
Hadewijch(2009)
A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.


Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.

Vanessa Paradis
Marie

Gérard Depardieu
Jacques 'Lébovitch', Marie's father

Clotilde Courau
Solange, Marie's friend

Sekkou Sall
Ahmed, Marie's friend

Florence Thomassin
Elisa, Marie's mother

Werner Schreyer
DS driver

Michel Bouquet
Samuel

Philippe Léotard
Gitanes Smoker

Catherine Rouvel
Marina

Melvil Poupaud
Pharmacist's son
Elisa is a drama film released in 1995. Directed by Jean Becker, it stars Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau. Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.
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