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'The Lacemaker' is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert and Yves Beneyton. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel 'La Dentellire' by Pascal Lain.

Plot



In Paris, the shy and virginal Batrice (known as "Pomme") lives with her mother and works in a hairdressing salon, where her only friend is the lively Marylne. Left by her lover, Marylne suggests that the two girls take a holiday by the sea at Cabourg. There Marylne soon goes off with a new man, leaving Batrice on her own.

Befriended by the shy student Franois, the two become lovers and Batrice moves into his room in Paris. Though he introduces her to his well-off parents and his intellectual friends, she is unable to mix in their worlds. Her deep reserve begins to annoy him and they split up. Losing interest in life, she ends up in a mental hospital.

Full of remorse, Franois visits her but she wants nothing: she has found a quiet place that suits her inwardness. In her silent anonymity, she is like the unknown girls in paintings such as Vermeer's 'The Lacemaker'.

Cast



* Isabelle Huppert as Pomme

* Yves Beneyton as Franois

* Florence Giorgetti as Marylne

* Annemarie Dringer as Pomme's mother (as Anne-Marie Dringer)

* Renate Schroeter as Franois' girlfriend (as Renata Schroeter)

* Michel de R as the painter

* Monique Chaumette as the mother of Franois

* Jean Ob as the father of Franois

* Christian Baltauss as Grard

* Christian Peythieu

* Heribert Sasse

* Jeanne Allard

* Odile Poisson as the cashier

* Gilberte Gniat (as Gilberte Geniat)

* Sabine Azma as Corinne (as Sabine Azema)

Awards and nominations



*BAFTA Awards (UK)

**Won: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (Isabelle Huppert)

*1977 Cannes Film Festival (France)

**Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Claude Goretta; tied with J.A. Martin photographe)

**Nominated: Golden Palm (Claude Goretta)

*Csar 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)

See also



* List of Isabelle Huppert performances

References




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