Alias Betty

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Alias Betty
Betty Fisher et autres histoires poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Claude Miller
Screenplay byClaude Miller
Based on The Tree of Hands
by Ruth Rendell
Produced byYves Marmion
Starring Sandrine Kiberlain
Nicole Garcia
Mathilde Seigner
CinematographyChristophe Pollock
Edited byVéronique Lange
Music byFrançois Dompierre
Production
companies
Canal+
France 2 Cinéma
Go Films
Les Films de la Boissière
Distributed by UGC Fox Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 1 September 2001 (2001-09-01)(Montreal)
  • 24 October 2001 (2001-10-24)(France)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesFrance
Canada
LanguageFrench
Budget$9 million [1]
Box office$468.000 [2]

Alias Betty (French : Betty Fisher et autres histoires) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Claude Miller.

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The film won several international film festival awards. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 92% based on 51 reviews. [3]

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References

  1. "Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001)". JPBox-Office.
  2. "Alias Betty". Box Office Mojo .
  3. "Alias Betty (Betty Fisher and Other Stories)(Betty Fisher et autres histoires) (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes .