L'Amour fou (film)
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| L'Amour fou | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jacques Rivette |
| Written by | Marilù Parolini Jacques Rivette |
| Produced by | Georges de Beauregard |
| Starring | Bulle Ogier Jean-Pierre Kalfon |
| Cinematography | Étienne Becker Alain Levent |
| Edited by | Nicole Lubtchansky |
| Music by | Jean-Claude Éloy |
| Distributed by | New Yorker Films (USA) |
Release date | 15 January 1969 |
Running time | 252 mins. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
L'Amour fou is a 1969 French film directed by Jacques Rivette, who also co-wrote the script with Marilù Parolini.
Plot
L'Amour fou follows the dissolution of the marriage between Claire, an actress (played by
The central event in the film's narrative is a three-week period of preparation by a theater group for a production of Racine's version of Andromaque. A crew films the preparations of the theater company in handheld 16 mm, while the rest of the film is shot in 35 mm. This framework allows Rivette to focus on the act of direction, in the formation of an artwork and the dissolution of a relationship.
Significance
The film is pivotal in Rivette's career as a precursor to his vast 12+ hour opus Out 1 which followed two years later.
Cast
- Bulle Ogier - Claire
- Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Sébastien-Pyrrhus
- André S. Labarthe - Le réalisateur
- Josée Destoop - Marta-Hermione
- Dennis Berry - Dennis-Pylade
- Michèle Moretti - Michèle
Further reading
- ISBN 88-8033-256-2.
References
External links
- L'Amour fou at IMDb
- L'Amour fou at AllMovie
- L'Amour fou at the TCM Movie Database
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