La belle histoire

Jun 19 1992 R 3h 30m
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.

Plot

Jesus is a French gypsy who might have become a bull fighter had he not been framed on a drug charge and sent to prison. Odona is a con artist pursued and protected by a Paris policeman. Marie, who knew Jesus as a girl, loses her job when she teaches reincarnation and lets her young students kiss honey bees. All experience love, all suffer losses, and all seek peace. Throughout, Jesus's colorful gypsy family provides dance and music, mystery and celebration. As part of the reincarnation theme, the main characters appear in flashbacks set during the time of Christ and the persecution of early Christians.

Written by

Claude Lelouch, Maryline Dupoux

Directed by

Claude Lelouch

Cast

Gérard Lanvin, Béatrice Dalle, Vincent Lindon

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

TF1 Films Production, Les Films 13

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
860
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA