Belle—Andre [unclear: Delvau]

Belgium/France

Another intriguing [gap — ]ction from the director of [unclear: Rendevous at[gap — reason: illegible]ay]. Mathieu Gregare is a writer in [unclear: a] German town surrounded by [unclear: marshl] While the tensions at home [unclear: become] increasingly frustrating he finds [unclear: re[gap — reason: illegible] th]regular visits to a beautiful [unclear: young] woman in an isolated house on the [gap — reason: illegible]. Unfortunately she turns out to be [unclear: having an] affair with another man. An [unclear: intri] tragedy follows.

Mathieu gets a large amount of money for himself and Bella [gap — reason: illegible]e the district.

Belle kills the other [unclear: m[gap — reason: illegible]ney]throw him into a water hole. [unclear: Mathieu] confesses to the police but they [unclear: fir [gap — reason: illegible]]ead dog which Belle shot earlier in [unclear: th] and they accept that Mathieu was [unclear: cont] Belle disappears with the money, and [unclear: Mathieu] goes back searching for the right[gap — reason: illegible]hole . He sees a hand under the ice on [gap — reason: illegible]ond and confirms his belief [unclear: that] she really had killed the young man.

This is a film in [unclear: whi][gap — reason: illegible]antasy and reality merge. The [unclear: view] not expected to know one from the [unclear: ot][gap — reason: illegible] Belle is the personification of an [unclear: i] [gap — reason: illegible] the mind of Mathieu Gregoine". [unclear: S.][gap — reason: illegible] how much of the film is fantasy is [unclear: not clear.] This film is an excellent addition [unclear: Rendevous] at Bray and I would [unclear: rate] seconf behind Images at this festival.