Bluebeard [dvd] = Barbe bleue / Arte France présente une production Flach Film - CB Films, Arte France ; un film de Catherine Breillat ; un film produit par Jean-François Lepetit, Sylvette Frydman.
Dominique Thomas, Lola Creton, Daphné Baïwir, Marilou Lopes-Benites, Lola Giovannetti. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Based on the Charles Perrault's story entitled Barbe bleue. Special features: original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
Employs a double narrative, one revolving around two young sisters who are reading the tale of Bluebeard, and the other telling the story of young Marie-Catherine, child bride to Bluebeard, an aristocratic ogre with a reputation for murdering his wives. The Princess must employ all her cunning to outwit her husband and escape a potentially unpleasant fate.
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