La Belle Histoire

La Belle Histoire
La Belle Histoire
	Original French theatrical poster
Directed by	Claude Lelouch
Written by	Claude Lelouch (scenario, dialogue); Maryline Dupoux (additional dialogue)
Starring	Gérard Lanvin; Béatrice Dalle; Vincent Lindon; Isabelle Nanty; Patrick Chesnais; Anémone; Marie-Sophie L.; Gérard Darmon; Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Cinematography	Jean-Yves Le Mener
Edited by	Hélène de Luze
Music by	Francis Lai; Philippe Servain
Distributed by	AFMD/Les Films 13
Release date	18 March 1992 (France);
Running time	210 min.
Language	French
Box office	$4.3 million

La Belle Histoire (1992) is a French film directed by Claude Lelouch, featuring Gérard Lanvin and Béatrice Dalle.

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A film with an emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past.^[2] These stories are juxtaposed.

Gérard Lanvin : Jésus-Christ
Béatrice Dalle : Odona
Vincent Lindon : Simon Choulel
Marie-Sophie L. : Marie
Patrick Chesnais : Pierre Lhermitte
Anémone : Madame Desjardins
Isabelle Nanty : Isabelle
Jean Benguigui : Doga
Paul Préboist : The knit teacher
Élie Chouraqui : Pierre's associate
Amina Annabi : Jesus's sister
François Perrot : Marie's uncle
Jean-Michel Dupuis : Professor
Gérard Darmon : The biker
Amidou : The shepherd
Pierre Vernier : The director
Jean-Claude Dreyfus : The inspector
Jacques Gamblin : The young cop
Patrick Edlinger : Himself
Patrice Laffont : Himself
Marie Sara : Herself
Hubert Reeves : Himself
Laurent Weil : Himself^{[citation needed]}

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Prior to the film's release, in February 1992 a 70 mm copy of the film was projected onto a 300 m wide screen mounted on the Palais des Congrès in Paris.^[2]^[3]