| The Lacemaker | |
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| Directed by | Claude Goretta |
| Screenplay by | Claude Goretta Pascal Lainé |
| Based on | La Dentellière byPascal Lainé |
| Produced by | Lise Fayolle Yves Gasser |
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert Yves Beneyton |
| Cinematography | Jean Boffety |
| Edited by | Joële Van Effenterre |
| Music by | Pierre Jansen |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Lacemaker (French:La Dentellière) is a 1977 Frenchdrama film directed byClaude Goretta and starringIsabelle Huppert andYves Beneyton.[1] It is based on the 1974Prix Goncourt winning novelLa Dentellière byPascal Lainé.[2]
InParis, the shy and virginal Béatrice (known as "Pomme") lives with her mother and works in a hairdressing salon, where her only friend is the lively Marylène. Left by her lover, Marylène suggests that the two girls take a holiday by the sea atCabourg. There Marylène soon goes off with a new man, leaving Béatrice on her own.
Befriended by the shy student François, the two become lovers and Béatrice 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, François 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 asVermeer'sThe Lacemaker.