2 Movies Starring Jean-Franèois Garreaud

Violette

Violette

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-10-07

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Canada

Runtime:

124 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1245 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Cast:

Writer:

Odile Barski (scenario)

Hervè Bromberger (scenario)

Frèdèric Grendel (scenario)

Odile Barski (adaptation)

Jean-Marie Fitère (based on the book by)

Fullplot:

In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.

Betty

Betty

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-10-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (909 Reviews)

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

When Betty is caught en flagrante, her bourgeois in-laws and husband force a divorce settlement upon her and bar her from seeing her two daughters. She is rescued from an alcoholic stupor by Laure, a middle-aged woman who takes Betty to her hotel lodgings, extends friendship and care, and listens to her story. Laure's lover, Mario, the proprietor of the bar where Betty and Laure met, is first a friend, then Betty's next conquest.

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