Biography: Jacques Rivette |
Jacques Rivette was one of the central figures in the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) movement. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Rivette was considered the most experimental director of the movement, which his work exemplified. Like many other... more
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The Duchess of Langeais (2006)
Cast: Michel Piccoli
Tags: Romantic Drama Period Film Romance
Length: 137min
Guillaume Depardieu, Jeanne Balibar, and Michel Piccoli star in director Jacques Rivette's adaptation of the Balzac novella -The Duchesse de Langeais, which tells the tale of a Parisian socialite who is romantically pursued by a Napoleonic war hero....
36 vues du pic Saint-Loup (2009)
Tags: Drama
Length: 84min
Jacques Rivette co-wrote and directed this intimate story of familial bonds and the life of the artist. Kate (Jane Birkin) was raised on the road, touring with the small circus run by her father, but after a disagreement she left her dad to run the...
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud Eric Rohmer
Length: 743min
Jacques Rivette's epic-scale meditation on art, politics and relationships is an eight-part, 740 minute drama that begins as an examination of two Parisian theater companies. Lili (Michele Moretti) is a member of an experimental troupe preparing a...
Tags: Crime Drama Psychological Drama Drama
Length: 173min
Innovative director Jacques Rivette created the memorable, multi-leveled classic Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), seemingly the inspiration for Susan Seidelman's Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Rivette generates a far-different mood in this...
Cast: Costa-Gavras Liv Ullmann Ismail Merchant David Lynch Claude Lelouch Spike Lee Patrice Leconte Andrei Konchalovsky
Tags: Art Film
Length: 88min
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Lumière brothers' first films, filmmakers Sarah Moon and Philippe Poulet challenged 39 renowned international directors to each complete a 52-second film using the original Cinematographe camera under...
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Comedy of Manners Ensemble Film
Length: 154min
A romantic comedy from acclaimed French director Jacques Rivette (La Belle Noiseuse), this film centers on three men and three women whose lives converge during the run of a play in Paris. The star of the play, Camille (Jeanne Balibar), is returning...
Jeanne La Pucelle: Les Prisons (1994)
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire
Tags: Epic Historical Epic Biopic Courtroom Drama
Length: 175min
Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles," Jeanne the Maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) leaves her childhood home in Domremy after hearing what she is sure was the voice of God....
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Tags: Drama Romantic Drama
Length: 150min
Jacques Rivette's Histoire de Marie et Julien (The Story of Marie and Julien) stars Emmanuelle Béart and Jerzy Radziwilowicz as a pair of ex-lovers who get back together after their lives change. Julien (Radziwilowicz) is a clock repairman whose...
Tags: Musical Comedy Comedy
Length: 169min
Three modern Parisian women form the basis of this epic musical comedy from famed director Jacques Rivette. The story is set in summer and follows the predestined path of each woman. Louise has just awoken from a five year coma and has been released...
Jeanne La Pucelle: Les Batailles (1994)
Cast: Jacques Rivette
Tags: Biopic Historical Epic Epic
Length: 160min
Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles," Jeanne the Maid (Sandrine Bonnaire) leaves her childhood home in Domremy after hearing what she is sure was the voice of God....
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