Direction: Jacques Rivette

Direction Jacques Rivette · Suzanne Schiffman

Cast Michéle Moretti · Hermine Karagheuz · Karen Puig · Pierre Baillot

Synopsis Lili (Michele Moretti) is a member of an experimental troupe preparing a radical new interpretation of Aeschylus's 'Seven Against Thebes', while Thomas (Michel Lonsdale) is in charge of a state-funded group who are rehearsing another work by the same ancient...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Françoise Fabian · Bernadette Lafont · Michael Lonsdale · Jean-Pierre Léaud

Synopsis A story about two Parisian theater groups preparing Aeschylus plays and two eccentric loners, a middle-class deaf-mute (Jean-Pierre Laud) and a working-class flirt (Juliet Berto), who stumble upon evidence of a secret group that hopes to control Paris. (The coded...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Bulle Ogier · Jean-Pierre Kalfon · André S. Labarthe · Josée Destoop

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,...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Michel Piccoli · Emmanuelle Béart · Jane Birkin · Marianne Denicourt

Synopsis A renowned painter's ten-year hiatus comes to an end after becoming inspired by a young artist, and in particular the young artist's lover (Beart), who becomes the model for his return to the canvas. It's a slow, methodical exploration into...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Marianne Denicourt · André Marcon · Laurence Côte · Anna Karina

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Juliet Berto · Dominique Labourier · Barbet Schroeder · Bulle Ogier

Synopsis Through a series of chance meetings, Céline, a shy librarian, and Julie, a cabaret performer and magician, strike up a friendship. Julie moves into Céline’s apartment and recounts a strange experience she had when visiting a boarded up old house....

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Anna Karina · Liselotte Pulver · Francine Bergé · Micheline Presle

Synopsis In eighteenth-century France a girl (Suzanne Simonin) is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Sandrine Bonnaire · André Marcon · Jean-Louis Richard · Marcel Bozonnet

Synopsis Sequel of Joan the Maid I - The Battles. Joan The Maid: The Prisons continues with Joan and the Dauphin of France embarking on a series of victories. But Joan is eventually captured and imprisoned. She is tried for sorcery,...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Sandrine Bonnaire · Jerzy Radziwilowicz · Laure Marsac · Grégoire Colin

Synopsis When a brilliant scientist discovers that her father, an expert on nuclear missiles, did not die accidentally, but was murdered by a family friend, she swears vengeance. She soon finds herself deeply embroiled in conspiracy, intrigue, and lust. And when...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Bernadette Lafont · Geraldine Chaplin · Kika Markham · Élisabeth Lafont

Synopsis After her brother was killed by a notorious all-female pirate gang, Morag dedicates her life to bringing the murderers to justice. Soon, she has become an important member of the pirate gang and has begun acquiring the loyalty of key...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Maria Schneider · Joe Dallesandro · Danièle Gegauff · Sylvie Matton

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Bulle Ogier · Pascale Ogier · Pierre Clémenti · Jean-François Stévenin

Synopsis In this unreal walk through the streets of Paris, Marie (Bulle Ogier), a woman convicted of robbing a bank is just out from prison when she runs into Baptiste (Pascale Ogier) a young paranoid needing companionship, and the two team...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Jeanne Balibar · Sergio Castellitto · Marianne Basler · Jacques Bonnaffé

Synopsis Jacques Rivette's exciting and delightful romantic comedy finds the French New Wave giant on familiar territory. Namely: theater as life, life as theater, and the junction where both fold together in an expansive universe of cinematic space and time. The...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Bulle Ogier · Benoît Régent · Laurence Côte · Fejria Deliba

Synopsis Anna, Joyce, and Lucia are all students under the tutelage of Constance Dumas, a renowned instructor. Lucia moves in with three other girls in a small house outside of Paris. Soon after, Lucia is attacked on the street outside her...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Jane Birkin · Geraldine Chaplin · André Dussollier · Isabelle Linnartz

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Emmanuelle Béart · Jerzy Radziwilowicz · Anne Brochet · Bettina Kee

Synopsis Julien lives alone with his cat. He dreams of Marie, and a few minutes later, he sees her on the street and makes a date. He asks her to move in with him, and she does. Her boyfriend is dead,...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Betty Schneider · Giani Esposito · Françoise Prévost · Daniel Crohem

Synopsis Anne Goupil is a literature student in Paris in 1957. Her elder brother, Pierre, takes her to a friend's party where the guests include Philip Kaufman, an expatriate American escaping McCarthyism, and Gerard Lenz, a theatre director who arrives with...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Sandrine Bonnaire · Tatiana Moukhine · Jean-Marie Richier · Baptiste Roussillon

Synopsis A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Virginie Vitry · Jacques Doniol-Valcroze · Jean-Claude Brialy · Anne Doat

Synopsis This short by Jacques Rivette is often cited as the first film of the French New Wave. It was co-written by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Marie Straub was the assistant director and there are cameos by François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Chabrol and...

Direction Jacques Rivette

Cast Juliet Berto · Bulle Ogier · Jean Babilée · Nicole García

Synopsis The narrative revolves around Viva and Leni, immortal supernatural beings who are limited by arcane forces to only 40 days on Earth per year, and who are battling each other for control of a mystical diamond which they believe will...