L’Amour fou

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L’Amour fou is a 1969 French New Wave drama film by Jacques Rivette that explores the disintegration of a couple’s relationship through an experimental, self-reflexive portrayal of theater rehearsals and emotional breakdown.

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instanceOf French New Wave film
film
countryOfOrigin France
countryOfRelease France NERFINISHED
director Jacques Rivette NERFINISHED
directorStyle Jacques Rivette’s experimental narrative structure
genre drama
experimental film
hasDirector Jacques Rivette NERFINISHED
hasFormat black-and-white film
hasReleaseYear 1969
hasRuntime approximately 252 minutes (original cut)
hasStyle documentary-like rehearsal footage
improvisational acting
long-take cinematography
hasSubject artistic creation
breakdown of communication in relationships
jealousy
hasTitleInFrench L’Amour fou NERFINISHED
influenced later experimental narrative cinema
mainTheme disintegration of a romantic relationship
emotional breakdown
theater and performance
movement French New Wave NERFINISHED
narrativeTechnique meta-cinematic elements
self-reflexive portrayal of theater rehearsals
originalLanguage French
partOf Jacques Rivette filmography
portrays a couple’s psychological crisis
a theater company in rehearsal
publicationDate 1969
workPeriod late 1960s French cinema

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Jacques Rivette notableWork L’Amour fou