Betty Blue

French writer and director Jean-Jacques Beineix bounced back with this tragic love story after his disastrous second film. A young handyman's relationship with a beautiful but unstable woman ends up in tragedy. Beineix scored with a potent love story between two people who complete each other despite their shortcomings. Newcomers Béatrice Dalle and Jean-Hugues Anglade brought freshness and charisma with their pitch-perfect performances that made them stars while making the film a cult classic in Europe. The haunting score by Gabriel Yared is a classic. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.