Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
In the 19th century a mysterious woman named Adele H. crosses the ocean, from Europe to North America, to relentlessly pursue a handsome officer that denies her satisfaction.
- lovesickness
- based on novel or book
- insanity
- women's sexual identity
- hypnosis
- love letter
- one-sided love
- nova scotia
- canada
- barbados
- bed and breakfast (b&b)
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Isabelle Adjani
Adèle Hugo
Bruce Robinson
Lt. Albert Pinson
Sylvia Marriott
Mrs. Saunders
Joseph Blatchley
Mr. Whistler
- Ivry Gitlis — Hypnotist
- Louise Bourdet — Victor Hugo's Servant
- Cecil De Sausmarez — Mr. Lenoir
- Ruben Dorey — Mr. Saunders
- Clive Gillingham — Keaton
- Roger Martin — Doctor Murdock
- M. White — Colonel White
- Madame Louise — Madame Baa
- Jean-Pierre Leursse — Black Penpusher
- Geoffroy Crook — George, Servant at Johnstone's (uncredited)
- Chantal Durpoix — Young Whore (uncredited)
- Directed
- François Truffaut
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 241 ratings
- Studio
- Les Films du Carrosse, Les Productions Artistes Associés
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
