Recommended reading - Betty Blue

 

Betty Blue

by Philippe Djian.
 
French title: French: 37°2 le matin (37.2°C in the Morning).
Published by Little, Brown Book Group.
First published 1985.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0349101108
ISBN-13: 978-0349101101
 
Description:
 
This is a full-fledged lovers' tragedy between a drifter-turned-writer and the fatally flawed Betty, his muse and obsessive promoter.
 

On this day in movie history - Betty Blue (1986)

Betty Blue

directed and written by Jean-Jacques Beineix,

based on the novel by Philippe Djian,

was released in the United States on November 7, 1986.

Music by Gabriel Yared.

Cast:

Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo de Haviland, Jacques Mathou, Clémentine Célarié, Vincent Lindon, Louis Bellanti, Philippe Laudenbach, Claude Aufaure, Dominique Besnehard, Raoul Billerey, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Dominique Pinon.