The Gang of Four
Mar 10, 2007
Jacques Rivette, France, 1989, 35mm, 140 min.
Four aspiring young actresses and their seasoned coach (Bulle Ogier) are pulled into one of Rivette’s fantasy-realm plots, this time involving national terrorism. While the film interweaves a mystery plot with rehearsals of plays by Marivaux, Corneille, Racine and Moliere, most of its three-hour narrative quietly observes the quartet’s daily lives. Typical of Rivette, essential truths are revealed through metaphor as the four women learn the rules vital to their adult lives.