Va Savoir

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