Paris Belongs to Us
1961 · Movie · 141 min. · France
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 the mysterious woman Terry. The talk at the party is about the apparent suicide of their friend Juan, a Spanish activist who had recently broken up with Terry. Juan's sister warns Anne that the forces that killed Juan will soon do the same to all his friends. Gerard is trying to rehearse Shakespeare's "Pericles", although he has no financial backing. Anne takes a part in the play to help Gerard, and to try to discover why Juan died.
Direction Jacques Rivette
Cast Betty Schneider · Giani Esposito · Françoise Prévost · Daniel Crohem · Jean-Claude Brialy · François Maistre · Brigitte Juslin · Noëlle Leiris · Monique Le Porrier · Malka Ribowska · Louison Roblin · Anne Zamire · Paul Bisciglia · Claude Chabrol · Jean-Luc Godard
Soundtrack Philippe Arthuys
Screenplay Jean Gruault · Jacques Rivette
Cinematography Charles L. Bitsch
Original title Paris nous appartient
Also known as Paris Is Ours
6.9
795 votes (FilmAffinity)
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