Hurlevent

Hurlevent
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Rivette
Written byPascal Bonitzer
Marilù Parolini
Suzanne Schiffman
Jacques Rivette
Based onWuthering Heights
1847 novel
by Emily Brontë
Produced byMartine Marignac
StarringFabienne Babe
Lucas Belvaux
Olivier Cruveiller
CinematographyRenato Berta
Edited byNicole Lubtchansky
Music byPilentze Pee
Angelika Trati Na
Polegnala E. Pschenitza
Distributed byAMLF
Release date
  • 9 October 1985 (1985-10-09)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Hurlevent ([yʁ.lə.vɑ̃], "Howling wind") is a 1985 French drama film directed and co-written by Jacques Rivette. It is an adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. Based on the first part of the novel, set in 1930s southern France, it starred three unknown actors: Fabienne Babe as Catherine, Lucas Belvaux as Roch (Heathcliff), and Olivier Cruveiller as Catherine's brother.[1]

Plot summary

Cast

  • Fabienne Babe [1] as Catherine
  • Lucas Belvaux as Roch
  • Sandra Montaigu as Hélène
  • Alice de Poncheville as Isabelle
  • Olivier Cruveiller as Guillaume
  • Philippe Morier-Genoud as Joseph
  • Olivier Torres as Olivier
  • Marie Jaoul as Madame Lindon
  • Louis de Menthon as Monsieur Lindon
  • Jacques Deleuze as Le médecin
  • Joseph Schilinger as Le garde-chasse

References

  1. ^ Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 895-902.