Retour à la bien-aimée (Return to the Beloved) 1979 Ages 15+
Production still from Return to the Beloved 1979 / Director: Jean-François Adam / Image courtesy: Sidonis Productions / View full image
When
1.00 pm, Sun 15 Mar 2026 (98 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A
Accessibility
- Subtitled
- Wheelchair Accessible
Admission
Free
About
Return to the Beloved is an icily austere crime thriller about concert pianist Julien (Jacques Dutronc) who plots a meticulous murder to win back his ex-wife Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert) — by framing her new husband Stephan (Bruno Ganz) for the crime. Collaboratively written by Jean-François Adam, Jean-Claude Carrière, Benoît Jacquot, and Georges Perec, the unsettling gothic plot, set in a vast country house, is a Chabrol-like exercise in melancholy mystery.
Ages 15+
Production Credits
- Director: Jean-François Adam
- Script: Jean-François Adam, Jean-Claude Carrière, Benoît Jacquot, Georges Perec
- Cinematographer: Pierre Lhomme
- Editors: Agnès Lhomme, Danielle Fillios
- Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Bruno Ganz
- Print Source: Sidonis Productions
- Rights: Sidonis Productions
- Year: 1979
- Runtime: 98 minutes
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 4K DCP