppert's films since 'The Lacemaker'. This time, what struck me was the intensity of Huppert's next-to-passive, almost casually indifferent postures of contempt for her husband. It is because of her being so minimal and apathetic that her performance harnesses its power and devastation. And this is what enhances Greggory's reactive performance as being so complementary, that of a once smug now tortured soul who slips and struggles to re-grasp a heart turned cold. He's just left grabbing air in the end. The looks on the faces of the chorus, their social clique & the servants in the troubled Hervey household says it all.

    Going in, I was reminded of another story of martial discord, David Hughes Jone's 'Betrayal' but 'Gabrielle' hit me as being more incisive and oppressive than anything I've seen adapted for Pinter. I don't need to state the obvious that parlor films of this variety appeal only to those with an acquired taste. As for me, I can only say that I prefer the ice cubes that go with my scotch jagged & stinging cold like the ingredients in this film.

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    • Release date
      • September 28, 2005 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
      • Germany
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Trois soirées
    • Production companies
      • Azor Films
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • StudioCanal
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $332,829
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $30,676
      • Jul 16, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,775,311
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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