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Duelle (Une quarantaine) is a 1976 French experimental fantasy drama film directed by Jacques Rivette. The main title is a neologistic feminine form for the noun "duel". The director-assigned English title is Twhylight, a combination of "twilight" and "why".
Sep 15, 1976 · Duelle is a 1976 film about two goddesses, Leni and Viva, who fight over a magic diamond in modern-day Paris. The film features a cast of actors from Rivette's previous film Celine and Julie Go Boating, and a pianist who improvises the soundtrack.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Jacques Rivette
- 1976-09-15
The Daughter of the Moon battles the Daughter of the Sun over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on Earth, specifically in modern day Paris.
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- Jacques Rivette
Dec 3, 2018 · Jacques Rivette’s decision to follow the ambling, improvisational yarns of his early 1970s films ( Out 1, Céline and Julie Go Boating) with the scripted and genre-inflected Duelle could at a glance be mistaken for a retreat from the prior films’ playfully unconventional production methods.
Duelle. Two goddesses wage a battle for a magical blue diamond that will allow the winner to remain on earth.
- Jacques Rivette
- Drama, Fantasy
- Juliet Berto
May 10, 2024 · Intended as the second in an unfinished quartet of films about gods and mortals, Duelle is a delirious fantasy involving the rivalrous Viva (Bulle Ogier), Daughter of the Sun, and Leni (Juliet Berto), Daughter of the Moon, descending on contemporary Paris in search of an enchanted stone that will allow them to remain on Earth.
A phantasmagoric noir from Jacques Rivette, whose free-form tales of conspiracy and game-playing inspire clandestine fervor. Rivette followed his masterpiece Celine and Julie Go Boating with Duelle, championed by the Quinzaine, and starring the great Juliet Berto and Bulle Ogier.
