- Bilitis (film)
Infobox Film
name = Bilitis
director = David Hamilton
producer =Serge Laski Malcolm J. Thomson
writer =Robert Boussinot Catherine Breillat Jacques Nahum
starring =Patti D'Arbanville
music =Francis Lai
released =March 16 1977
runtime = 95 mins.
country =France
language = French
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website ="Bilitis" is a
1977 French romanticdrama film directed by photographer David Hamilton with film score by composerFrancis Lai . It starsPatti D'Arbanville andMona Kristensen as the title characters Bilitis and Melissa respectively.ynopsis
Although "Bilitis" can be best described as a coming of age film, the title character, Bilitis, ends up returning to school at the end of the film realizing she is not yet ready for adulthood.
tyle
The film is shot in the same
soft focus style that is common of David Hamilton's photography and his other films.Cast
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Patti D'Arbanville as Bilitis
*Mona Kristensen as Melissa
*Bernard Giraudeau as Lucas
*Mathieu Carrière as Mikias
*Gilles Kohler as Pierre
*Irka Bochenko as Prudence
*Jacqueline Fontaine as Head Mistress
*Marie-Thérèse Caumont as Sub-Principal
*Germaine Delbat as Principal
*Madeleine Damien as Nanny
*Camille Larivière as Susy
*Catherine Leprince as HelenExternal links
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