The culmination of New Wave master Jacques Rivette's legendary middle period (which ranged from L'Amour fou through Out 1, Céline and Julie Go Boating, Duelle, Noroît, and Merry-Go-Round), Le Pont du Nord envisions Paris as a sprawling game-board marked off with tucked-away conspiracies, where imagination and paranoia intermingle; where the hinted-at stakes are sanity, life, and death. Regular Rivette actress Bulle Ogier stars as Marie, a claustrophobic ex-con who, shortly after wandering into Paris, encounters the wild and potentially troubled young woman Baptiste... (Pascale Ogier, Bulle's actual 22-year-old daughter). Baptiste, a knife-wielding, self-proclaimed kung-fu expert with a drive to slash the eyes from faces in adverts (including, in one instance, those on a placard for Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha), accompanies Marie on her quest to solve the mystery behind the contents of her former lover's (Pierre Clémenti's) suitcase: an amalgam of clippings, patterns, and maps of Paris that points to a vastly unsettling labyrinth replete with signs and intimations whose menacing endgame remains all too unclear. Gorgeously shot by the master cinematographer William Lubtchansky, Le Pont du Nord is a freewheeling, powerful experience whose hypnotic rhythm and ominous undercurrents resolve into a frightening and exhilarating portrait of post-revolutionary, early-'80s Paris and in turn form a prime example of Rivette's uncanny, occult cinema. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Jacques Rivette's rare and essential feature Le Pont du Nord in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition. [show more]
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French mystery drama directed by Jacques Rivette. Marie (Bulle Ogier) has just recently been released from prison and has an understandable aversion to enclosed spaces. When she is seemingly united by fate with the young and superstitious Baptiste (Pascale Ogier) the two enter into much philosophical discussion, but when an encounter with Marie's former lover leaves the pair paranoid and fearful they embark on an adventure around the streets of Paris while trying to avoid the mysterious 'Max' (Jean-François Stévenin).
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray and DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD SYNOPSIS The culmination of New Wave master Jacques Rivette&39;s legendary middle period (which ranged from L&39;Amour fou through Out 1 Céline and Julie Go Boating Duelle Noroît and Merry-Go-Round) Le Pont du Nord envisions Paris as a sprawling game-board marked off with tucked-away conspiracies where imagination and paranoia intermingle; where the hinted-at stakes are sanity life and death Regular Rivette actress Bulle Ogier stars as Marie a claustrophobic ex-con who shortly after wandering into Paris encounters the wild and potentially troubled young woman Baptiste (Pascale Ogier Bulle&39;s actual 22-year-old daughter) Baptiste a knife-wielding self-proclaimed kung-fu expert with a drive to slash the eyes from faces in adverts (including in one instance those on a placard for Akira Kurosawa&39;s Kagemusha) accompanies Marie on her quest to solve the mystery behind the contents of her former lover&39;s (Pierre Clémenti&39;s) suitcase an amalgam of clippings patterns and maps of Paris that points to a vastly unsettling labyrinth replete with signs and intimations whose menacing endgame remains all too unclear Gorgeously shot by the master cinematographer William Lubtchansky Le Pont du Nord is a freewheeling powerful experience whose hypnotic rhythm and ominous undercurrents resolve into a frightening and exhilarating portrait of post-revolutionary early-&39;80s Paris - and in turn form a prime example of Rivette&39;s uncanny occult cinema The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Jacques Rivette&39;s rare and essential feature Le Pont du Nord in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition SPECIAL FEATURESGlorious HD presentation of the film in 1080p on the Blu-ray progressive encode on the DVDNewly translated English subtitles56-PAGE BOOKLET containing new writing by critics Francisco Valente and Sabrina Marques; a director&39;s statement by Jacques Rivette and six questions for the director by Jean Narboni from the film&39;s original press book; a parallel-text translation of the traditional French children&39;s song &39;&39;Sur le Pont du Nord&39;&39;; vintage writing on the film by Serge Daney and Jean Narboni; the complete script for a short-film homage to Rivette by actress and filmmaker Kate Lyn Sheil; and rare archival imagery
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