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L'Amour fou
1969 Drama / Romance
Review
The film which established the reputation of New Wave director Jacques Rivette
is this remarkable four hour epic, a film which says more about the process of film-making
than perhaps any other work. In a similar vein to Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 masterpiece
Le Mépris, the film
sets a crumbling marriage within the context of the artificial world of a theatrical production.
As this intimate drama unfolds, it brings in wider societal concerns, reflecting a world
of growing insecurity and declining morality. Despite its length, the film is a
compelling work which offers an extraordinarily lucid insight into the relationship between
a director and his actors, making this potentially Rivette’s most personally involved
piece of cinema.
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Director:
Jacques Rivette
Starring: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, André S. Labarthe, Josée Destoop, Dennis Berry Synopsis
Sébastien is directing a theatrical production of Jean Racine’s version of the
Greek tragedy Andromaque, in which he also plays the lead role of Pyrrhus.
During rehearsals, which take place in front of a film crew, Sébastien’s relationship
with Claire, his wife and lead actress, begins to deteriorate. The situation worsens
when he has to replace her in the play with his former mistress.
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