Jacques Rivette, le veilleur (1994)

Directed by

Claire Denis

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles film director Jacques Rivette through an interview format. The film is split into two parts covering his life and work.

reflectiveintimatethoughtfulmeasuredconversationalcontemplativeobservationalquiet

What happens

Jacques Rivette, le veilleur (English: Jacques Rivette, the nightwatchman) is a 1990 French television documentary film directed by Claire Denis and Serge Daney. Chronicling the life of film critic and director Jacques Rivette, it is an episode of the long running French TV show Cinéma, de notre temps, which profiles the lives of film directors. It was directed by Denis, with Daney acting as the interviewer. It was made in 1990 and first broadcast on Arte on 24 February 1994. It is broken up into two parts: Le Jour (70 minutes) and La Nuit (54 minutes). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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