Bruges, Still Life ( Brugge, die stille ) ( Bruges, la morte )

Bruges, Still Life (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Brugge, die stille
Alternate Title: Bruges, la morte
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Roland Verhavert

Written By:
Roland Verhavert
Théodore Louis

Actors:
Idwig Stephane ..... Hugues Viane
Magda Lesage ..... Blanche Viane/Jeanne Marchal (as Eve Lyne)
Chris Boni ..... Rosalie, de huishoudster
Herbert Flack ..... Biechtvader
Caroline Vlerick ..... Bloemenmeisje
Filip Vervoort ..... Danser
Cécile Fondu ..... Danseres

Synopsis:

Hugues (Idwig Stephane) is so overcome by the death of his wife Blanche (Eve Lyne) that he creates a shrine to her memory made up of photographs, some jewelry, and odds and ends that she possessed, as well as a braid of her hair. When Hugues sees Jeanne (Eve Lyne again), a ballet dancer, he is struck by her resemblance to his dead wife and he becomes obsessed with her, like he is with all the other objects he enshrined to his former wife. Jeanne develops feelings of sympathy and affection for Hugues, but is constantly put off by his rejection. Finally, she desecrates the objects that Hugues has so carefully assembled, and that is when his true nature shatters the mask that he has worn until that moment.

Bruges is nowadays known as an attractive, warm city that millions of people come to visit every year while in the movie it looks dismal and deserted. The short novel from which the movie was adapted tells the story of a widower obsessed by the image of the beloved bride he recently lost. He happens to encounter a young girl who looks exactly like the deceased and falls in love with her or at least fancies he does. This might have been a touching love story with a resurrection à la Vertigo but it turns out to be the story of the chilling passion of a deranged mind.

Hugues cannot get over the untimely death of his wife Blanche, who made him happy for ten years. He lives alone in his house in Bruges, a city he would like to be dead like his wife. The sorrowful widower has transformed the place he lives in into a shrine dedicated to his beloved wife. One day, he meets Jeanne, a ballet dancer, who looks like Blanche.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 15 September, 2008.

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