Directed by:
Jacques RivetteCinematography:
Pierre-William GlennCast:
Michael Lonsdale, Jean Bouise, Barbet Schroeder, Eric Rohmer, Brigitte Roüan, Juliet Berto, Bulle Ogier, Guillaume Schiffman, Christian de Tillière (more)Plots(1)
Paris, April 13th 1970. Two theater groups each rehearse avant-garde adaptations of plays by Aeschylus. A young deaf-mute begs for change in cafés while playing the harmonica. A young woman seduces men in order to rob them. As a conspiracy develops, the protagonists stories start to intertwine. (Arrow Films)
Cast
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Jean Bouise
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Old Gun (1975)
The Big Blue (1988)
Barbet Schroeder
Iran
Best movies:
Love on the Ground (1984)
Queen Margot (1994)
Six in Paris (1965)
Eric Rohmer
France
Best movies:
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)
Out 1 (1971)
The Marquise of O (1976)
Brigitte Roüan
France
Best movies:
Bolero (1981)
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
My American Uncle (1980)
Juliet Berto
France
Best movies:
Duelle (une quarantaine) (1976)
La Chinoise (1967)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Bulle Ogier
France
Best movies:
Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (1995)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Navire Night (1979)
Guillaume Schiffman
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Two English Girls (1971)
Out 1 (1971)
Christian de Tillière
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The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971) (series)
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Bed & Board (1970)
Michel Delahaye
Algeria
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Mad Love (1969)
The Nun (1966)
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
France
Best movies:
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Orpheus (1950)
L'Immortelle (1963)
Marc Chapiteau
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Mado (1976)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Michèle Moretti
France
Best movies:
Mad Love (1969)
Bolero (1981)
The Names of Love (2010)
Marcel Bozonnet
France
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Widow's Walk (1987)
Out 1 (1971)
Gilette Barbier
Best movies:
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
The Rise of Louis XIV (1966) (TV movie)
Three Men to Kill (1980)
Alain Libolt
France
Best movies:
A Tale of Autumn (1998)
Out 1 (1971)
Versailles (2008)
Michel Berto
France
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
The Three Brothers (1995)
André Julien
France
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
Mother (1991)
Betty Blue (1986)
Louis Julien
Best movies:
Out 1 (1971)
Boomerang (1976)
Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
Bernard Eisenschitz
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Out 1 (1971)
Favorites of the Moon (1984)