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L'amour fou

1969

Jacques Rivette

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

7.6

252

Drama. Romance 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"One of the great French films of its era (...) Watching this is a life experience as much as a film experience."	POS
United States	Roger Greenspun The New York Times	"[It] displays skill and intelligence (...) It also accommodates brilliant ideas, its several strands are marvelously edited together, and it is full of lovely performances"	POS
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"The result is a mish-mash of ideas and situations both brilliant and inane (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"Jacques Rivette's bizarre masterpiece (...) is an exhaustive portrait of a work of art that can't or won't be finished"	POS
United States	Patrick Z. McGavin rogerebert.com	"His most inventive and sustained artistic period encompassed the improvisational flair and stylistic experimentation of 'L'amour fou'"	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Rayns Time Out	"All confrontations duly occur (...) at a length that exceeds all obvious expectation - and thus begins to reach areas that conventional movies don't touch."	POS

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