''Call Me Elisabeth'' (French title: ''Je m'appelle Elisabeth'') is a 2006
French drama film directed by
Jean-Pierre Améris
Jean-Pierre Améris (born 26 July 1961) is a French film director and screenwriter. His film ''Lightweight'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran unt ...
, and based on a novel written by
Anne Wiazemsky
Anne Wiazemsky (14 May 1947 – 5 October 2017) was a French actress and novelist. She made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's ''Au Hasard Balthazar'' (1966), and went on to appear in several ...
.
Plot
Betty, ten years old, is afraid of ghosts and dark corners. When her sister Agnes goes to boarding school, Betty finds herself alone with her parents Régis and Mado, and Rose, an almost silent housekeeper. Her father is the director of an asylum next to their house, separated only by a wall. A young patient, Yvon, escapes over the wall and hides in the family's garden, where Betty finds him. Moved by his fragility, Betty hides Yvon for several days in the garden's bike shed. She tells him everything she has in her heart, determined to make him her best friend and confidant. Yvon barely communicates. Yet gradually a bond of trust, and then a kind of friendship develop between them.
Cast
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Alba Gaïa Bellugi
Alba Gaïa Bellugi (born Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi; 5 March 1995) is a French actress of Danish and Italian origin. She is best known for her performance as Elisa in '' The Intouchables'' (2011).Stéphane Freiss
Stéphane Freiss (born 22 November 1960) is a French film, television, and stage actor. He won a César Award for his performance in the 1988 film ''Chouans!''.
Selected filmography
*'' Premiers désirs'' (1984)
*'' Vagabond'' (1985)
*''Chou ...
as Régis
* Maria de Medeiros as Mado
* Yolande Moreau as Rose
* Benjamin Ramon as Yvon
* Lauriane Sire as Agnès
* Virgil Leclaire as Quentin
* Olivier Cruveiller as The teacher
References
External links
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2000s French-language films
2006 films
French drama films
2006 drama films
Films based on French novels
Films directed by Jean-Pierre Améris
Films scored by Philippe Sarde
2000s French films
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