The Brontë Sisters

Directed by André Téchiné
Produced by Gaumont, Action film
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 55 min
French release : 09/05/1979
Production year : 1979

Director

André
Téchiné

Actors

Isabelle
Adjani

(Emily Brontë)

Marie-France
Pisier

(Charlotte Brontë)

Isabelle
Huppert

(Anne Brontë)

Pascal
Greggory

(Branwell Brontë)

Patrick
Magee

(Révérend Brontë)

Roland
Bertin

(M. Nicholls)

Hélène
Surgère

(Mme Robinson)

Alice
Sapritch

(Tante Elizabeth)

Xavier
Depraz

(M. Hager)

Adrian
Brine

(M. Robinson)

Jean
Sorel

(Leyland)

Pierre
Baillot

Pascal
Bonitzer

Jean-Luc
Boutté

Alice
de Poncheville

About

A profile of the famous Brontë sisters, the film’s heavy, repressive mood evokes the harshness and injustice of the life that the Brontë sisters endured. The passion and color that is so vivid in their novels was absent from their daily existence, and the film’s appropriately gloomy cinematography – which uses dreary earth colors to emphasize the cold, remote feel – evokes this with great poignancy. The film features an all-star cast: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier and Isabelle Huppert as Emily, Charlotte and Anne Brontë, with Pascal Gregory as their ill-fated brother Branwell.

Source : Wikipedia.

Production photos (10)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë), Marie-France Pisier (Charlotte Brontë), Isabelle Huppert (Anne Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë), Marie-France Pisier (Charlotte Brontë), Isabelle Huppert (Anne Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Huppert (Anne Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë), Isabelle Huppert (Anne Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Alice Sapritch (Tante Elizabeth)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë), Marie-France Pisier (Charlotte Brontë), Isabelle Huppert (Anne Brontë)

The Brontë Sisters - Isabelle Adjani (Emily Brontë), Patrick Magee (Révérend Brontë)

Production and distribution

Associate production company : Gaumont, Action film
Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
Film export/Foreign Sales : Jupiter Communications
French distribution : Gaumont

Full credits

Executive Producers : Yves Gasser, Yves Peyrot
Assistant Directors : Alain Centonze, Hervé Duhamel, Charlotte Trench
Associate Producer : Klaus Hellwig
Line Producer : Alain Sarde
Screenwriters : André Téchiné, Jean Gruault, Pascal Bonitzer
Director of Photography : Bruno Nuytten
Sound Recordist : Alain Curvelier
Production Managers : Daniel Messere, Jeremy Thomas, Tim Van Rellim
Editor : Claudine Merlin
Continuity supervisor : Michèle Andreucci
Music Composer : Philippe Sarde
Foley Artist : Jean-Pierre Lelong
Production Designer : Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
Costume Designer : Claire Fraïssé
Make-up Artists : Florence Fouquier d'Herouel, Chantal Durpoix

Technical details

Feature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Psychological drama
Themes : Literature, Family
Production language : French
Production year : 1979
French release : 09/05/1979
Runtime : 1 h 55 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 48519
Visa issue date : 09/03/1979
Approval : Unknown
Aspect ratio : 1.66
Sound format : Mono

Festival Selections (1)

City of Lights, City of Angels (Col-Coa) - Los Angeles - 2013 Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : United States