1999 Madeleine
5.7
1999 Madeleine is the first step in an ambitious project by the French filmmaker Laurent Bouhnik to make one film per year between 1999-2009, recounting the turn of the century in an interweaving narrative pattern. Episode one is about Madeline, a lonely woman obsessed by religion and cleanliness. Her solitary existence leads her to place an advertisement for a man willing to share his life with a 'single, working 35-year-old.' She is a woman of our times who is caught between the paradoxes of modern life and individual needs for communication. The world offers her opportunities to satisfy material needs but, unfortunately, this is to the detriment of her spiritual needs.
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Cast
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Véra Briole
Madeleine
Known for
A Single Girl
Manuel Blanc
Gabriel
Known for
Chronicles of the Sun
The Chalet
Laurent Bouhnik
Etienne Comar
Gilles Henry
Anouk Aimée
Eve, Madeleine's mother
Known for
8½
La Dolce Vita
Jean Cottin
Clémence Lafarge
Jean-François Gallotte
Mr. Paul
Known for
Desire
Baby Blood
Jean-Michel Fête
Mathieu
Known for
Go Fast
Aurélia Petit
Marie
Known for
Under Paris
Osmosis
Samuel Jouy
Jacques
Known for
Ganglands
Black Spot
Laurent Bouhnik Director · Jérôme Coullet Composer Clémence Lafarge Editor
United States release January 1, 1999 · Produced in France · Production Playtime, Climax Production
Production
Canal+
Production
Playtime
Production
Climax Production
Production
Ad Vitam Production
Production
StudioCanal
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1999
London Film Festival
United States · January 1, 1999
Theatrical
France · February 2, 2000
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
September 3, 1999 · Montréal Film Festival
Greece
November 20, 1999 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 23, 2000 · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Mexico
January 1, 1999 · Acapulco Film Festival
Sweden
November 1, 1999 · Stockholm International Film Festival
Switzerland
August 6, 1999 · Locarno Film Festival premiere
Türkiye
January 1, 2000 · Istanbul international film festival
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