Bluebeard

Synopsis

In the 1950s, Bluebeard was the favourite tale of good little girls, one of whom is Catherine, who loves to frighten her older sister Marie-Anne by reading this fairy tale to her until she starts to cry. Catherine also puts herself in the fairy tale by becoming Princess Marie-Catherine, Bluebeard’s last wife, the one who escapes the fate of all those he hanged before her because she is the virgin princess that the ogre cannot make up his mind to kill. This hesitation will doom him, and allow the virgin to get the head of the giant. Director Catherine Breillat offers here a feminist retelling of Perrault’s fairy tale.

Language

French (Standard)

Country

France

Year of production

2011

Notes

With English subtitles.

Subjects

French studies; Literature; Women’s studies

Keywords

femininity; feminism; film adaptations; Bluebeard (fairy tale)

Credits

Director

Catherine Breillat

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£16.49

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

80 minutes

Year

2019

Distributor

Name

New Wave Films

Email

info@newwavefilms.co.uk

Web

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Phone

020 3178 7096

Fax

020 3008 6171

Address

10 Margaret Street
London
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