Seasons
Cracks in the conspiracy begin to appear and things really start to get confusing.
Maps, symbols, codes, card games, and double meanings: the intrigue starts to accelerate.
Frédérique finds that blackmail doesn’t pay as she crosses paths with the busker who is now in love with Pauline—or is it Emilie? Meanwhile, a wild goose chase through Paris ensues when one of the productions is fleeced out of money.
The various strands of the story begin to intersect. The busker continues on his quest to uncover the source of the cryptic letters, while Frédérique is also inadvertently drawn into the conspiracy. Games—cops and robbers, chess, and cons—abound.
The mystery of the enigmatic notes deepens as the busker learns about their connection to Balzac’s 'History of the Thirteen'. Elsewhere, tensions flare up at rehearsals.
The outlines of a conspiracy begin to emerge as the busker begins receiving cryptic letters with references to Balzac and Lewis Carroll’s 'The Hunting of the Snark'. Meanwhile, rehearsals take an unsettling turn.
Rivette instantly establishes his playful, no-rules reality as two theater troupes rehearse avant-garde versions of Aeschylus plays climaxing in an epic, hypnotic warm-up exercise that unfolds like a primal, clothed orgy. We are introduced to a deadpan, deaf-mute busker and Frédérique, a wayward young con artist.
OUT 1: Noli me tangere / Spectre - DVD Trailer
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Description
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus while two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.
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CastMichèle MorettiMichael LonsdaleJuliet BertoJean-Pierre LéaudBulle OgierFrançoise FabianHermine KaragheuzSylvain CorthayKaren PuigPierre BaillotMarcel BozonnetBernadette OnfroyEdwine MoattiMonique ClémentGilette BarbierMichel DelahayeBernard EisenschitzPierre CottrellAndré JulienÉric RohmerChristian de TillièreBarbet SchroederBrigitte Roüan
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Premiere DateOctober 09, 1971
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Rating10 (2)
