Roselyne and the Lions
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| director = Jean-Jacques Beineix
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- Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Jacques Forgeas
- Thierry Le Portier
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| cinematography = Jean-François Robin
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| music = Reinhardt Wagner
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| distributor = Gaumont Distribution
| released = {{Film date|1989|04|12|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
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Roselyne and the Lions (also known as Roselyne et les lions){{Cite web |url=https://www.cineaste.com/spring2010/the-jeanjacques-beineix-collection-web-exclusive |title=The Jean-Jacques Beineix Collection (Web Exclusive) |website=Cinéaste |first=Royal S. |last=Brown |date=2010 |access-date=18 February 2025}} is a 1989 French film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, starring Isabelle Pasco and Gérard Sandoz.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/roselyne-and-the-lions |title=Roselyne and the Lions |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=18 February 2025}} It tells the story of a couple of circus workers.{{Cite web |url=https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/roselyne-and-the-lions/ |title=Roselyne and the Lions |website=Chicago Reader |date=26 October 1985 |access-date=18 February 2025}}
Plot
Thierry does odd jobs in a zoo in Marseille in exchange for lessons from Frazier the lion trainer. He meets Roselyne and they leave together to find work. They are taken on by a circus in Munich and achieve success as lion trainers when the trainer Klint loses his nerve.
Cast
- Isabelle Pasco as Roselyne
- Gérard Sandoz as Thierry
- Gabriel Monnet as Frazier
- Philippe Clévenot as Bracquard
- Günter Meisner as Klint
- Wolf Harnisch as Koenig
- Jacques Le Carpentier as Markovitch
- Carlos Pavlidis as Petit Prince
- Jacques Mathou as Armani
- Dumitru Furdui as Stainer
- Jaroslav Vízner as Gunter
- Patrice Abbou as Ben Jemoul 2
- Silvio Bolino as Touron
- François Boum as Ben Jemoul 1
- Guillaume Briat as Matou
Release
Reception
Phil Powrie of British Film Institute commented that the film "tried to recapture what made Betty Blue so successful, with two young circus lion tamers in another doomed romance." He added, "Its shiny images seem now almost a parody of the cinéma du look, although the style echoes that of one of Beineix's mentors, Stanley Kubrick."{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/jean-jacques-beineix-director-diva-betty-blue-1946-2022 |title=Jean-Jacques Beineix, director of Diva and Betty Blue, 1946 to 2022 |website=British Film Institute |first=Phil |last=Powrie |date=19 January 2022 |access-date=18 February 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0098226|Roselyne et les lions}}
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Category:French romantic comedy-drama films
Category:1980s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix
Category:Films set in Marseille
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