Paris rendered as a labyrinth of intrigues. Filmed in Parisian parks and on a terrace, LE DIVERTISSEMENT foreshadows the labyrinthine walks that would be a part of Rivette’s cinema, in which the characters look for, follow and find each other like in a romantic scavenger hunt.
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Jacques Rivette Director · Charles L. Bitsch Cinematographer
First release August 24, 1952 · Original title Le divertissement
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Original title
Le divertissement
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · August 24, 1952
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No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
November 19, 2016 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 1, 2018 · digitally restored version Hong Kong International Film Festival
Poland
August 10, 2017 · New Horizons Film Festival
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