37°2 le matin (1986)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.3/10   

Réalisateur:

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Writers:

Philippe Djian (novel)
Jean-Jacques Beineix (writer)

Release Date:

7 novembre 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Plot:

Zorg is a handyman working at in France, maintaining and looking after the bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Restaurant | Sexuality | Lovemaking | Cat

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Funny, sexy, romantic, off-beat and a personal favourite.

US Showtimes:

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Ensemble

Jean-Hugues Anglade	...	Zorg
Béatrice Dalle	...	Betty
Gérard Darmon	...	Eddy
Consuelo De Haviland	...	Lisa
Clémentine Célarié	...	Annie
Jacques Mathou	...	Bob
Vincent Lindon	...	Richard le jeune policier
Jean-Pierre Bisson	...	Le commissaire (complete version)
Dominique Pinon	...	Le dealer / Dope dealer (complete version)
Bernard Hug	...	(complete version)
Catherine D'At
Claude Aufaure	...	Le médecin
Louis Bellanti	...	Mario
Dominique Besnehard	...	Client pizzeria
Raoul Billerey	...	Le vieux policier
Nathalie Dalyan	...	Maria (as Nataly Dalian)
Nicolas Jalowyj	...	Le petit Nicolas
André Julien	...	Le vieux Georges
Daniel Millot
Marthe Moudiki-Moreau
Bernard Robin	...	Deuxième locataire
Claude Confortès	...	Propriétaire des bungalows
Philippe Laudenbach	...	L'éditeur, Le gynéco
Leonie Berthuit	...	La morte
Frédéric Caratini	...	Archie
Raymond Julien	...	Le vieux type décès
Jacky Galibert	...	L'infirmier musclé
Fabien Béhar	...	(complete version)
Simon de La Brosse	...	(complete version)
Franck-Olivier Bonnet	...	(complete version)
Eugène Berthier	...	(complete version)
Christine Datnowsky	...	(complete version)
Claude Duneton	...	(complete version) (as Claude Dureton)
Jessica Forde	...	(complete version)
Rabah Loucif	...	(complete version)
Bernadette Palas	...	(complete version)
Laurence Renn	...	(complete version)
Stéphane Verbiest	...	(complete version)

Réalisé par
Jean-Jacques Beineix

Scénaristes
Philippe Djian		(novel)
Jean-Jacques Beineix		(writer)

Produit par
Jean-Jacques Beineix	....	producer
Claudie Ossard	....	producer

Musique originale
Gabriel Yared

Image
Jean-François Robin

Montage
Marie-Aimée Debril		(extended version)
Monique Prim
Pablo Ferro		(uncredited)

Distribution des rôles
Dominique Besnehard

Création des décors
Carlos Conti

Décorateur de plateau
Jacques Leguillon

Création des costumes
Elisabeth Tavernier

Maquillage
Judith Gayo	....	hair designer
Judith Gayo	....	key makeup artist

Directeur de production
Jérôme Chalou	....	production manager (complete version)
Volker Lemke	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Martine Bernath	....	trainee assistant director
Jean-François Chaintron	....	first assistant director
Laurent Duquesnoy	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jean-Jacques Aissa	....	carpenter (as Jacques Aissa)
Jean-Jacques Aissa	....	painter (as Jacques Aissa)
Antoine Berthet	....	carpenter
Antoine Berthet	....	painter
Guy Chouard	....	carpenter
Guy Chouard	....	painter
Renaud Colas	....	property master
Régis Des Plas	....	first assistant decorator
Kim Doan	....	construction coordinator
Milan Filip	....	carpenter
Milan Filip	....	painter
Antonio Grassi	....	carpenter
Antonio Grassi	....	painter
Jean-François Leuret	....	carpenter
Jean-François Leuret	....	painter
Christophe Lomax	....	carpenter
Christophe Lomax	....	painter
Daniel Mauvignier	....	chief painter
Louis Morand	....	carpenter
Louis Morand	....	painter
Yves Moreno	....	carpenter
Yves Moreno	....	painter
Denis Moutereau	....	carpenter
Denis Moutereau	....	painter
Jacques Quinternet	....	set dresser

Technicien du son
Anne-Marie Aulnay	....	post-synchronisation assistant
Michel Barlier	....	post-synchronisation sound engineer
Pierre Befve	....	sound
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Julien Cloquet	....	sound engineer
Martine Cuisinier	....	assistant sound editor
Christine Dewavrin	....	sound editor
Jean Duguet	....	foley engineer
Patrick Egreteau	....	foley assistant
Pierre Excoffier	....	sound assistant (as Pierre Excoffier)
Dominique Hennequin	....	sound
Jean-Louis Lebras	....	post-synchronisation boom operator
Jean-Pierre Lelong	....	foley artist
Mariette Lévy-Novion	....	sound editor (as Mariette Levy-Novion)
Mario Melchiorri	....	foley assistant
Claude Plouganou	....	post-synchronisation engineer

Effets spéciaux
Christian Bourqui	....	rain
Jean-François Cousson	....	rain
Philippe Ferrer	....	special effects: fire
Pierre Foury	....	special effects: fire

Cascadeur
Chantal Adment	....	car stunt
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunts
Yves Gabrielli	....	car stunt
Alain Guerillot	....	car stunt
Philippe Vittoriani	....	fall stunt

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Atanassian	....	gaffer
Michel Atanassian	....	electrician
Guy Canu	....	key grip
Ariane Damain	....	first assistant camera
Bruno Delbonnel	....	second assistant camera (as Bruno Delbonnel)
Bernard Estève	....	electrician
Dominique Fourny	....	grip
Patrick Gasché	....	electrician (as Patrick Gashe)
Marianne Rosenstiehl	....	set photographer

Casting Department
Hervé Austen	....	casting assistant
Huguette Mathieu	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charlotte David	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Dimitra Arapoglou	....	editor trainee
Sophie Bastien-Groult	....	editor trainee (as Sophie Bastien Groult)
Catherine-Alice Deiller	....	first assistant editor (as Catherine Alice Deiller)
Alain Minot	....	assistant editor: second unit
Yves Deschamps	....	editor: second unit (uncredited)

Music Department
Patrick Bourgoin	....	musician: saxophones
Bruno Creange	....	music producer
Nicolas Jalowyj	....	musician: piano solo
Etienne Mialet	....	musician: saxophones
Jean-Jacques Milteau	....	musician: harmonica
Slim Pezin	....	musician: guitars
Georges Rodi	....	music supervisor
Gilbert Roussel	....	musician: Accordéon
Patrice Tison	....	musician: guitars
Gabriel Yared	....	conductor
Gabriel Yared	....	musician: Claviers

Divers
Lise Bèraha	....	trainee manager
Thierry Canu	....	crane machinist
Jean-Pierre Chamayou	....	outdoor manager
Denis Courtot	....	trainee manager
Francis Gal	....	trainee manager
Henri Gilles	....	production administrator
Jonathan Gontar	....	screenplay translator
Catherine Hommet	....	production secretary
Sylvie Koechlin	....	script girl
Gabrielle Mairesse	....	unit publicist
Gérard Marcireau	....	outdoor manager
Catherine Mazières	....	general manager
Romain Pache	....	trainee manager
Serge Paolotti	....	trainee manager
Catherine Pierrat	....	assistant manager
Christian Thurot	....	groupman
Julia Wagner	....	financial consultant

Production Companies

• Gaumont (present)
• Cargo Films

Distributors

• Gaumont (1986) (France) (theatrical)
• M6 Vidéo (2006) (France) (DVD) (special edition)
• Alive Films (1986) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• 20th Century Fox (1988) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1992) (UK) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• CBS/Fox Video (1987) (Belgium) (video)
• CBS/Fox (Greece) (VHS)
• Cinema Libre Studio (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Fox Video (USA) (VHS)
• KinoVista (2009) (Russia) (all media)
• Spentzos Films (Greece) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Éditions Bernard Barrault  book publisher
• Édtions Be-Bop  music edition
• A.D.S.R.  music recording studio
• Virgin France  soundtrack

Autre(s) titre(s):

Betty Blue (UK) (USA)
37.2 Degrees in the Morning (International: English title) (literal title)
37.2 le matin (France) (alternative spelling)

Durée:

120 min | France:185 min (director's cut)

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Belgium:KNT (original rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Chile:14 (DVD rating) | Chile:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2005) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:16 | Peru:18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Iceland:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Gruissan, Aude, France

Company:

Gaumont

Anecdotes:

Cameo: [Frédéric Andréi]When in Paris, Betty briefly goes to the rail tracks and Jules, the postman played by Frédéric Andréi in Diva, also directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, can be seen walking past her.

Goofs:

Continuity: After 30 minutes Betty throws Zorg's boss from the porch. She wears only a shirt, her bottom part is clearly nude. She goes inside and starts throwing things out of the window. Then she wears a slip

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Peep Show: Sectioning (#3.2)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Fantasy in F minor (piano sonata for four hands) op. 103 D 940

Funny, sexy, romantic, off-beat and a personal favourite.

A happy-go-lucky odd job man (Jean-Hugues Anglade as Zorg) falls in to a relationship with a slightly unhinged -- but very sexy/sexual -- French teenager named Betty (Béatrice Dalle in her debut role.)

There are very few films that are totally different from anything you have seen before. While sexually explicit -- it is far from objectionable because the two parties are in love and passionate about one another.

Betty Blue/37°2 le matin doesn't really fall in to any one category -- going from farce to tragedy, stopping off at oddball. The two leads are amazing in their chemistry -- they really do look and act like they are in love. Also what an amazing debut by the Dalle, although her later life has shown that she has plenty of the Betty Blue in her for real.

(Was this script written with her in mind? -- my search for the truth goes on.)

Starting the film with a sex scene sets the film off on the totally the wrong foot. While the film is about sex -- and at times sexual repression -- there are times when it looks like it was set in a nudist camp. Even Jean-Hugues Anglade strolls around with it all on show -- thankfully he looks like he has kept up his gym membership.

The scene in which Betty throws the whole of the fixtures and fittings of the beach apartment out of the window was stolen by a famous car advert (in the UK) and it really is a stretch of the imagination in that Zorg doesn't respond to it. He just paints on and lets her get on with it -- like he doesn't care.

(I think we all know how we would react in a similar situation and it wouldn't be like Zorg!)

This has great cinematography with every scene framed to perfection. The dour insides of the French household and the generally dirty oven and sink (usually with two weeks worth of dishes in them.) Very true if you know that part of the world!

The repeating, irregular, piano theme tune is what cinema is about -- when in the hands of people that know how to marry both mediums. Images and music fitting together to form a perfect marriage. Fantastic and moving.

The famous Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gives this low marks -- citing too much flesh being on display (among other faults) -- and this is sad given that he gave Kill Bill Part One top marks. A woman making love to a man she is in passionately in love with is tasteless -- a homicidal woman slicing the arms of a whole room of gangsters is OK?

Roger -- I respect you a great deal, but you are as wrong as Leslie Halliwell (author of the world's most famous film guide book) when he gave Close Encounters no stars at all.

You should come over here (Europe) a bit more. Walk about the beaches of France and Spain and look at the amount of flesh on display and the way people show affection for one another without glancing 'round to see who is looking. True it has one or two sex scenes too many -- as I hinted before -- but it is sex that means something and is about something.

Betty Blue is one of my top 200 films of all time and while it has its limits and its faults (it does sag a little in middle) it remains a powerful piece of work about living with crazy people and how easily good times can slip in to bad. I think if the sex was toned down and there was a bit more of the comedy/romance in the centre than this could easily be part of the IMDb top 200. Not that this really matters all that much.

A product that only the French could make and one gets under your skin and stays there.

This review is a reference to the original cinema cut.