Céline and Julie Go Boating
1974Directed by: Jacques Rivette
Starring: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier
A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality. An undisputed classic of the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating is a delightful movie about the spiritual journey of a pair of young women, told with a playful approach to the cinematic form. A masterpiece of cinematic creativity, Rivette, the same mind behind 1969’s L’amour fou, effortlessly draws the viewer into the whimsical world of the titular protagonists.
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Humanity and the world around us
Dreamlike, quirky, and surreal storytelling
Surreal and thought-provoking visions of life and death
Fairy-tale fantasy and enchanted magic