1969 · drama
L'Amour Fou
Directed by Jacques Rivette4h 12m1969
A troubled marriage is tested by the couple's involvement in a theatrical production of Racine’s Andromaque.
Our read: L'Amour Fou (1969) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- signature
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