Dir. Jacques Rivette · Starring Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Françoise Prévost, Daniel Crohem, François Maistre, Brigitte Juslin · Music Philippe Arthuys
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A young woman joins a theatrical troupe where she slowly believes that the director is involved with a secret group and that he is in grave danger.
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A hauntingly beautiful, existential drift through Paris. It's a mood piece, steeped in paranoia and the melancholy of artistic struggle, with a lingering sense of unease that settles deep under your skin.
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