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Director:
Jacques Rivette
Writers:
Eduardo de Gregorio (scenario) &
Marilù Parolini (scenario) ...
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Release Date:
15 September 1976 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery more
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User Comments:
An Obscure Masterpiece more

Cast

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Juliet Berto ... Leni
Bulle Ogier ... Viva
Jean Babilée ... Pierrot
Hermine Karagheuz ... Lucie
Nicole Garcia ... Jeanne / Elsa
Claire Nadeau ... Sylvia Stern
Elisabeth Wiener ... Allié de Viva
Jean Wiener ... Au piano
André Dauchy ... A l'accordéon
Roger Fugen ... A la batterie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Duelle (France) (short title)
La vengeresse
Les filles de feu (France) (working title)
Scènes de la vie parallèle: 2 - Duelle (une quarantaine) (France) (complete title)
Twilight (A Quarantine)
Women Duelling
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Runtime:
121 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Featured in "Cinéma, de notre temps: Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur" (1990) more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
An Obscure Masterpiece, 26 May 2003
Author: cllrdr-1 (cllrdr@ehrensteinland.com) from Los Angeles, Ca.

This is part one of what was to be Jacques Rivette's four-part project "Scenes de la Vie Parallelle". The idea was to create four different films with a running sub-plot involving a mythical war between goddesses of the Sun and the Moon, fighting for possession of a mysterious jewel. This one was a "film noir" modelled after "The Seventh Victim" (which Rivette screened for the cast before the shooting began) with bits of "Kiss Me Deadly", "Lady From Shanghai" and "Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne" thrown in for good measure. An uncanny mood piece it takes place in a weirdly unpopulated Paris. Jean Weiner (who used to play piano at "Le Bouef sur le Toit") supplies live piano improvisations here, much in the manner of an accompanist for a silent movie.

"Noroit" the second film in this series was a pirate adventure movie inspired by "Moonfleet" utilizing Tourneur's "The Revenger's Tragedy" as a frequently recited text --much in the way that Cocteau's "The Knights of the Roundtable" is quoted here.

After these two Rivette began "Marie et Julien" with Albert Finney and Leslie Caron, but suffered a nervous breakdown three days into shooting. This brought the project to an end. This year (2003) however, he's gone back to "Marie et Julien" again with Emmanuelle Beart and Jerzy Radzilowitz. Maybe the four-part project will be compeleted after all.

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