DVD
Alias Betty
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Performers
Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner, Luck Mervil, Édouard Baer, Stéphane Freiss.
Publication Information
[United States] : Wellspring Media, c2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Betty is a best selling novelist who has invented her name to escape a troubled past made worse by her emotionally unstable and violent mother. When her young son is killed in an accident, Betty is so devastated that she barely notices when her deranged mother brings her a "replacement", a boy she kidnapped off the street. At first, Betty is cold towards him, but soon she decides she wants to keep her new "son" and becomes an unwilling accomplice in a criminal act. The plot thickens with the entrance of the boy's sexually promiscuous mother and her unsavory circle of friends. As the story builds to its dramatic climax, all of these worlds collide with an unpredictable yet life-affirming force.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Videodisc release of the 2001 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Based on the novel The tree of hands by Ruth Rendell.
Not rated.
French dialogue with English subtitles.
Special features include: Making-of featurette ; theatrical trailer ; French film trailer gallery ; filmographies ; weblinks ; subtitle control.
Presented in a widescreen format which preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio ; enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs.