''A Simple Heart'' (french: Un cœur simple) is a 2008 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Marion Laine Marion Laine is a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Her 2008 film '' A Simple Heart'' was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival The 30th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 28 June 2008. The G ...

. It is an adaptation of one of

Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , , ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flauber ...

's '' Three Tales''. The film was entered into the

30th Moscow International Film Festival The 30th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 28 June 2008. The Golden George was awarded to the Iranian film '' As Simple as That'' directed by Reza Mirkarimi. Jury * Liv Ullmann (Norway – Chairman of the Jury) * Michael ...

where it won the Special Jury Prize. It won the

Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario The Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario is a French film award created in 2007 by the French Screenwriters Guild (''La Guilde Française des Scénaristes''), a trade association which represents more than 350 screenwriters working in the film, televi ...

for Best Adaptation in 2009.

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actre ...

as Félicité *

Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry, Marina Foïs was discove ...

as Mathilde Aubain *

Pascal Elbé Pascal Elbé (born 13 March 1967) is a French actor, Film director, director and screenwriter. Life and career Pascal Elbé was born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France, to a family of middle-class Jewish immigrants from Algeria. He was raised in Stra ...

as Théodore * Patrick Pineau as Liébard *

Thibault Vinçon Thibault Vinçon (born 15 July 1976) is a French film and theater actor. He studied at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Paris.

as Frédéric *

Noémie Lvovsky Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. Life and career Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms. She studied cinema at L ...

as Nastasie *

Michaël Abiteboul Michaël Abiteboul is a French actor. Filmography Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abiteboul, Michael French male film actors Living people 21st-century French male actors Year of birth missing (living peop ...

as Fabu * Swann Arlaud as Paul Aubain

References

External links

* 2008 films 2008 drama films Films based on works by Gustave Flaubert French drama films 2000s French-language films 2000s French films {{2000s-drama-film-stub