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Originally Posted by jmclick
There's an incredible film coming in April from Twilight Time that might intrigue you ... Truffaut's The Story of Adele H (1975), based on the life of writer Victor Hugo's daughter. Isabelle Adjani is heartbreaking in the title role and not only gave the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1975 (although she lost the Oscar to Louise Fletcher), but one of the greatest performances by an actress ever.
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I've always thought that Adele H was a bit of a glaring omission from the Criterion catalogue. It's probably my favourite of Truffaut's later work, and the multiple versions of the film seemed like the perfect opportunity for a Criterion special edition ala Brazil or Arkadin. At least it's coming from Twilight Time tho (and it'd be great if one of the European boutique labels picked it up too).