Container of (work): Noroît (Motion picture). Container of (work): Duelle (Motion picture : 1976) Container of (work): Merry-go-round (Motion picture : 1981)
Notes:
Duelle: Juliet Berto, Bulle Ogier, Jean Babilée. Noroît: Geraldine Chaplin, Bernadette Lafont, Kika Markham. Merry-go-round: Maria Schneider, Joe Dallesandro, Danièle Gégauff. Title from container. Noroît from The revenger's tragedy by Cyril Tourneur. Originally produced in France as a motion pictures between 1976 and 1981. Aspect ratio: 1.85:1/1.37:1 Special features: Scenes from a parallel life : Jacques Rivette remembers; Remembering Duelle; interview with critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. Booklet features essays by Mary M. Wiles, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Gilbert Adair, Michael Graham and Nick Pinkerton.
Contents:
Duelle (1976 ; 121 min.) / scenario, Eduardo de Gregorio and Marilú Parolini ; dialogue, Eduardo de Gregorio -- Noroît (1976 ; 134 min.) / scenario, Eduardo de Gregorio, Marilú Parolini and Jacques ; dialogue, Eduardo de Gregorio and Marilú Parolini -- Merry-go-round (1981 ; 160 min.) / scenario, Eduardo de Gregorio, Suzanne Schiffman and Jacques Rivette ; dialogue, Eduardo de Gregorio.
Summary:
Duelle: The Queen of the Night battles the Queen of the Sun over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on Earth, specifically in modern day Paris. Noroît: On an island beach a woman vows to avenge her brother's death at the hands of a pirate leader. With help, the woman spies on the pirates and then gets a job as bodyguard to the pirate leader. Merry-go-round: Elizabeth sends telegrams to her old boyfriend Ben in NYC and to her younger sister Leo in Rome to join her in Paris, where she is selling her dead father's estate. When Ben and Leo arrive, a mysterious adventure begins.
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