Roselyne and the Lions
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| Directed by | Jean-Jacques Beineix |
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| Cinematography | Jean-François Robin |
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| Music by | Reinhardt Wagner |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Roselyne and the Lions (also known as Roselyne et les lions)[1] is a 1989 French film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Isabelle Pasco and Gérard Sandoz.[2] It tells the story of a couple of circus workers.[3]
Plot
Thierry does odd jobs in a zoo in Marseille in exchange for lessons from Frazier the lion trainer. He meets Roselyne and they leave together to find work. They are taken on by a circus in Munich and achieve success as lion trainers when the trainer Klint loses his nerve.
Cast
- Isabelle Pasco as Roselyne
- Gérard Sandoz as Thierry
- Gabriel Monnet as Frazier
- Philippe Clévenot as Bracquard
- Günter Meisner as Klint
- Wolf Harnisch as Koenig
- Jacques Le Carpentier as Markovitch
- Carlos Pavlidis as Petit Prince
- Jacques Mathou as Armani
- Dumitru Furdui as Stainer
- Jaroslav Vízner as Gunter
- Patrice Abbou as Ben Jemoul 2
- Silvio Bolino as Touron
- François Boum as Ben Jemoul 1
- Guillaume Briat as Matou
Release
The film was screened at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival and the 1989 Tokyo International Film Festival.[4]
Reception
Phil Powrie of British Film Institute commented that the film "tried to recapture what made Betty Blue so successful, with two young circus lion tamers in another doomed romance."[5] He added, "Its shiny images seem now almost a parody of the cinéma du look, although the style echoes that of one of Beineix's mentors, Stanley Kubrick."[5]
References
- ^ Brown, Royal S. (2010). "The Jean-Jacques Beineix Collection (Web Exclusive)". Cinéaste. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "Roselyne and the Lions". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "Roselyne and the Lions". Chicago Reader. 26 October 1985. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "Roselyne and the Lions (1989)". Mubi. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ a b Powrie, Phil (19 January 2022). "Jean-Jacques Beineix, director of Diva and Betty Blue, 1946 to 2022". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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