Paris Belongs to Us
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jacques Rivette
Betty Schneider
Giani Esposito
Françoise Prévost
Daniel Crohem
François Maistre
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
While attending a party on the Left Bank in Paris, student Anne Goupil overhears a discussion of the mysterious suicide of Juan, a young Spaniard. Later she meets Gérard Lenz, a theatrical director, and Philip Kaufman, an American victim of McCarthyism. Philip tells her that Juan died because he had learned the secret of a worldwide conspiracy; Gérard also knows the secret and will be the next victim. Hoping to save Gérard's life by remaining near him, Anne takes a part in a play he is directing. Her further efforts to unravel the mystery lead her to Terry, the former mistress of all three men. Terry admits that she learned the secret from Philip and confided it to both Juan and Gérard. Anne fails to save Gérard, and after Gérard's suicide, Philip is revealed as a paranoiac who, suffering from an old war wound, invented the story of the worldwide organization. Anne realizes that the deaths of Juan and Gérard are attributable not to any conspiracy, but rather to the motivations of their own lives.
Director
Jacques Rivette
Cast
Betty Schneider
Giani Esposito
Françoise Prévost
Daniel Crohem
François Maistre
Jean-claude Brialy
Jean Marie Robain
Brigitte Juslin
Noëlle Leiris
Monique Le Poirier
Malka Ribovska
Louise Roblin
Henri Poirier
Jean Martin
Anne Zamire
Paul Bisciglia
Claude Chabrol
Jacques Demy
Jean-luc Godard
Jean-pierre Delage
André Thorent
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Paris in June 1960 as Paris nous appartient; running time: 140 min. Also known as Paris Is Ours.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1960
Released in United States 1996
Jacques Rivette's feature directorial debut.
The shorter 120 minute version was distributed in the French provinces.
Began shooting in 1957.
The film took a long time to complete because money kept running out, until finally Chabrol and Truffaut, because of their recent found success, helped Rivette get his completion money.
Released in United States 1960
Released in United States 1960 (Premiered in Paris late 1960.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in Nwe York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "Rivettians - The Films of Jacques Rivette" November 15 - December 15, 1996.)
