The Bronte Sisters (1979)

Original title

Les Sœurs Brontë

Directed by

André Téchiné

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

France

Runtime

2h

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the four Brontë siblings from 1834 to around 1852. It shows their bleak lives and creative struggles, ending with Charlotte as the only surviving sibling.

biographicalperiodbroodingmelancholicslow-pacedcontemplativeintimate

What happens

The Brontë Sisters (French: Les Sœurs Brontë) is a 1979 French biographical drama film directed by André Téchiné, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pascal Bonitzer and Jean Gruault. The film stars Isabelle Adjani as Emily, Marie-France Pisier as Charlotte and Isabelle Huppert as Anne. Pascal Greggory plays their brother Branwell Brontë. The cinematography was by Bruno Nuytten. It was a project that Téchiné wanted to make since 1972, but only after the favourable reception of Souvenirs d'en France (1975) and Barocco (1976), he was able to find the necessary financing. Produced by Gaumont, the film's originally running time was cut from three hours to less than two upon its release at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Set in a careful recreation of the period, the film follows the bleak lives of the four Brontë siblings in less than a ten-year span. It begins in 1834, when, at the age of seventeen, Branwell painted the famous portrait of his three sisters, in which he originally included his own image, and ends around 1852 when Charlotte, now a famous author, is the only surviving sibling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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