Happy Birthday, Jacques Rivette! Born today in 1928, this French theatrical director, film director and film critic was most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma.
Throughout his career, Rivette had made twenty-nine films. Of these, he is best known for directing two.
These include the 1974 French metamodern drama/fantasy film 'Céline et Julie vont en bateau' ('Celine and Julie Go Boating') and for directing the 1991 French drama/romance film 'La Belle Noiseuse' ('The Beautiful Troublemaker').
The former follows Celine (Juliet Berto), who goes traipsing across a Parisian park. She unwittingly drops first a scarf, then other objects.
These include the 1974 French metamodern drama/fantasy film 'Céline et Julie vont en bateau' ('Celine and Julie Go Boating') and for directing the 1991 French drama/romance film 'La Belle Noiseuse' ('The Beautiful Troublemaker').
The former follows Celine (Juliet Berto), who goes traipsing across a Parisian park. She unwittingly drops first a scarf, then other objects.
Julie (Dominique Labourier) cannot help but follow her, picking up each item. So begins a fanciful relationship between the two, which soon sees Celine sharing Julie's apartment and each of them playfully switching identities in their daily lives.
As they increasingly indulge their fantasies, they find themselves trying to rescue a young girl from a supposedly haunted house.
The latter tells of a young painter named Nicolas (David Bursztien), who replaces his wife Marianne (Emmanuelle Béart)as a model for an old washed-up artist named Edouard Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli). However, this inspires the tired painter to pick up a work he quit a decade before.
The story was based off of the 1837 short story Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu (The Unknown Masterpiece) by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac. The music was provided by Russian composer, pianist and conductor Igor Stravinsky.
Rivette had been active from 1948–2009.
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The Golden Bear, the highest prize of the festival, was awarded to the 2020 Iranian drama film 'There Is No Evil' (lit. 'Satan doesn't exist'). The film was written, co-produced and directed by Iranian independent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.
'There Is No Evil' tells about the impact of capital punishment on society and the human condition. It relates four stories concerning the death penalty in Iran.
While accepting the award, the film's producer Kaveh Farnam commented on the fact that the film had resonated so much in Berlin, adding: “The story reminds us that there are no walls in this world that can stop the power of imagination, the power of ideas, belief and love.”
You can find out more information regarding the runners up by visiting the website below.
Congratulations to the winner!
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Today, the 70th Berlin International Film Festival has officially been closed.
The Golden Bear, the highest prize of the festival, was awarded to the 2020 Iranian drama film 'There Is No Evil' (lit. 'Satan doesn't exist'). The film was written, co-produced and directed by Iranian independent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.
'There Is No Evil' tells about the impact of capital punishment on society and the human condition. It relates four stories concerning the death penalty in Iran.
While accepting the award, the film's producer Kaveh Farnam commented on the fact that the film had resonated so much in Berlin, adding: “The story reminds us that there are no walls in this world that can stop the power of imagination, the power of ideas, belief and love.”
You can find out more information regarding the runners up by visiting the website below.
Congratulations to the winner!
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