''L'Amour fou'' is a 1969 French
romantic drama film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
directed by
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'Amour fo ...
, who co-wrote the script with Marilù Parolini.
Plot
''L'Amour fou'' follows the dissolution of the marriage between Claire, an actress (played by
Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier (born Marie-France Thielland; 9 August 1939) is a French actress and screenwriter.
Career
She adopted the professional surname Ogier, which was her mother's maiden name. Her first appearance on screen was in ''Voilà l'Ordre'', a s ...
), and Sebastien, her director (
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Jean-Pierre Kalfon (born 30 October 1938) is a French actor and singer.
Selected filmography
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1938 births
Living people
French male film actors
French male television actors
Male actors from Paris
French male stage a ...
). It is black and white with two different
film gauge
Film gauge is a physical property of photographic film, photographic or Film stock, motion picture film stock which defines its width. Traditionally, the major movie film gauges are 8 mm film, 8 mm, 16 mm film, 16 mm, 35 mm movie film, 35 mm, an ...
s (
35 mm and
16 mm
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical Film gauge, gauge of Photographic film, film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 mm film, 8 mm and 35mm movie film, 35 mm. It ...
) employed at different times throughout the film. The film focuses on a long cycle of self-destruction in Claire and Sebastien's relationship.
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
''Andromaque'' is a tragedy in five acts by the France, French playwright Jean Racine written in French alexandrine, alexandrine verse. It was first performed on 17 November 1667 before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre Palace, Louvre in the pr ...
''. 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
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Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier (born Marie-France Thielland; 9 August 1939) is a French actress and screenwriter.
Career
She adopted the professional surname Ogier, which was her mother's maiden name. Her first appearance on screen was in ''Voilà l'Ordre'', a s ...
- Claire
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Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Jean-Pierre Kalfon (born 30 October 1938) is a French actor and singer.
Selected filmography
External links
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1938 births
Living people
French male film actors
French male television actors
Male actors from Paris
French male stage a ...
- Sébastien-Pyrrhus
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André S. Labarthe - Le réalisateur
* Josée Destoop
- Marta-Hermione
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Dennis Berry - Dennis-Pylade
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Michèle Moretti
Michèle Moretti (born 15 March 1940 in Paris, France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, ...
- Michèle
Further reading
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References
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1969 films
1969 romantic drama films
1960s avant-garde and experimental films
1960s French films
1960s French-language films
Films directed by Jacques Rivette
French avant-garde and experimental films
French romantic drama films
French-language romantic drama films
Jean Racine
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