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Jacques Rivette (French: [ʒak ʁivɛt]; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma.
Jacques Rivette. Director: La Belle Noiseuse. Although François Truffaut has written that the New Wave began "thanks to Rivette," the films of this masterful French director are not well known.
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Jacques Rivette (French: [ʒak ʁivɛt]; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. He wrote and directed twenty feature films, including the two-part Joan the Maiden , eight short films and a three-part television documentary.
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- 'La Belle Noiseuse' (1991) Starring: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart. In the filmmaker's epic drama La Belle Noiseuse, which explores truth, life, love, and artistic boundaries, a famous former painter (Michel Piccoli) revisits an abandoned masterpiece with the help of a young artist's girlfriend (Emmanuelle Béart).
- 'Céline and Julie Go Boating' (1974) Starring: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier. This thoughtful, French New Wave celebration of imagination centers around a pair of young women (Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier) who find their daily lives interrupted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays out in a parallel reality.
- 'Up, Down, Fragile' (1995) Starring: Marianne Denicourt, Nathalie Richard, Laurence Côte. Up, Down, Fragile sheds light on youth and self-discovery by following the thrilling experiences of three young women in a hot and leisurely 1994 Paris during the summertime.
- 'Out 1' (1971) Starring: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig. While two theater groups practice plays by Aeschylus, two individuals (Hermine Karagheuz, Jean-Pierre Léaud) wander the streets of Paris, hustling people for money in this captivating arthouse French New Wave mystery drama written by Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman, and Honoré de Balzac.
Jacques Rivette (born March 1, 1928, Rouen, France—died January 29, 2016, Paris) was a French film director associated with the New Wave film movement and known for his experimental evocative style. Before becoming a director, Rivette had a career as a writer and film critic.
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Jan 29, 2016 · Jacques Rivette, a French director whose challenging and often enigmatic work was revered by film aficionados, died on Friday at his home in Paris. He was 87.
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Feb 1, 2016 · Jacques Rivette, a French director whose challenging and often enigmatic work was revered by film aficionados, died Friday at his home in Paris. He was 87. The French culture minister, Fleur...