The Lacemaker
Encyclopedia
The Lacemaker is a 1977 French drama film
directed by Claude Goretta
and starring Isabelle Huppert
. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt
winning novel La Dentellière
by Pascal Lainé
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Claude Goretta
Claude Goretta
Claude Goretta is an internationally successful television producer and film director. His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
and starring Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
winning novel La Dentellière
La Dentellière
La Dentellière , is a French novel by Pascal Lainé. It was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1974...
by Pascal Lainé
Pascal Lainé
Pascal Lainé is a French writer born in 1942 in Anet .He studied philosophy at l'École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and began his career as a teacher first at the and later at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He then became a professor in 1974 at the Institut universitaire de technologie...
.
Cast
- Isabelle HuppertIsabelle HuppertIsabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
- Pomme - Yves BeneytonYves Beneyton-Selected filmography:- External links :...
- François - Florence Giorgetti - Marylène
- Annemarie DüringerAnnemarie DüringerAnnemarie Düringer is a Swiss actress. She graduated from the Cours Simon in Paris in 1946, and from the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna in 1947. She is the daughter of a Swiss industrialist...
- Pomme's mother (as Anne-Marie Düringer) - Renate Schroeter - François' girlfriend (as Renata Schroeter)
- Michel de Ré - The painter
- Monique Chaumette - La mère de François
- Jean Obé - Le père de François
- Christian Baltauss - Gérard
- Christian Peythieu
- Heribert Sasse
- Jeanne Allard
- Odile Poisson - La caisière
- Gilberte Géniat (as Gilberte Geniat)
- Sabine AzémaSabine AzémaSabine Azéma is a French actress. Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, and began her film career in 1975...
- Corinne (as Sabine Azema)
Awards and nominations
- BAFTA Awards (UK)
- Won: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (Isabelle Huppert)
- 1977 Cannes Film Festival1977 Cannes Film FestivalThe 30th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-27. A new non-competitive section, 'Le Passé composé', is held at this festival only and focuses on compilations.- Jury :*Roberto Rossellini *N'Sougan Agblemagnon...
(France)- Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Claude Goretta; tied with J.A. Martin photographe)
- Nominated: Golden Palm (Claude Goretta)
- César Awards (France)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Isabelle Huppert)
- Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Florence Giorgetti)
- Nominated: Best Film
- David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
- Won: Best Foreign Actress (Isabelle Huppert)