← Back to results
Betty Blue
37°2 le matin
1986 120 min France 16+
★7.5
Drama, Romance
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
🎭 Based on
«37˚2 le matin»
byPhilippe Djian
Trailers
EN
Teaser
Description
A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.
US Gross:
$2.02M
Worldwide:
$2M
Starring
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Actor
Béatrice Dalle
Actor
Gérard Darmon
Actor
Awards
César Awards 1987
— Best Poster
Academy Awards 1987
— Best International Feature Film
César Awards 1987
— Best Supporting Actress
César Awards 1987
— Best Actor
César Awards 1987
— Best Director
César Awards 1987
— Best Film Editing
BAFTA 1987
— Best International Feature Film
Golden Globe 1987
— Best International Feature Film
César Awards 1987
— Best Poster
César Awards 1987
— Best Picture
César Awards 1987
— Best Actress
César Awards 1987
— Best Supporting Actor
Key opinion
37°2 le matin is widely celebrated as a raw, atmospheric, and visually striking "cinema du look" masterpiece that captures an intense, volatile, and all-consuming romance. While critics and audiences alike are deeply moved by the lead performances and the film's unfiltered emotional core, reactions to its extreme length and the self-destructive nature of the central relationship remain divided.
| Acting | Beatrice Dalle and Jean-Hugues Anglade deliver electrifying, authentic performances that ground the film's volatile emotional arc. | |
| Production | Jean-Jacques Beineix creates an evocative, painterly visual world that feels both naturalistic and dreamlike. | |
| Emotion | The film uses raw eroticism and nudity as essential elements to portray the characters' primal bond and vulnerability rather than as mere provocation. | |
| Runtime | The nearly three-hour runtime is a point of contention; it is seen by supporters as necessary for the immersive, naturalistic flow of the story, while others find it exhausting or lacking in narrative cohesion. | |
| Ending | Viewers are split on the narrative's conclusion, with some finding it a poignant, inevitable end to a life of madness and others viewing it as implausible or frustratingly bleak. |