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Jacques Rivette

Jacques Rivette

French film director, screenwriter and film critic
March 1, 1928 (January 29, 2016)

Around a Small Mountain

V.O.: 36 Vues du pic Saint-Loup
Fr. 2009. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Rivette with Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon. A mysterious traveler helps the grieving daughter of a small circus owner make peace with a tragic event from her past.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Duchess of Langeais

V.O.: Ne touchez pas la hache
Fr. 2006. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Guillaume Depardieu, Jeanne Balibar, Bulle Ogier. In the 19th century in Paris, a general in Napoleon's army falls madly in love with a duchess who continually adds to his torment by rejecting his advances.
Runtime: 137 min.
Fr. 2003. Sentimental drama by Jacques Rivette with Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Emmanuelle Béart, Anne Brochet. A watchmaker in love with a mysterious woman blackmails an antique dealer who seems to know a lot about the woman he loves.
Runtime: 151 min.
Fr. 2001. Sentimental comedy by Jacques Rivette with Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Jacques Bonnaffé. Sentimental crossroads around a French actress living in Rome who sees her ex-lover again during a tour of Paris.
Runtime: 154 min.
Fr. 1997. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Sandrine Bonnaire, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Laure Marsac.
Runtime: 166 min.
Fr. 1993. History by Jacques Rivette with Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard. In 1428, thanks to certain divine revelations, a young country girl took command of an army to deliver Orleans from the hands of the English.
Runtime: 160 min.
Fr. 1993. History by Jacques Rivette with Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard. Joan of Arc goes to fight the English enemy in Normandy where she was arrested and imprisoned, only to be abandoned by her king and excommunicated by the Church.
Runtime: 176 min.

Divertimento

V.O.: La Belle Noiseuse
Fr. 1991. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart. A young woman who poses for a painter sees her life transformed by the experience.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Rivette with Laurence Côte, Bernadette Giraud, Bulle Ogier. Drama students who share the same apartment become involved in a dark police case.
Runtime: 160 min.
Fr. 1985. Sentimental drama by Jacques Rivette with Fabienne Babe, Lucas Belvaux, Sandra Montaigu. In the 1930s, the forbidden love between a farmer's daughter and an orphan inspires the latter to a harsh plan of revenge.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Jacques Rivette with Geraldine Chaplin, Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. An eccentric playwright convinces two actresses to perform in the only staging of his last unfinished play, which will take place in a week's time inside his vast house.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1981. Drama by Jacques Rivette with Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti. Aided by a mysterious young girl, a former far-left terrorist sets out into a hostile Paris in search of a friend.
Runtime: 129 min.
Fr. 1976. Fantasy by Jacques Rivette with Juliet Berto, Bulle Ogier, Jean Babilée. For forty days, the daughter of the moon and the daughter of the sun fight over a talisman that would allow one of them to extend her stay on Earth.
Fr. 1976. Drama by Jacques Rivette with Geraldine Chaplin, Bernadette Lafont, Kika Markham. Wanting to avenge her brother's death, the Moon Girl infiltrates the Sun Girl's pirate gang.
Runtime: 129 min.
Fr. 1974. Fantasy comedy by Jacques Rivette with Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier. Two young girls make up fantastic tales about an old house.
Runtime: 193 min.
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Bulle Ogier, Michèle Moretti. His actress wife having left his production of the play "Andromache", a director replaces her with his ex-wife, with dramatic consequences.
Runtime: 254 min.

The Nun

V.O.: La Religieuse
Fr. 1966. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Francine Bergé. The story of a forced vocation in the eighteenth century.
Runtime: 140 min.

Paris Belongs to Us

V.O.: Paris nous appartient
Fr. 1958. Moral study by Jacques Rivette with Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Françoise Prévost. A student affiliated with a group of young intellectuals sets out to solve the mysterious disappearance of one of its members.
Runtime: 140 min.

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