The Beautiful Story
La Belle Histoire
Release: 1992-03-18
·Runtime: 210m
·★ 7.1
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Films 13
TF1 Films Production
Cast
Élie Chouraqui
as Associé de Pierre
Denis Charvet
Marie Sara
as Self
Joëlle Miquel
Vincent Lindon
as Simon Choulel
Marie-Sophie L.
as Marie
Patrick Chesnais
as Pierre Lhermitte
Catherine Lachens
as La chasseuse de tête
Patrice Laffont
as Self
Hubert Reeves
as Self
Eloïse Labro
Aurélie Vérillon
as Ecolière
Sophie Artur
Jean-Pierre Beauviala
Béatrice Dalle
as Odona
Gérard Darmon
as Le motard
François Perrot
as L'oncle de Marie
Eric Métayer
Christine Paolini
Amidou
as Le berger
Patrick Edlinger
as Self
Jean Benguigui
as Doga
Olivier Hémon
Laurent Weil
Arlette Emmery
as La vendeuse de robes de mariée (uncredited)
Gérard Lanvin
as Jésus-Christ / Jésus le gitan
Amina Annabi
as La soeur de Jésus
Charles Gérard
as Didier Louis
Jean-Michel Dupuis
as Le professeur
Paul Préboist
as Le professeur tricot
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
as L'inspecteur du grand magasin
Eric Hémon
as Éric Dodd
Jacques Gamblin
as Le jeune policier
Konstantin Aleksandrov
as Kraki
Anémone
as Mme Desjardins