Hurlevent

Hurlevent
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Rivette
Written byPascal Bonitzer
Marilù Parolini
Suzanne Schiffman
Jacques Rivette
Based onWuthering Heights
1847 novel
by Emily Brontë
Produced byMartine Marignac
StarringFabienne Babe
Lucas Belvaux
Olivier Cruveiller
CinematographyRenato Berta
Edited byNicole Lubtchansky
Release date
  • 9 October 1985 (1985-10-09)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Hurlevent ([yʁ.lə.vɑ̃], "Howling wind") is a 1985 French drama film directed and co-written by Jacques Rivette. It is an adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. Based on the first part of the novel, set in 1930s southern France, it starred three unknown actors: Fabienne Babe as Catherine, Lucas Belvaux as Roch (Heathcliff), and Olivier Cruveiller as Catherine's brother.[1]

  1. ^ Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 895-902.