The Story of Adele H

Truffaut’s tale of deranged romantic obsession centres on an extraordinarily intense performance by Isabelle Adjani. Centred on an extraordinary performance by Adjani as Adèle Hugo, daughter of world-famous writer Victor, who leaves Guernsey for Nova Scotia in pursuit of a womanising English soldier (Robinson) she insists loves her, this is a piercing study of obsession. The protagonist, ingeniously deceitful and self-deluding, believes herself a romantic heroine – the filmmakers know otherwise, but convey her predicament with tender compassion. - Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large, BFI Southbank