The Brontë Sisters

1979 [FRENCH]

Action / Biography / Drama / History

4
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1306 1.3K

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Director

André Téchiné Photo
André Téchiné

Top cast

Isabelle Adjani Photo
Isabelle Adjani as Emily Brontë
Peter Martin Photo
Peter Martin as
Marie-France Pisier Photo
Marie-France Pisier as Charlotte Brontë
Isabelle Huppert Photo
Isabelle Huppert as Anne Brontë
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1.08 GB
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French 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 0 min
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2 GB
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French 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 0 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gridoon2025 5 / 10

Elegant but disappointing

"Les Soeurs Brontë" is an undeniably handsome production, but also a bleak and shallow film. For at least half its length, it could be re-titled "Branwell & Co.", because he is the main character. But even when the sisters have the film to themselves, Andre Techine and his co-screenwriters have chosen to focus too much on their misery and not enough on their artistic / creative impulses and processes. If you bypass the obvious language discrepancy (at one point, one of the sisters says "we know a little French" - the entire film is in French, of course), the three female leads are well-cast, especially as sisters: Marie-France Pisier (who later became a novelist herself) outshines her two more famous co-stars on this occasion. ** out of 4.
Reviewed by thalassafischer 7 / 10

Decent Biopic Though Not Excellent

The Bronte Sisters hilariously stars Isabelle Adjani who was a sensual beauty in her youth as Emily Bronte, the sister most likely to be honored as a historical figure having resting B - face. Have you seen a portrait of Emily? She looked permanently ANGRY, as if she were annoyed at being painted. By all accounts, she was a loner who had two friends her entire life outside the family, who preferred the company of animals and nature and she is repeatedly quoted in the film as having a deep disdain for the illusion of romantic love (anyone can confirm, who is educated enough to read Wuthering Heights as ABSOLUTELY NOT being a romance novel, but as Emily's complex book of horror comedy which mocks and derides youthful passion).And that's the least of this film's problems, as it focuses far too much on the bitterness and loss in the lives of both sisters and brother Bronte. But it is a lovely film to look at, and has biographical merit in its substance, at least.
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