Paris Nous Appartient was 'Cahier Du Cinema' critic Jacques Rivette's first film as is regarded as one of the foremost examples of the movement. A young literature student studying in Paris Anna Goupil (Betty Schneider) is drawn to the mysterious suicide of a young Spanish man Juan following a discussion with his friends at a party. Taking a role in an amateur performance of Shakespeare's Pericles Anna uses the rehearsals to try to uncover the reason why Juan took his own life.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Jacques Rivette the great cinematic visionary and probably least known of the major French New Wave directors started making his first feature in 1957 and completed it slowly over a period of two years as money allowed Finally released in 1961 Paris nous appartient brilliantly captured the mood of paranoia and uncertainty of that Cold War period Anne a student in Paris becomes involved with a group of her brother&39;s arty friends and gets sucked into a mystery involving Philip an expatriate American escaping McCarthyism; Terry a self-destructive femme fatale; theatre director Gérard and Juan a Spanish activist who apparently committed suicide Philip warns Anne that the forces that killed Juan will soon do the same to Gérard who is struggling to rehearse Shakespeare&39;s Pericles Anne takes a part in the play in an attempt to help him and also discover why Juan died Featuring cameos from fellow New Wavers Chabrol Godard and Demy; a striking musique concrete score and Charles Bitsch&39;s stunning black and white photography
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