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L'Amour Fou

Play trailer Poster for L'Amour Fou 1969,  4h 15m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A director (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) cheats on his lover (Bulle Ogier) with other actors while rehearsing for a tragic play.

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Roger Greenspun New York Times Nov 12, 2007
4/5
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. Go to Full Review
Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine Jan 13, 2007
2.5/4
L'Amour Fou is a transitional work for Jacques Rivette, the bridge to the superb Out 1 and its equally masterful re-edit Spectre. Go to Full Review
Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) May 10, 2024
A cinematic, cultural, social, and human experience... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com May 7, 2024
5/5
‘…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….’ Go to Full Review
Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) May 6, 2024
... Long takes and slow developments reward the necessarily patient viewer with a rich study of art, cinema, and life. Go to Full Review
A.S. Hamrah n+1 Nov 29, 2018
...the film in which Rivette's previously murky aspirations as a filmmaker coalesced, revealing his true direction. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Jacques Rivette

Director

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Sébastien-Pyrrhus

Bulle Ogier

Claire

Josee Destoops

Marta-Hermione

Dennis Berry

Dennis-Pylade

André S. Labarthe

Le réalisateur

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L'Amour Fou

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Movie Info

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