Celine and Julie Go Boating
Original title: Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies Over Paris
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
6.4K
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A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
- Awards
- 1 win
Jean-Claude Biette
- Spectateur au cabaret
- (uncredited)
Jacques Bontemps
- Lecteur à la bibliothèque
- (uncredited)
Michel Caen
- Spectateur au cabaret
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt is a misconception that most of the film was improvised by the actors. Jacques Rivette provided structure but did not let his actors "go wild", instead he let them write. A single scene was improvised, where Celine, played by Julie Berto, brags to her associates about her rich American friend. The rest of the scenes where shot from scripted material, mostly thanks to participating actors. The film is collaboration by several authors, including actors Berto, Labourier, Ogier and Pisier. Rivette's involvement in the writing was to give structure to all the contributions, tightening things up.
- GoofsThe last time Julie receives the cigarette from under the table, it is bigger than it was when her colleague handed it to her.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980)
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Thoughtful but difficult
I recommend people read "Excruciating" (federovsky, 8/30/12) and "Much Ado About Nothing" (Milan, 4/15/2012) if they want to know what they are in store for. "Celine and Julie Go Boating" is difficult, frustrating and over long. However, it is also the kind of film that after seeing it, you wonder what other people have to say about it.
I didn't enjoy it much. Visually, it is not terribly special. The relationship between the two women and the "haunted house" is what keeps us watching, but the scenes come very slowly.
Several people have said it unfolds like a dream. Others have pointed out the lesbian/feminist side to it. Another possibility is that the two women represent two personalities of a schizophrenic nurse who committed an unspeakable crime. That would explain the repetitive cutting between one woman as the nurse and then her counterpart switching in. The two sides of the same madwoman angle possibly explains why the story includes the woman who is a performance amateur subbing for the experienced magician.
Between "Celine" (Juliet Berto) and "Julie" (Dominique Labourier), I think Labourier is the strongest here. Labourier has a lot of charisma; too bad Rivette has her often just laughing directly into the camera.
The characters in the "haunted house" are interesting. Marie-France Pisier is a favorite of mine, and she is very mysterious here.
If the scenes didn't unfold so sluggishly, and if the narrative were tighter, I think it would have been great. Unfortunately, it is too much work to recommend.
I didn't enjoy it much. Visually, it is not terribly special. The relationship between the two women and the "haunted house" is what keeps us watching, but the scenes come very slowly.
Several people have said it unfolds like a dream. Others have pointed out the lesbian/feminist side to it. Another possibility is that the two women represent two personalities of a schizophrenic nurse who committed an unspeakable crime. That would explain the repetitive cutting between one woman as the nurse and then her counterpart switching in. The two sides of the same madwoman angle possibly explains why the story includes the woman who is a performance amateur subbing for the experienced magician.
Between "Celine" (Juliet Berto) and "Julie" (Dominique Labourier), I think Labourier is the strongest here. Labourier has a lot of charisma; too bad Rivette has her often just laughing directly into the camera.
The characters in the "haunted house" are interesting. Marie-France Pisier is a favorite of mine, and she is very mysterious here.
If the scenes didn't unfold so sluggishly, and if the narrative were tighter, I think it would have been great. Unfortunately, it is too much work to recommend.
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- cafescott
- Feb 20, 2013
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,452
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,624
- May 6, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $31,452
- Runtime3 hours 13 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) officially released in India in English?
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