The Lacemaker

The Lacemaker French La Dentellire is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert and Yves Beneyton. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellire by Pascal Lain.

Befriended by the shy student Franois, the two become lovers and Batrice moves into his room in Paris. Though he introduces her to his welloff parents and his intellectual friends, she is unable to mix in their worlds. Her deep reserve begins to annoy him and they split up. Losing interest in life, she ends up in a mental hospital.Full of remorse, Franois visits her but she wants nothing she has found a quiet place that suits her inwardness. In her silent anonymity, she is like the unknown girls in paintings such as the Lacemaker. ........

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