Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974  N/R, 193 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder, Nathalie Asnar, Marie-Therese Saussure, Philippe Clevenot, Anne Zamire, Jean Douchet, Michael Graham, Adele Taffetas, Monique Clement, Jerome Richard, Jean-Marie Senia
A magician, Celine (Juliet Berto), and a librarian, Julie (Dominique Labourier), are transported to a mansion (is it real or imaginary?) where a strange melodrama keeps repeating itself. Celine claims that she is the nanny to Madlyn (Nathalie Asnar) whose widower father, Olivier (Barbet Schroeder), is being pursued by two women, Sophie (Marie-France Pisier) and Camille (Bulle Ogier). It is beginning to look like Sophie and Camille will stop at nothing to gain Olivier's love, and Celine is trying to shield Madlyn from the tension.
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The Gang of Four 1988  N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Bulle Ogier, Benoit Regent, Laurence Cote, Fejria Deliba, Bernadette Giraud, Ines de Medeiros, Nathalie Richard, Irina Dalle, Irene Jacob
A famous drama teacher (Bulle Ogier) teaches only women, and four women of her class are lesbians who live together. When a mysterious man enters the women's lives and tells of the dangerous affair of an ex-roommate, the difference between reality and acting out a play becomes confused.
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Hurlevent 1985  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance / Mystery
aka: Wuthering Heights
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Fabienne Babe, Lucas Belvaux, Sandra Montaigu, Olivier Cruveiller, Alice de Poncheville, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Olivier Torres, Marie Jaoul, Louis de Menthon, Jacques Deleuze, Joseph Schilinger
Emily Bronte's classic tale is reworked, which includes a setting in France in the 1930s. Though only part of the novel is covered, Jacques Rivette's work still makes for interesting viewing. In this version, Heathcliff is now Roch (Lucas Belvaux) who sets tragedy in motion after the woman he loves, Catherine (Fabienne Babe), marries wealthy Olivier (Olivier Torres). Roch seeks revenge leading Catherine into despair and early death, but even death cannot part the ill-fated lovers.
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La Belle Noiseuse 1991  N/R, 240 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Beautiful Troublemaker
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Beart, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona, Marie-Claude Roger, Leila Remili, Daphne Goodfellow, Marie Belluc
A visit from Nicholas (David Bursztein) and girlfriend Marianne (Emmanuelle Beart) inspires artist Edouard Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) to restart work on an unfinished painting. This leads to a love/hate relationship.
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Paris Belongs to Us 1962 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Paris Is Ours
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Francoise Prevost, Daniel Crohem, Francois Maistre, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Marie Robain, Brigitte Juslin, Paul Bisciglia, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Demy, Jean Martin, Henri Poirier
As a literature student in Paris during the 1950s, Anne Goupil (Betty Schneider) takes part in Shakespeare's play "Pericles" and tries to help theater director Gerard Lenz (Giani Esposito) after he confides to Anne that their Spanish activist friend Juan was murdered by an organization plotting a totalitarian takeover and that he is now on their death list.
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Secret Defense 1998 PG, 170 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Gregoire Colin, Laure Marsac, Francoise Fabian, Christine Vouilloz, Mark Saporta, Sara Louis, Hermine Karagheuz, Bernadette Giraud
Sylvie (Sandrine Bonnaire) is determined to avenge her father's death by shooting Walser (Jerzy Raziwilowicz), the man her brother, Paul (Gregoire Colin), is convinced is the killer. But Sylvie's plans go awry; in a struggle over the gun she murders Walser's mistress, and Sylvie's mind begins to unravel as Walser, instead of becoming her victim, becomes her co-conspirator.
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Va Savoir 2001 PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Who Knows?
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Marianne Basler, Jacques Bonnaffe, Helene de Fougerolles, Bruno Todeschini, Catherine Rouvel, Claude Berri, Attilo Cucari, Bettina Kee
When Camille (Jeanne Balibar) returns to Paris, starring in a play for an Italian touring company, she reunites with her old flame, Pierre (Jacques Bonnaffe). Meanwhile, her co-star-director-lover, Ugo (Sergio Castellitto), has no problem finding another love interest in Do (Helene de Fougerolles) whose brother Arthur (Bruno Todeschini) chases after Pierre's current lover. Confusing? You bet!
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| 1. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
2. The Gang of Four (1988)
3. Hurlevent (1985)
aka: Wuthering Heights
4. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
aka: The Beautiful Troublemaker
5. Paris Belongs to Us (1962)
aka: Paris Is Ours
6. Secret Defense (1998)
7. The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
8. Va Savoir (2001)
aka: Who Knows?
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