Synopsis
Betty Blue (37°2 le matin, 1986) is a landmark French drama directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix that you can watch online on iFILM, with Jean-Hugues Anglade and Béatrice Dalle turning in performances that defined the look and temperature of European cinema in the late 1980s.
Zorg is a handyman and unpublished novelist coasting through life at the edge of a French beach resort. Betty arrives and the coasting stops. She is loud, electric, and absolutely certain that Zorg's manuscripts belong in print — certain enough to go through publishers, then through their windows. The early scenes between them have a physical ease that makes what follows harder to watch: her episodes grow longer and come closer together, and Zorg stays because leaving is unthinkable and because he has no idea what else to do.
Beineix released a director's cut in 1991 that runs nearly three hours; both versions are considered essential. Dalle became a defining figure of French film on the strength of this single role. The film is not a love story that ends well — that's precisely why it endures. Stream Betty Blue (1986) online on iFILM.
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