Betty
1992 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.5 · 87% critics
After a drunken collapse, a troubled woman is taken in by an older companion at a Paris hotel. As she recovers, she pieces together the story of a suffocating upper-class marriage and the spiral of loneliness, bad choices, and heavy drinking that pushed her to the edge.
Based on Betty
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Details
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-02-19
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (62 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to bleak, intimate character studies about damaged lives and uneasy female bonds, especially if Monsieur Hire or Violette worked for you; Not for you if you want warmth, momentum, or a likable lead.
Pros: dark atmosphere; strong central performances; sharp social critique | Cons: emotionally cold; fragmented storytelling; hard to connect
Cast & crew
Marie Trintignant
as Betty Etamble
Stéphane Audran
as Laure
Jean-François Garreaud
as Mario
Yves Lambrecht
as Guy Etamble
Christiane Minazzoli
as Madame Etamble
Pierre Vernier
as Le médecin
- NK
Nathalie Kousnetzoff
as Odile
Thomas Chabrol
as Schwartz
Pierre Martot
as Frédéric
Yves Verhoeven
as Philippe
Directed by Claude Chabrol