Will interest Rivette admirers at fests and in the niche arena but will do nothing to broaden his appeal.
Around a Small Mountain(36 vues du pic Saint-Loup)
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France, Italy · 2009
1h 24m
Director Jacques Rivette
Starring Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon, Jacques Bonnaffé
Genre Drama, Romance
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Vittorio stops on a winding mountain road to help Kate, whose car has broken down. After making the repair, he speeds off. When their paths cross again, Vittorio learns that Kate has returned to join her family's traveling circus after leaving under mysterious conditions many years ago. Intrigued by her story, Vittorio stays for the show...
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The New York Times by A.O. Scott
At under 90 minutes, Around a Small Mountain is, by Mr. Rivette’s standards, a small vignette. It could have been —--and perhaps was -- part of something longer and more complex, but it stands as perfectly on its own as Pic St.-Loup, marvelous to contemplate and changing slightly every time you see it.
Chicago Reader by Cliff Doerksen
This 2009 feature is as precious as it sounds but also irresistibly charming. If you’re a newcomer to the oeuvre of New Wave hero Jacques Rivette, this is a highly accessible port of entry.
Never is the material excited into the kind of playful uncertainty that Rivette all but trademarked; the inertness of the performances robs the movie of spirit.
Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton
It's all slight enough to blow away, and rare enough to warrant seeing it before it does.
If you want an introduction to the director's work, you're better off with "La Belle Noiseuse" (1991) and his masterpiece, "Celine and Julie Go Boating" (1974).
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