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Ophelia movie storyline. After the death of his father, the weirdo Yvan Lesurf believes his mother Claudia Lesurf and his uncle Adrien Lesurf have poisoned him since they got married to each other. Completely disturbed and insane, the cruel Yvan decides to make a film based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet to expose the wealthy Claudia and Adrien to their friends in their community. He also calls his sweetheart Lucie Ophélia in a tragedy foretold.
Ophélia is a 1963 French film directed by Claude Chabrol ahr starring Alida Valli, Claude Cerval, André Jocelyn, Juliette Mayniel, Robert Burnier, Jean-Louis Maury, Sacha Briquet, Liliane Dreyfus, Pierre Vernier, Dominique Zardi and Jean-Marie Arnoux. Its story mirrors that of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Ophelia (1963)
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Alida Valli, Claude Cerval, André Jocelyn, Juliette Mayniel, Robert Burnier, Jean-Louis Maury, Sacha Briquet, Liliane Dreyfus, Pierre Vernier, Dominique Zardi, Jean-Marie Arnoux
Screenplay by: Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff
Production Design by: Jean Lavie
Cinematography by: Jacques Rabier, Jean Rabier
Film Editing by: Jacques Gaillard
Music by: Pierre Jansen
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Sebricon Films (United Kingdom), New Line Cinema (United States)
Release Date: February 1963 (France), October 22, 1963 (Denmark)
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