Va Savoir

Jacques Rivette's exciting and delightful romantic comedy finds the French New Wave giant on familiar territory. Namely: theater as life, life as theater, and the junction where both fold together in an expansive universe of cinematic space and time. The director of such remarkably modernist classics as Celine and Julie Go Boating and La Belle Noiseuse here takes on a story of romantically entangled Parisian actors mounting a production of Luigi Pirandello's play As You Desire Me. As lovers hop in and out of ever-shifting relationships, the production comes together and opens to mixed success. The dynamics on and off the stage, between real life and theater, begin to fuse as Rivette breaks the narrative into disjointed pieces and lifts them to a higher plane of passionate resonance. An enjoyable ride and a tremendous accomplishment from a master filmmaker. --Tom Keogh

Theatrical International release dates:
Europe: Jan 4, 02
Japan: Feb 9, 02
Australia: Apr 18, 02

Movie Details

Cast: Jeanne Balibar, Marianne Basler, Catherine Rouvel, Sergio Castellitto, Bruno Todeschini, Claude Berri, Luciana Castellucci, Emanuele Vacca
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 154 min

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DVD Features:

• Color
• Widescreen

International rating:

Europe: PG
Australia: PG

DVD International release dates:
North America: Feb 26, 02