Ophelia
- Synopsis
- Feature film. Yvan Lesurf, son of a wealthy businessman, broods over his father’s death and his mother’s hasty remarriage to his uncle, Adrien. Lucie loves him, despite the disapproval of her father, Andre. A showing of Olivier’s HAMLET at a local cinema suggests to Yvan that there are parallels between Hamlet and his own situation. He feigns madness, taunts his mother and plans ‘mousetrap’, a short film starring a barmaid, a gravedigger and his friend, Francois. The film is shown at a specially arranged event. Disconcerted by the plot of the film, Adrien makes a failed attempt to kill Yven and then poisons himself. As he lays dying he tells Yvan that neither he nor Yvan’s mother is guilty. Yvan distressed himself, is consoled by Lucie who reminds him that he is Yvan, not Hamlet.
- Language
- French (Standard)
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1962
- Duration
- 100 mins; 9000 feet
Credits
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
- Screenplay
- Claude Chabrol; Martial Matthieu
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Available on DVD with no English sub-titles from French retailers, with French subtitles for the hard of hearing. The 16mm print at the Folger Shakespeare Library has English subtitles.
- Reviews
- Newman, Karen, ‘Chabrol’s OPHELIA: Mirror for Hamlet’, Shakespeare on Film Newsletter 6.2 (March 1982, 1+).
Production Company
- Name
Boreal
Archive
- Name
Archives Francaises du Film du Centre National De La Cinematographie (CNC)
- AFF@cnc.fr
- Web
- http://www.cnc/fr External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +33-1 3014 8000
- Address
- 7bis Rue A, Turpault, F-78395
Bois D’Arcy
France
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Gaumont
- Web
- http://www.gaumont.fr/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- 30 avenue Charles de Gaulle
Neuilly-sur-Seine
92 200
France
Online Retailer
- Name
Amazon.fr
- Web
- http://www.amazon.fr External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Ophelia". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37040 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)