- L'amour fou
:"This article is about the Jacques Rivette movie, for the novel by
André Breton seeMad Love ".Infobox Film
name = L'amour fou
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director =Jacques Rivette
producer =Georges de Beauregard
writer =Marilù Parolini
Jacques Rivette
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starring =Bulle Ogier Jean-Pierre Kalfon
music =Jean-Claude Eloy
cinematography =Étienne Becker Alain Levent
editing =Nicole Lubtchansky
distributor =New Yorker Films (USA)
released = flagicon|FranceJanuary 15 1969
runtime = 252 mins.
country =France
language = French
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imdb_id = 0062663"L'amour fou" is a
1969 movie directed byJacques Rivette ."L'amour fou" follows the dissolution of the marriage between Claire, an actress (played by
Bulle Ogier ), and Sebastien, her director (Jean-Pierre Kalfon ). It is black and white with two differentfilm gauge s (35 mm and16 mm ) 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 films narrative is a three week period of preparation by a theater group for a production of Racine's version of "
Andromaque ". 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.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 - Claire
*Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Sébastien-Pyrrhus
*André S. Labarthe - Le réalisateur
*Josée Destoop - Marta-Hermione
* Dennis Berry - Dennis-PyladeExternal links
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