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Sleeping Beauty (The)

Country: France, Language: French, 82 mins

Original Title

La belle endormie
  • Director: Catherine Breillat
  • Writer: Catherine Breillat, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault
  • Producer: Sylvette Frydman, Jean-François Lepetit

CGiii Comment

The princess Anastasia is cursed by the witch Carabosse to die but three teenage fairies change it and the girl falls into a deep sleep for one hundred years to wake-up as a sixteen year-old teenager. Along her dream, Anastasia takes a ghost train and is adopted by a woman that lives in the woods with her son Peter that becomes her stepbrother. Soon Peter is seduced by the Snow Queen and leaves home with her. Anastasia seeks him out and travels through the kingdom of albino King and Queen that offer her a stagecoach to help her to travel. However Anastasia is attacked by gypsy bandits that kidnap her, but she befriends a gypsy girl that offers a magic animal to ride in her quest. Out of the blue, the sixteen year-old Anastasia is awaken by Peter's grandson Johan.


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Cast & Characters

Carla Besnaïnou ... Anastasia
Julia Artamonov ... Anastasia 16 ans
Kerian Mayan ... Peter (as Kérian Mayan)
David Chausse ... Johan
Luna Charpentier ... Petite brigande
Rhizlaine El Cohen ... Brigande adulte
Delia Bouglione-Romanès ... La chanteuse Tsigane
Diana Rudychenko ... Véroutchka
Maricha Lopoukhine ... Grand-mère
Jean-Philippe Tesse ... Le père (as Jean-Philippe Tessé)
Dounia Sichov ... Fée aînée
Leslie Lipkins ... Fée puînée
Camille Chalons ... Fée cadette
Romane Portail ... Reine des Neiges
Anne-Lise Kedvès ... Mère de Peter (as Anne-Lise Kedves)
Rosine Favey ... Vieille mégère
Dominique Hulin ... Géant
Paul Vernet ... Prince
Laurine David ... Princesse
Pierre Estorges ... Chef de gare
Marie Piton ... Mère de Johan
Mayssa Olabi ... Petite femme de chambre
Olga Abrego ... La finnoise
Moana Ferré ... La Destinée (as Moana Ferre)
Daniéle Nicolle ... Gouvernante