A romantic comedy from acclaimed French director Jacques Rivette ( La Belle Noiseuse ), this film centers on three men and three women whose lives converge during the run of a play in Paris. The star of the play, Camille ( Jeanne Balibar ), is returning to Paris after leaving her stuffy boyfriend Pierre ( Jacques Bonaffe ) and residing in Italy. Her Italian theater company has brought her to France, where the show is run by her lover, director, and co-star Ugo ( Sergio Castellitto ). Ugo is concerned with the show's poor attendance, but also busy searching for a long-lost play by an Italian playwright. While on his quest, he discovers the beautiful young Do ( Helene De Fougerolles ), a student who offers to help him. Do's mother has a library that may contain the lost play, and Ugo runs into her possessive half-sibling Arthur ( Bruno Todeschini ), a shady man pursuing an affair with Pierre's wife Sonia ( Mariane Basler ), who also has a questionable past. After a brooding dinner at Pierre and Sonia's home, tensions mount in everybody's relationships and their romantic journeys are similarly tested. A lighter work from the usually dramatic filmmaker Rivette , the film was made by the director at the amazing age of 73. — Jason Clark
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Jeanne Balibar | Camille B. |
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Sergio Castellitto | Ugo |
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Marianne Basler | Sonia |
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Helene de Fougerolles | Dominique |
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Catherine Rouvel | Madame Desprez |
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Jacques Bonnaffé | Pierre |
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Bruno Todeschini | Arthur |
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Claude Berri | Librarian |
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Attilio Cucari | Salter |
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Bettina Kee | Mop |
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Luciana Castellucci | Lena |
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Emanuele Vacca | Salesio |
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Arturo Armone Caruso | Bruno |
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Valeria Cavalli | Ines |
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Fausto Maria Sciarappa | Silvio |
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Paolo Andrea | The mad woman |
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Christina Visentin | Pamina |
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Fosco Perinti | Administrator |
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Wouter Zoon | Doctor |
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Enrico Marassi | Young man 1 |
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Cesare Panzera Capitani | Young man 2 |
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Roberto Manieri | Young man 3 |
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Constantino Raimondi | Young man 4 |
| Director | Jacques Rivette |
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| Writer | Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette, Luigi Pirandello | |
| Producer | Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Edition Release Date | Feb 26, 2002 |