Gabrielle
Synopsis
It’s a house where people like to come to spend long evenings listening, looking, laughing, defending an idea and then its opposite. The advantage of being part of a social circle is that everyone knows each other well. Outbursts of frankness or excessive secretiveness, moments of doubt, or of well-founded or unfounded joy… there’s a place for everything, much to the pleasure of everyone, guests and hosts combined.
The hosts’ existence is the envy of everyone; they’re a perfect couple, their lives are a success. But, all of a sudden, the motor falters. One day, one of them leaves, and is slow to return. And when the doorbell finally rings, the world is a different place. One day, a man and a woman find themselves in the house and truly see each other for the first time. One wanted this, the other didn’t. One wants to talk, the other doesn’t. It’s difficult being together in the same house when you no longer want the same things.
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Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Azor Films
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, Love Streams agnès b. Productions, Arte France Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (16)
- Screenwriters : Anne-Louise Trividic, Patrice Chéreau
- Director of Photography : Éric Gautier
- Music Composer : Fabio Vacchi
- Assistant Director : Antoine Garceau
- Editor : François Gédigier
- Sound recordists : Guillaume Sciama, Benoît Hillebrant, Olivier Dô Hûu
- Costume designer : Caroline De Vivaise
- Author of original work : Joseph Conrad
- Assistant Operators : Néwine Behi, Claire Nicol
- Production Manager : Serge Catoire
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
- Continuity supervisor : Suzanne Durrenberger
- Production Designer : Olivier Radot
- Casting : Pascale Béraud
- Still Photographer : Luc Roux
- Location Manager : Éric Chabot
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 2004
- French release : 28/09/2005
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 110.197
- Visa issue date : 17/05/2005
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
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News & awards
News (9)
Selections (24)
Awards (3)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2006
César Award for Best Costume Design : Caroline De Vivaise
César Award for Best Production Design : Olivier Radot
Delegations (7)
About
Based on Joseph Conrad’s short story, The Return, Patrice Chéreau’s Gabrielle faithfully adapts the writer’s brilliant piece of prose into a visual and narrative delight. Re-creating turn-of-the-century France with superb attention to detail, Chéreau casts an unrelenting gaze on the events that overwhelm a seemingly happily married couple. In the opening sequence, Jean Hervey (Pascal Greggory) descends from a train and reflects on the sturdiness of his life, but it’s not long before his self-satisfaction is rudely shattered as he discovers a letter from his wife, Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert). The contents of the message will cause his sense of security to crumble and plunge him into newfound feelings of vulnerability and abandonment. The combination of atmospheric settings, ardent performances, and painterly camera work makes Gabrielle a magical and absorbing piece of cinema. Description adapted from Piers Handling, Toronto International Film Festival.
