Betty Blue
directed and written by Jean-Jacques Beineix,
based on
the novel by Philippe Djian,
was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.
Music by Gabriel Yared.
Cast:
Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues
Anglade, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo de Haviland, Jacques Mathou, Clémentine Célarié,
Vincent Lindon, Louis Bellanti, Philippe Laudenbach, Claude Aufaure, Dominique
Besnehard, Raoul Billerey, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Dominique Pinon.
Recommended reading:
Betty Blue
By Philippe Djian.
French title: 37°2 le matin (37.2°C in the Morning).
Published by Little, Brown Book Group.
First published 1985.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0349101108
ISBN-13: 978-0349101101
Description:
This is a full-fledged lovers' tragedy between a drifter-turned-writer and the fatally flawed Betty, his muse and obsessive promoter.