Jacques Rivette

Jacques Rivette

Born 01/03/1928
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Died 29/01/2016 (87 years old)
Paris, Île de France, France

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Jacques Rivette (b. 1928, Rouen), one of the initiators of the French new wave, first caused a sensation with The Nun (La religieuse, 1965), an original adaptation of Diderot´s novel of the same name in which he (the author as well) courageously disregards various church taboos. This film was an early indication that Rivette would not follow the path chosen by his famous contemporaries. He was interested in neither socio-political aspects of the present day nor in… (more)

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Movies
1956

La Sonate à Kreutzer

Short
1955

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