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1999 Madeleine

1999 Madeleine is the first step in an ambitious project by the French filmmaker Laurent Bouhnik to make one film per year between 1999-2009, recounting the turn of the century in an interweaving narrative pattern. Episode one is about Madeline, a lonely woman obsessed by religion and cleanliness. Her solitary existence leads her to place an advertisement for a man willing to share his life with a 'single, working 35-year-old.' She is a woman of our times who is caught between the paradoxes of modern life and individual needs for communication. The world offers her opportunities to satisfy material needs but, unfortunately, this is to the detriment of her spiritual needs.

Top Cast

  • Véra Briole

    Véra Briole

    Madeleine

  • Manuel Blanc

    Manuel Blanc

    Gabriel

  • Anouk Aimée

    Anouk Aimée

    Eve, Madeleine's mother

  • Jean-François Gallotte

    Jean-François Gallotte

    Mr. Paul

  • Jean-Michel Fête

    Jean-Michel Fête

    Mathieu

  • Aurélia Petit

    Aurélia Petit

    Marie

  • Samuel Jouy

    Samuel Jouy

    Jacques

  • Serge Blumenthal

    Serge Blumenthal

    Thomas

  • Caroline Victoria

    Caroline Victoria

Overview

1999 Madeleine is the first step in an ambitious project by the French filmmaker Laurent Bouhnik to make one film per year between 1999-2009, recounting the turn of the century in an interweaving narrative pattern. Episode one is about Madeline, a lonely woman obsessed by religion and cleanliness. Her solitary existence leads her to place an advertisement for a man willing to share his life with a 'single, working 35-year-old.' She is a woman of our times who is caught between the paradoxes of modern life and individual needs for communication. The world offers her opportunities to satisfy material needs but, unfortunately, this is to the detriment of her spiritual needs.

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