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The Story of Adele H.

L'Histoire d'Adèle H.

1975

In the 19th century, the daughter of Victor Hugo crosses the ocean in pursuit of a British officer she loves, her devotion hardening into all-consuming obsession as she trails him to the Caribbean. Truffaut's haunting drama of a mind undone by unrequited love.

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François Truffaut’s acclaimed French feature places Adèle Hugo’s obsessive pursuit and isolation in colonial Barbados, making the island a sustained historical setting.

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