Trusting Beatrice

Trusting Beatrice is a 1993 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Cindy Lou Johnson and starring Irène Jacob.

Trusting Beatrice
Directed by	Cindy Lou Johnson
Written by	Cindy Lou Johnson
Produced by	Mark Evan Jacobs Cindy Lou Johnson
Starring	Irène Jacob
Cinematography	Bernd Heinl
Edited by	Camilla Toniolo
Music by	Stanley Myers
Production company	J. J. Films
Distributed by	Castle Hill Productions
Release date	January 29, 1993 (1993-01-29) (Los Angeles)
Running time	86 minutes[1][2]
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Irène Jacob as Beatrice de Lucio
• Mark Evan Jacobs as Claude Dewey
• Charlotte Moore as Mrs. Dewey
• Leonardo Cimino as Daddy V.J.
• Pat McNamara as Mr. Dewey
• Steve Buscemi as Danny

Production

According to Jacob, the film was shot in five weeks.^[3] The fact that her English was “shaky” at the time helped Jacob earn the role of Beatrice.^[4]

Release

The film was released in Los Angeles on January 29, 1993.^[4] There, it earned $3,349 on its opening weekend.^[5] The film then had its New York premiere at the Quad Cinema on February 12, 1993.^[1]

Reception

Vincent Canby of The New York Times gave the film a negative review, calling it "the sort of failed comedy that becomes increasingly difficult to watch as it proceeds."^[1]

Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "means to soar and sing, but it’s blocky, awkward, forced."^[2]

The Chicago Tribune also gave the film a negative review: "Johnson, in her first feature film, has turned out a wan romantic comedy whose screenplay is its downfall, a concoction containing more holes than laughs, more cliches than creativity."^[6]