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User Rating:
5.1/10   34 votes
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Director:
Ian Pringle
Writer:
Stephen Sewell (writer)
Release Date:
21 November 1991 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Story of a young woman journalist who becomes enmeshed in the politics of the annexation of Morrocco from Algeria at the turn of the twentieth century... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
Interesting, if slightly too dark more (4 total)

Cast

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Mathilda May ... Isabelle Eberhardt

Tchéky Karyo ... Slimene

Peter O'Toole ... Maj. Lyautey
Richard Moir ... Lt. Comte
Arthur Dignam ... Cauvet
Ben Smaïl ... Hussein
Foued Nassah ... Lachmi
Wolf Harnisch ... Trophimowsky
René Schönenberger ... Fridel
David Pledger ... Augustin
Clément Harari ... Joue
Françoise Brion ... Mme De Mores
Lyèce Boukhitine ... Sayed
Mouss ... Nefez
Olivier Pajot ... De Susbielle
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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
Australia | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Algiers, Algeria more
Company:
Les Films Aramis more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Interesting, if slightly too dark, 28 October 2001
6/10
Author: leask81 from adelaide, australia

One of Australian cinema's forays into the European market through the French, known for their particular style of filmmaking that is often period-based and focusses on character relationships more than anything. ISABELLE EBERHARDT is certainly not a failure, and does not deserve the rating of 4.5/10 as shown on the page - unfortunately with rating sites such as these, the less a film appeals to the status quo, the lower its rating will be. Having said that, the film is not a roaring success either. While the performances are quite passable, the script is a little murky (though perhaps it was intended that way - the story is certainly easy enough to follow), but the main problem with the film - aside from its constant darkness (did someone forget to turn on the lights in some scenes, or was that just the quality of print I saw??) - was the unclear development of the characters, particularly the central one, Isabelle. For me - and perhaps I wasn't paying close enough attention - Isabelle went from naive journalist to floundering self-doubter in just over a minute... All in all, though, a well-made introduction to a period and place that has been seldom portrayed in conventional western cinema, and congratulations to the Australian and French film industries for attempting such a project. Rating: 6/10

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