Celine (Juliet Berto), a magician, and Julie (Dominique Labourier), a Librarian, meet in Montmartre and wind up sharing the same flat, bed, finance, clothes, identity and imagination. Soon, thanks to a magic sweet, they find themselves spectators, then participants, in a Henry James-inspired 'film-within-the-film' - a melodrama .. Read more
| Starring | Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier |
|---|---|
| Director | Jacques Rivette |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Celine (Juliet Berto), a magician, and Julie (Dominique Labourier), a Librarian, meet in Montmartre and wind up sharing the same flat, bed, finance, clothes, identity and imagination. Soon, thanks to a magic sweet, they find themselves spectators, then participants, in a Henry James-inspired 'film-within-the-film' - a melodrama unfolding in a mysterious suburban house with the 'Phantom Ladies Over Paris' (Bulle Ogier and Marie-France Pisier), a sinister man (Barbet Schroeder) and his child. The atmosphere, however, is more Lewis Carroll, with Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier as twin Alices. The four main actresses improvised their own dialogue in collaboration with Rivette and scriptwriter Eduardo de Gregorio.
| Starring | Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier |
|---|---|
| Director | Jacques Rivette |
| Studio | BFI VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 12 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1974 To Rent: DVD: 25 Sep 2006 |
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Favourite films are always the hardest to describe. There are the two pairs of actresses, Berto/Labourier and... read more on Time Out
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Not what I expected
Looking forward to a nice piece of French whimsy - but soon got tired of it's arty style and it simply didn't make me want to care about the two main ... read more »
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After 3 hours, this 'classic' gave me a sinking feeling...
A very French, very of its time 'classic' which blurs the distinction between a tale and its telling, between actors and their audience.
The ... read more »
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Favourite film
This is one of my favourite ever films. I have watched it several times since first seeing it at a cinema in the 1970s. It has so many layers, surprising ... read more »
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not for me!
This film is annoying and unsatisfactory - it is so complicated that one needs an in-depth explanation of plot, character and the aim of the director to get it... read more »
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