IN THE COMPANY OF ERIC ROHMER
Marie Rivière | France | Filmmakers In Focus | 100 mins
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
"Rohmer
[was] the romantic philosopher of the French New Wave, the director
whose characters make love with words as well as flesh." -
Roger Ebert
The
late Eric Rohmer (The Aviator's Wife, An Autumn Tale), who passed
away early 2010, was a deeply humanist filmmaker. His characters
were filled with passion, humour and lashings of charm.
It
is perhaps unsurprising that this deeply personal portrait of Rohmer
from Marie Rivière reveals the same qualities in the director.
Rivière has been a close collaborator of Rohmer's, and the
star of several of his masterpieces (including The Green Ray, the
Rohmer companion film for this BIFF program) - here she invites
us into his conversations with friends and collaborators, including
actors Fabrice Luchini and Arielle Dombasle, and director François
Ozon.
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Marie Rivière et Eric Rohmer
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