The Story of Marie and Julien

The Story of Marie and Julien

2003 · 150 min · FR · 6.8 (18 votes)
Dir. Jacques Rivette · Starring Emmanuelle Béart, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Anne Brochet, Bettina Kee, Olivier Cruveiller, Mathias Jung
RomanceDramaFantasyMystery

Julien is a clockmaker with destructive impulses who decides to blackmail Madame X, a rich, attractive woman who traffics in stolen antiques. What he doesn’t know is that she has an even more dangerous secret that leads him to Marie, with whom he had fallen in love a year earlier.

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A hauntingly romantic and surreal journey. It feels like a fever dream, exploring the intoxicating, destructive power of obsessive love. The atmosphere is thick with mystery and a sense of inescapable fate.

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