Director Jacques Rivette presents VA SAVOIR, a masterful piece of filmmaking that combines classic cinematic techniques with elements of the stage, resulting in a majestic and formidable film. A French theater actress, Camille (Jeanne Balibar), has been living in Italy for three years. She enjoys much success working abroad as a bilingual actress, and has fallen in love with her Italian co-star, Ugo (Sergio Castellito), who is also the director of her acting troop. But when Ugo announces that the play they're performing, AS YOU DESIRE ME by Luigi Pirandello, will tour to Paris, Camille responds with nervous confusion, and suddenly the past she left behind in Paris comes rushing back to her.
Theatrical Release: SEPTEMBER 29, 2001 (NY)
This film screened in September 2001 as part of the 39th New York Film Festival, organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.
Review 1:
"...It's all very French, very intricate, and -- this is Rivette's magic -- seemingly as light as air..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.109 10/05/2001
Review 2:
"...Rivette manages the complex choreography of his characters with virtuoso comic timing..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.36-57 01/01/2002
Review 3:
"...VA SAVOIR abounds in pleasures....Balibar is a magician of moods and, as such, the ideal actress for Rivette..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.98 10/11/2001
Review 4:
"...Supple and sophisticated, filled with grace and wit..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.5 12/23/2001
Review 5:
"...[Balibar and de Fougerollles] exude the vitality for which French cinema is famous..."
Source: USA Today
p.14D 03/01/2002
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