is not a comfortable film. It is a howl into the wind. It celebrates the messy, destructive, beautiful insanity of falling in love with the wrong person. Jean-Jacques Beineix (who passed away in 2022) left behind a legacy of style, but Betty was his heart.

The film is a masterclass in visual storytelling. Colors are used to evoke mood, transitioning from the warm yellows of the beach to deep, suffocating blues as tragedy takes over.

Béatrice Dalle makes one of the most explosive feature debuts in cinema history. She is magnetic, volcanic, and utterly fearless.

In an era of sanitized, algorithm-driven streaming content, is a shock to the system. It is a film that takes risks that no studio would allow today.