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I had to hunt old dvd when I wanted to watch some of his best works with Stéphane Audran...
It's sad really. I would like a nice boxset of his best works between 1968-1974 : Les Biches, The Unfaithful Wife, This Man Must Die, Le Boucher, Just Before Nightfall and Wedding in blood...
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When he first started, he was a promising "French new wave" director but, in the 60s, he struggled a bit and did some very poor movies (some French comedies, some Euro spy, some bad suspenses, etc).
However, in 1968, he "found" his style (and a new producer) and did Les Biches and that was the start of his most prolific period (between 1968 and 1974) where he made Le Boucher, Wedding in Blood, Just before nightfall or The Unfaithful Wife...
Since learning Marie-France Pisier was in it, I had a renewed interest for the movie (I'm not saying I wouldn't have watched it but I would have waited a bit more) and it was in my head for a while.
Yesterday, I had time and it was raining so I took a chance and I had fun watching it.
I watched it (mainly) for Marie-France Pisier and, after the credits, I was scared she was only in one scene (since "avec le concours de" basically means "with the special participation of").
But, especially after the first hour, it gets really interesting.
It wasn't my first Rivette (I saw Secret Defense (1998) in January) but it was my first from that period. I will see his other films for sure.
Like, I wasn't able to rate Celine and Julie go boating on Letterboxd (I simply gave it a ♡) because I think it's not the kind of movie you can really rate (there's too much happening) as much as it is a movie you just feel.