The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 3h 13m.
Synopsis
Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, 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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic100/100
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
172 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques RivetteDirector
- Jean-Marie SéniaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Juliet BertoCéline
- Dominique LabourierJulie
- Bulle OgierCamille
- Marie-France PisierSophie
- Barbet SchroederOlivier
- Nathalie AsnarMadlyn
- Marie-Thérèse SaussurePoupie
- Philippe ClévenotGuilou
- Anne ZamireLil
- Jean DouchetM'sieur Dede
- Adèle TaffetasAlice
- Monique ClémentMyrtille
Stills
Themes
paris, francemagicmagic showhaunted housesurrealismfemale friendshipfemale protagonistmurder mysterylibrarianrepetitionpsychotropic drugsanarchic comedy