Alias Betty Movie Review 2001

Writer Betty (Kiberlain) has recently returned to Paris after separating from her lover. She is uneasily waiting for the arrival of her mother Margot (Garcia), a disturbed woman who abused Betty as a child. Betty's own young son Joseph (Setbon) suddenly dies in an accidental fall and she suffers a breakdown. Jose (Chatrian) is the abused young son of single mother Carole (Seigner). When Margot notices Jose alone in the streets, she takes him back to Betty as a replacement child and Betty debates whether to go along or go to the cops. Based on the book "The Tree of Hands" by Ruth Rendell. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from French, Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Paris, Kidnapped!, Monster Moms, Books to Film: Ruth Rendell, Writers, Child Abuse, Single Parents, Family Reunions

Screenplay

Claude Miller

Cast

Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner, Alexis Chatrian, Edouard Baer, Arthur Setbon, Luck Mervil, Stephane Freiss

Cinematography

Christophe Pollock

Director

Claude Miller

Other

Claude La Haye, Veronique Lange, Jean-Pierre Kohut Svelko, Jacqueline Bouchard

Producer

Yves Marmion, Annie Miller, Go Films, Les Films de la Boissiere, Wellspring Media