''Hurlevent'' (, "Howling wind") is a 1985 French drama film directed by

Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'amour f ...

. It is an adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

''. Based on the first part of the novel and set in 1930s southern France, it starred three unknown actors: Fabienne Babe as Catherine,

Lucas Belvaux Lucas Belvaux (born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the ''Trilogie'', consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The t ...

as Roch (Heathcliff), and Olivier Cruveiller as Catherine's brother.Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 895-902.

Plot summary

Cast

* Fabienne Bab

as Catherine *

as Roch * Sandra Montaigu as Hélène * Alice de Poncheville as Isabelle *

Olivier Cruveiller Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...

as Guillaume * Philippe Morier-Genoud as Joseph * Olivier Torres as Olivier * Marie Jaoul as Madame Lindon * Louis de Menthon as Monsieur Lindon * Jacques Deleuze as Le médecin * Joseph Schilinger as Le garde-chasse

References

External links

* * 1985 films French avant-garde and experimental films Films directed by Jacques Rivette Films based on Wuthering Heights 1980s avant-garde and experimental films 1980s French-language films 1980s French films {{1980s-France-film-stub