Céline and Julie Go Boating

1974, 3h 13min -

Whiling away a summer in Paris, director Jacques Rivette, working in close collaboration with his stars and coconspirators Juliet Berto and Dominique Labourier, set out to rewrite the rules of cinema in the spirit of pure play—moviemaking as an anything-goes romp through the labyrinths of imagination. The result is one of the most exuberantly inventive and utterly enchanting films of the French New Wave, in which Julie (Labourier), a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline (Berto), an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama. Incorporating allusions to everything from Lewis Carroll to Louis Feuillade, CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING is both one of the all-time-great hangout comedies and a totally unique, enveloping cinematic dream space that delights in the endless pleasures and possibilities of stories.

"Céline and Julie Go Boating" — movie produced in France and released in 1974. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.2 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 3h 13min. "Céline and Julie Go Boating" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!