Celine and Julie Go Boating

(Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies Over Paris)

Basics

A film directed by Jacques Rivette
1974 | 193 minutes | Colour | Mono | 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

A  story  about  story-telling,  Jacques Rivette's self-referential classic
centers on the fanciful world of two women literally lost in  the  stories
they   tell   each   other.   Celine   (Juliet   Berto) and Julie (Dominique
Labourier) go from sharing a story  about  a  haunted  house  to  being part  of  a story about a haunted house -- or is it a real haunted house
that has been called up by the story? The film blurs the  line  between
the  telling  of  the  story  and the story itself, as Celine and Julie, like
Alice in Wonderland, become part of a  surreal,  drug-induced  parallel
universe;  also  like  Alice, they ultimately become the heroines of the
story that first imprisoned them.

Main Cast

Juliet Berto
Dominique Labourier
Bulle Ogier
Marie-France Pisier
Barbet Schroeder
Nathalie Asnar
Marie-Thérèse Saussure
Philippe Clévenot
Anne Zamire
Jean Douchet
Adèle Taffetas
Monique Clément
Jérôme Richard
Michael Graham
Jean-Marie Sénia
Celine
Julie
Camille
Sophie
Olivier
Madlyn
Poupie
Guilou
Lil
M'sieur Dede
Alice
Myrtille
Julien
Boris
Cyrille

Production Companies

Action Films
Les Films 7
Les Films Christian Fechner
Les Films du Losange
Renn Productions
Saga
Simar Productions
V.M. Productions

Distributors

New Yorker Films (USA)

Release Dates

🇫🇷 September 18, 1974
🇬🇧 March 20, 1977
🇺🇸 February 24, 1978
🇬🇧 May 05, 2006

Also Known As

Céline et Julie vont en bateau (FR)
Phantom Ladies Over Paris (FR)