Histoires De Marie Et Julien
2003
Julien is a loner who is blackmailing Madame X, an antiques trafficker. When he meets up with his ex-lover Marie, however, he may well find himself relying on the mysterious Madame to unlock her devastating secret... Read more
| Starring | Emmanuelle Beart, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Anne Brochet |
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| Director | Jacques Rivette |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Histoires De Marie Et Julien
Julien is a loner who is blackmailing Madame X, an antiques trafficker. When he meets up with his ex-lover Marie, however, he may well find himself relying on the mysterious Madame to unlock her devastating secret...
| Starring | Emmanuelle Beart, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Anne Brochet |
|---|---|
| Director | Jacques Rivette |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 28 Feb 2005 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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Jacques Rivette abandoned his Scenes from the Parallel Life project having only completed Duelle (1975) and Noroît (1976). The third instalment was to star Leslie Caron and Albert Finney, and here is reworked with Emmanuelle Béart and Jerzy Radziwilowicz in the lead roles. Owing as much to film noir and classic horror as it does to its predecessors, this chronicles the romance between clock-repairer Julien (Radziwilowicz) and the mysterious Marie (Béart). Marie's strange ethereality and Julien's relationship with a crooked antiques dealer (Anne Brochet) are intriguingly played out and brought to a surprising resolution. Intensely played and deftly directed, this is as formally and intellectually challenging as Rivette's best work.
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Like his old New Wave muckers Godard, Rohmer and Chabrol, Rivette remains an often formidable talent. His last ... read more on Time Out
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15 out of 19 people found this review helpful
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good if you can get into it
To get the most of this film i think it's best to know from the start that it concerns 'things supernatural'. You may then be able to loose yourself in its slow moving and evolving atmosphere. It certainly is very beautifully shot, with lovely tableau, etc. It's yet another French film with a young girl incomprehensibly falling for an old bloke. Whatever the plot or setting of a movie, French cinema always manages to throw together a middle-aged man and gorgeous young girl in sexual embrace. Yawn.
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- PeterSays from Romsey
- Posted 09 Nov 2006 21:24
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Not exactly riveting
But I love all French films and this was no exception. Emanuelle Beart is without doubt an incredibly beautiful woman. The pace never picks up, but the story does unfold and did hold my interest - but it is a little too long. Perhaps best watched on a dull Sunday afternoon rather than a Saturday night.
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