Barbet Schroeder, Bulle Ogier, Dominique Labourier

This magical tale recounts the adventures of Julie and the flamboyant Celine, a kind of White Rabbit who leads Julie right though the Looking Glass into a world of her imagination.

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Unrated, 3 hrs. 13 min.

Directed by: Jacques Rivette

Release Date: September 1, 1974

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  • March 9, 2009
    I am looking for those movies. I wish I knew the mighty place where they all hide.
    IN THE NIGHT. IN THE DARK!!!!!!
  • February 9, 2009
    a mindfuck of lynchian proportions. and absolutely charming. thx s..
  • February 7, 2009
    Céline, a flamboyant magicienne, and Julie, a librarian with an interest in the occult, stumble into a perpetually recurring murder-mystery in an old house, starring two women, a man and a little girl. Taking it in turns to collect the pieces of the puzzle, which may or ma...( read more)y not be a figment of their imaginations, the friends resolve to prevent the murder from taking place.

    It is entirely appropriate that Juliet Berto's Céline is a magician, because the movie itself is an amazing conjuring trick; when it's over, you'll probably find yourself wondering how you've been kept spellbound for three hours by little more than Rivette's inventiveness and the infectious enthusiasm of Berto and Dominique Labourier's performances. The film works equally well as a playful experiment in cinematic form, a tribute to childlike imagination and a feminist buddy movie. The only thing at odds with the prevailing spirit of feminism, and perhaps the best evidence that the film was, after all, directed by a man, is a pointless bit of nudity, but I'm happy to write that off as dated Seventies permissiveness rather than titillation. In any case, who the hell am I to complain, right?! The greatest tribute I can pay this three-hour-plus film is to say that, when Céline and Juile's game finally comes full circle and begins again, I always want to carry on watching. Endlessly fascinating, truly magical and a lot of fun!
  • June 17, 2008
    Awesome! Greatest chick flick ever!
  • March 18, 2009
    Watching 'Celine and Julie Go Boating' may well have been the most bizarre, wonderful and memorable three hours of my life.
  • September 11, 2007
    a realy masterpiece from big rivette
  • July 10, 2007
    Mystical, mythical, mysterious. And really really long. Pretty much the dictionary definition of French cinema at it's most esoteric.
  • February 12, 2007
    Give it its time. This is a movie that builds on itself. Breezy & delightful.

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  • harrycaul
    February 17, 2009
    My sharp-eyed friend has noticed that the release year for this movie has been incorrectly entered as "1947" instead of "1974".

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