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      L'Amour Fou

      Released Jan 15, 1969 4h 15m Drama List
      100% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 92% 250+ Ratings Audience Score A director (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) cheats on his lover (Bulle Ogier) with other actors while rehearsing for a tragic play. Read More Read Less

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      Roger Greenspun New York Times L'Amour Fou, while possibly not a masterpiece, is a work of such interest, skill and intelligence that it deserves to be something better than a legend -- in what is, after all, still its own time. Rated: 4/5 Nov 12, 2007 Full Review Time Out Rivette's claim to the status of a key innovator in contemporary cinema began with this film. Nov 12, 2007 Full Review Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine L'Amour Fou is a transitional work for Jacques Rivette, the bridge to the superb Out 1 and its equally masterful re-edit Spectre. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 13, 2007 Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) A cinematic, cultural, social, and human experience... [Full review in Spanish] May 10, 2024 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ‘…Rivette’s magic is the way that his films take us back to an unexplored, unexamined past that we can explore for ourselves as if we’re living someone else’s life….’ Rated: 5/5 May 7, 2024 Full Review Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) ... Long takes and slow developments reward the necessarily patient viewer with a rich study of art, cinema, and life. May 6, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member cinegeek.de Our Daily Free Stream: Jacques Rivette - L'Amour Fou (engl. subt.). Ein fast unbekannter Film von Jacques Rivette - jetzt zum Entdecken! Immer war es so, dass Rivette sich mit seinen Filmen am liebsten den Künsten widmete. Nicht nur, dass seine Werke ausserhalb dieser Welt der Cinephilen kaum Anklang fanden, er blieb auch mit seinen Sujets diesem Kreis treu. L'Amour Fou spielt am Theater. Claire (Bulle Olgier) und Sebastien (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) arbeiten dort als Schauspielerin und Regisseur. Beide sind verheiratet. Während ihrer Proben zu einem Stück Racines übernehmen sie nun selbst die Rollen der Figuren. Während das Stück langsam entsteht, zerfällt die Ehe. Dieses vierstündige experimentelle Werk leitet Rivettes ganz eigene Kultur Revolution ein. Er bricht mit herkömmlichen Erzählstrukturen, klebt nicht mehr am Drehbuch. Auch die Schauspieler ordnen sich diesen Konventionen nicht mehr unter. Für L'Amour Fou wurde eine kürzere Zweistunden-Fassung hergestellt, die Rivette aber missfiel. Vier sollten es sein! L'Amour Fou, für Rivette mochte es der erste "echte" Rivette-Film sein. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't really feel like saying anything about the film other than I watched all 252 minutes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member The first half is brilliant. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm not quite sure what to say here. The film is four hours long about, and it's about a film being made. In some ways I can't believe I watched the whole thing, but there is just something about it... (review to be continued). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Much better than I expected it to be, better than Out 1, in fact, similar themes in a more compact form, with a disastrous, co-dependent relationship at it's core. When Bulle Ogier balances opened Matryoshka dolls on her bed and quizzically looks at them, it's the perfect metaphor for Rivette's early cinema. Or at least until the neat mirrors facing each other in one of the last chapters of Out 1. I mean, this is what I would say about the movie if I were a douchebag Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Rivette has worked the concept of actors performing a work and the effect it has on their lives in many of his films (Va Savior, Gang of Four) but here it is done to perfection. The performances by Bulle Ogier and Jean Pierre Kalfon are the finest of their careers. A masterpiece. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A director (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) cheats on his lover (Bulle Ogier) with other actors while rehearsing for a tragic play.
      Director
      Jacques Rivette
      Screenwriter
      Jacques Rivette, Marilu Parolini
      Distributor
      New Yorker Films
      Production Co
      Sogexportfilm, Cocinor, Les Films Marceau
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 15, 1969, Wide
      Runtime
      4h 15m