Céline and Julie Go Boating

Céline and Julie Go Boating

193 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Sept. 18, 1974

A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality. An undisputed classic of the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating is a delightful movie about the spiritual journey of a pair of young women, told with a playful approach to the cinematic form. A masterpiece of cinematic creativity, Rivette, the same mind behind 1969’s L’amour fou, effortlessly draws the viewer into the whimsical world of the titular protagonists.

Céline and Julie Go Boating

193 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Sept. 18, 1974

Céline and Julie Go Boating
A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality. An undisputed classic of the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating is a delightful movie about the spiritual journey of a pair of young women, told with a playful approach to the cinematic form. A masterpiece of cinematic creativity, Rivette, the same mind behind 1969’s L’amour fou, effortlessly draws the viewer into the whimsical world of the titular protagonists.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Renn Productions, Les Films du Losange, Les Films Christian Fechner, V.M. Productions, Action Films, Les Films 7, Saga, Simar Productions
Original title Céline et Julie vont en bateau
Directors Irina Lhomme, Luc Béraud, Pascal Lemaitre, Jacques Rivette
Writers Jacques Rivette, Eduardo de Gregorio, Marie-France Pisier, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Juliet Berto

Cast

Juliet Berto

as Céline

Bulle Ogier

as Camille

Barbet Schroeder

as Olivier

Nathalie Asnar

as Madlyn

Philippe Clévenot

as Guilou

Anne Zamire

as Lil

Jean Douchet

as M'sieur Dede

Adèle Taffetas

as Alice

Monique Clément

as Myrtille

Jérôme Richard

as Julien

Michael Graham

as Boris

Jean-Marie Sénia

as Cyrille

Jean-Claude Biette

as Spectateur au cabaret (uncredited)

Jacques Bontemps

as Lecteur à la bibliothèque (uncredited)

Michel Caen

as Spectateur au cabaret (uncredited)

Jean Eustache

as Spectateur au cabaret/lecteur a la bibliohèque (uncredited)

Jean-Claude Romer

as Un producteur dans le cabaret (uncredited)