9.073 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestAnd then the narrative implodes...
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus while two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.
Direction
Rivette's radical imprimatur: real time, real spaces, real exhaustion.
Acting
Berto and Léaud inventing personas on camera—raw, dangerous, alive.
Writing
Balzac's 'History of the Thirteen' fragmented across 13 hours of paranoia.
Creator
Jacques Rivette
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rivette shot 30+ hours of 16mm footage with no script, then spent two years editing. Two reels literally burned in a lab fire—he incorporated the damage into his mythology.
May '68's failure haunts every frame: characters rehearse ancient revolt while capitalism reasserts itself around them. The film IS the revolution they couldn't have.
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