Marie is just out from prison when she runs into Baptiste, a young paranoid needing companionship. In their pursuit of a mysterious briefcase carried by Marie's former lover, they roam the street of Paris, transformed into a giant board game, a maze spotted with mysterious traps, puzzling clues, and chance encounters. Maybe they are bricks in some sinister scheme, maybe they are playing a board game, maybe it's a fairy tale, maybe it's yet something else...
Directed by Jacques Rivette
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Bulle Ogier
Marie
Pascale Ogier
Baptiste
Pierre Clémenti
Julien
Jean-François Stévenin
Max
Mathieu Schiffman
Un Hongrois
Crew
Jacques Rivette
Director
Bulle Ogier
Writer
Jacques Rivette
Writer
Pascale Ogier
Writer
Suzanne Schiffman
Writer
Astor Piazzolla
Original Music Composer
Nicole Lubtchansky
Editor
William Lubtchansky
Director of Photography
Caroline Champetier
Director of Photography
Barbet Schroeder
Producer
Margaret Ménégoz
Executive Producer
Suzanne Schiffman
Scenario Writer
Popular Reviews
16 reviews
Jackson
7.0★ · 05/11/25
Movie May Day 11: If you told me to guess what the ending was I never would have in a million years
Movie May Day 11: If you told me to guess what the ending was I never would have in a million years
polina
8.0★ · 04/23/25
a mess Paris, obstructed streets, two unpredictable girls, and a pretty unsettling detective case that creates a balance with a humorous surreal story. what an odd cinematic world. one of my current favorites from the French post-structuralism era. this may be Bulle Ogier's best performance in any movie I've watched of her so far; she’s a perfect in nontraditional acting technique. life adaptation for those who are simply different from society is, in my opinion, a theme that is always interesting to see in cinema, and this film is might be one of the best examples of it too. It has a specific tone, mostly comical but with undertones of danger and melancholy, which I appreciate
a mess Paris, obstructed streets, two unpredictable girls, and a pretty unsettling detective case that creates a balance with a humorous surreal story. what an odd cinematic world. one of my current favorites from the French post-structuralism era. this may be Bulle Ogier's best performance in any movie I've watched of her so far; she’s a perfect in nontraditional acting technique. life adaptation for those who are simply different from society is, in my opinion, a theme that is always interesting to see in cinema, and this film is might be one of the best examples of it too. It has a specific tone, mostly comical but with undertones of danger and melancholy, which I appreciate
