The Beautiful Story
La Belle Histoire
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
A film with 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. These stories are juxtaposed.
1992-03-18
fr
Cast
Director
Claude Lelouch
Gérard Lanvin as Jésus-Christ / Jésus le gitan
Béatrice Dalle as Odona
Vincent Lindon as Simon Choulel
Marie-Sophie L. as Marie
Patrick Chesnais as Pierre Lhermitte
Jacques Gamblin as Le jeune policier
Paul Préboist as Le professeur tricot
Amidou as Le berger
Konstantin Aleksandrov as Kraki
Amina Annabi as La soeur de Jésus
Gérard Darmon as Le motard
Anémone as Mme Desjardins
Patrice Laffont as Self
Catherine Lachens as La chasseuse de tête
Jean-Claude Dreyfus as L'inspecteur du grand magasin
Patrick Edlinger as Self
Jean Benguigui as Doga
Charles Gérard as Didier Louis
Élie Chouraqui as Associé de Pierre
Denis Charvet
Jean-Michel Dupuis as Le professeur
Hubert Reeves as Self
Olivier Hémon
Eric Hémon as Éric Dodd
François Perrot as L'oncle de Marie
Sophie Artur
Eric Métayer
Marie Sara as Self
Christine Paolini
Eloïse Labro
Joëlle Miquel
Aurélie Vérillon as Ecolière
Laurent Weil
Jean-Pierre Beauviala
Arlette Emmery as La vendeuse de robes de mariée (uncredited)