Le Quadrille

Screening Schedule

Nov 24 (Fri.) 17:30 at Yokogawa Cinema

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Details

A chamber drama with two men and two women in a room, their relations expressed as a game of suggestive glances and the lighting and stubbing-out of cigarettes.

Though Godard got a little money from his family, he admitted that the money that went into Rivette’s film came from stealing and selling books from his grandfather Monod’s “Valérianum”. The film featured four actors: two women and two men, one of them Godard. According to Rivette, “It ran 40 minutes and nothing happens. It’s just four people sitting around a table, looking at each other. After ten minutes, people started to leave, and at the end, the only ones who stayed were Jean-Luc and a girl.” (Richard Brody)

Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Jean-Luc Godard, Liliane Litvin, Anne-Marie Cazalis, François Nithart

Year of production: 1950
Running time: 40’
Country: France

Director

Jacques Rivette (March 1928 - 29 January 2016) was one of the central figures in the French New Wave movement. He began writing articles for Cahiers du Cinema in 1952, and became an increasingly influential figure at the magazine. His career as a director began with short films in the early 50’s and now spans six decades. Rivette’s cinema is complex, experimental and mysterious; it often features multiple plotlines and extensive improvisation. Although often acclaimed by critics, the experimental nature of his films mean they have rarely found a mainstream audience.