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Gang of Four
(La Bande des quatre)

Screening on Film
Directed by Jacques Rivette.
With Bulle Ogier, Benoit Regent, Laurence Côte.
France, 1988, 35mm, color, 140 min.
French with English subtitles.

Turning once more to the subject of theater, Rivette explores the intertwined relationships of four actresses who live together in a suburban house and study with a famed instructor (Ogier). While rehearsing for a production of Pierre Marivaux’s La double inconstance, they are visited by a mysterious stranger (Regent) who develops an intimate relationship with each of the women while concealing his motives. As in his earlier films about the stage, the boundaries between the “real lives” of Rivette’s characters and the play-withinthe- film are effortlessly blurred, furthering the director’s career-long contemplation of performance in everyday life.

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