Isabelle

Isabelle (2011)

Isabelle is a famous and beloved actress from the Netherlands, who disappears when on Holiday in Belgium. She has been kidnapped by bartender Jeanne Bitor, an artist with a disfigured face. Jeanne is very bitter about her 'ugly' appearance, and she is obsessed with the process of dying and deterioration of animals and humans. Therefore, she abducts Isabelle and starves her to death, while painting her in different phases of the process.

Date of release
2011-09-22
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Director
Ben Sombogaart

Casting

Interesting facts

Isabelle is a 2011 Dutch psychological thriller film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written for the screen by Marieke van der Pol based on the novel of the same name by Tessa de Loo. It stars Halina Reijn as the beautiful actress Isabelle that is kidnapped by the jealous disfigured artist Jeanne, played by Tineke Caels. It also stars Wim Opbrouck, Barbara Sarafian, Michel Van Dousselaere and Monique van de Ven.

Production

This is the second adaptation of a Tessa de Loo novel Sombogaart has directed following the 2002 Twin Sisters. He reunited with screenwriter Marieke van der Pol for the project. For the role as the kidnapped and held captive Isabelle, Reijn lost nine kilos (18lbs) by sticking to strict diet for nine weeks. During the nude filming, she struggled with keeping herself warm and described the overall experience as intense.

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