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| - | '''''L'amour fou''''' is a [[1969]] [[Film|movie]] directed by [[Jacques Rivette]]. | + | '''''Andromaque''''' is a tragedy in five acts by the [[France|French]] [[playwright]] [[Jean Racine]] written in [[alexandrine verse]]. It was first performed on [[17 November]] [[1667]] before the court of [[Louis XIV]] in the [[Louvre]] in the private chambers of the Queen, [[Marie Thérèse]], by the royal company of actors, called "les Grands Comédiens", with Thérèse Du Parc in the title role. The company gave the first public performance two days later in the [[Hôtel de Bourgogne]] in [[Paris]]. Andromaque, the third of Racine's plays, written at the age of 27, established its author's reputation as one of the great playwrights in France. |
| - | ''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 different [[film gauge]]s ([[35 mm]] and [[16 mm]]) employed at different times throughout the film. The film focuses on a long cycle of self-destruction in Claire and Sebastien's relationship. | ||
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| - | The central event in the films narrative is a three week period of preparation by a theater group for a production of [[Jean Racine|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. | ||
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| - | The film is pivotal in Rivette's career as a precursor to his vast 12+ hour opus ''[[Out 1]]'' which followed two years later. | ||
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| - | ==Cast== | ||
| - | * [[Bulle Ogier]] - Claire | ||
| - | * [[Jean-Pierre Kalfon]] - Sébastien-Pyrrhus | ||
| - | * [[André S. Labarthe]] - Le réalisateur | ||
| - | * [[Josée Destoop]] - Marta-Hermione | ||
| - | * [[Dennis Berry (actor)|Dennis Berry]] - Dennis-Pylade | ||
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Andromaque is a tragedy in five acts by the French playwright Jean Racine written in alexandrine verse. It was first performed on 17 November 1667 before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre in the private chambers of the Queen, Marie Thérèse, by the royal company of actors, called "les Grands Comédiens", with Thérèse Du Parc in the title role. The company gave the first public performance two days later in the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Andromaque, the third of Racine's plays, written at the age of 27, established its author's reputation as one of the great playwrights in France.
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