The Story of Adele H.

The Story of Adèle H.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrançois Truffaut
Screenplay by
Based onLe Journal d'Adèle Hugo
by Adèle Hugo
Produced byMarcel Berbert[citation needed]
Starring
CinematographyNestor Almendros
Edited by
  • Yann Dedet
  • Martine Barraqué
  • Jean Gargonne
  • Michèle Neny
  • Muriel Zeleny
Music byMaurice Jaubert
Production
company
Les Films du Carrosse
Distributed byLes Artists Associés
Release date
  • 8 October 1975 (1975-10-08) (France)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench
English
Budget5 million Francs[1]
Box office762,644 admissions (France)[2]
$1.1 million[3]

The Story of Adèle H. (French: L'Histoire d'Adèle H.) is a 1975 French historical drama film directed by François Truffaut, and starring Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, and Sylvia Marriott. Written by Truffaut, Jean Gruault, and Suzanne Schiffman, the film is about Adèle Hugo, the daughter of writer Victor Hugo, whose obsessive unrequited love for a military officer leads to her downfall. The story is based on Adèle Hugo's diaries.[4] Filming took place on location in Guernsey and Senegal.[5]

20-year-old Isabelle Adjani received much critical acclaim for her performance as Hugo, garnering an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role, making her the youngest Best Actress nominee ever at the time. The Story of Adèle H. also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award for Best Film, and the Cartagena Film Festival Special Critics Award.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Box Office information for François Truffaut films at Box Office Story
  3. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. ^ "The Story of Adèle H". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Locations for The Story of Adèle H". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Awards for The Story of Adèle H". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 9 May 2012.