Special: Jacques Rivette

Le Divertissement

Jacques Rivette
FRA 1952
45 min
V'16

We discover in these three early films how the filmmaker gradually mastered the art of mise-enscène and editing. Filmed in Parisian parks and on a terrace, LE DIVERTISSEMENT foreshadows the labyrinthine walks that would be a part of Rivette’s cinema, in which the characters look for, follow and find each other like in a romantic scavenger hunt. The intertitles of LE DIVERTISSEMENT and LE QUADRILLE anticipate the Rivette’s tone and singular poetry. (Hervé Pichard)

Credits
  • Olga Waren
  • Sacha Briquet
  • Alain Mac Moy
  • Jacques Rivette
  • Charles Bitsch
Les Films du Veilleur
La Cinémathèque française
DCP
bw
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