L'Histoire d'Adèle Hugo (1975) with English Subtitles

 

The Story of Adele H. (French: L'Histoire d'Adèle H.) is a 1975 French historical drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, and Sylvia Marriott. Written by Truffaut, Jean Gruault, and Suzanne Schiffman, the film is about Adèle Hugo, the daughter of writer Victor Hugo, whose obsessive unrequited love for a military officer leads to her downfall. The story is filmed on location in Guernsey, Barbados, and Senegal. The Story of Adele H. won the National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award for Best Film, and the Cartagena Film Festival Special Critics Award.

Storyline
Halifax, 1863. A young woman, Miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, with whom she is madly in love. Actually, she is Adèle Hugo, the second daughter of the great French literary figure and statesman. The Lt Pinson does not answer to her love and makes her understand it is hopeless. But as her obsession grows she keeps chasing and harassing him. This film about passionate yet obsessive love and self-destruction is based upon the real diary of Adèle Hugo.

Cast:
Isabelle Adjani as Adèle Hugo
Bruce Robinson as Lt. Albert Pinson
Sylvia Mariott as Mrs Saunders
Joseph Blatchley as Mr. Whistler, bookseller
Ivry Gitlis as Hypnotist
Louise Bourdet as Victor Hugo's servant
Cecil de Sausmarez as Mr Lenoir, notary
Ruben Dorey as Mr Saunders
Clive Gillingham as Keaton
Roger Martin as Doctor Murdock
M. White as Colonel White
Madame Louise as Madame Baa
Sir Raymond Falla as Judge Johnstone
Jean-Pierre Leursse as Black penpusher
Carl Hathwell as Lt. Pinson's Batman (uncredited)
François Truffaut as Officer (uncredited)