cinema and love collapse in this New Wave masterpiece

First, the obvious: the premiere of L’amour fou, essential masterpiece of Jacques Rivette and the history of cinema, it is an event that should not be overlooked, both for its historical relevance and for its extraordinary character. If we discard the cycles and specific screenings in film libraries, Spanish theaters have programmed a few Rivette; except The nun and The crazy trips of Celine and Juliealmost all belonging to his late period: The beautiful liar, High, short and fragile, go find out, The Duchess of Langeais and The last summer.

Second, it is likely that the 254 minutes of L’amour fou filmed in 1967 one of the best things to happen to cinema in 2024. If this film was a before and after for Rivette, without a doubt the viewers They will be irreversibly transformed after sinking into this story about the collapse of the couple formed by Sébastien and Claire, theater director and actress played by Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Kalfon. From the beginning we know that they have separated, and what continues is the exploration of that rupture, increasingly incomprehensible, violent and painful. In the film, however, not only do love conventions – expectations and gender roles – collapse in what is going to be an emancipatory process, but also the certainties of life, fiction and even the walls of the bedroom. conjugal.

It is true that the post-68 has been captured by illustrious names, but also that Rivette’s commitment is like no other, with that fluid camera that meticulously records the emotional turmoil of the characters and their evolution, and with that idea of ​​cinema as a field of experimentation and reflection. Everything is capital in this film, a reflection of the intellectual scope of its creator.

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