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The story of Marie and Julien

The story of Marie and Julien (Histoire de Marie et Julien)

original title:

Histoire de Marie et Julien

italian title:

Storia di Marie e Julien

directed by:

Jacques Rivette

cast:

Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Emmanuelle Beart, Anne Brochet, Nicole Garcia, Mathias Jung, Bettina Kee, Olivier Cruveiller

screenplay:

Jacques Rivette, Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent

cinematography:

William Lubtchansky

editing:

Nicole Lubtchansky

set design:

Emmanuel de Chauvigny

costume design:

Laurence Struz

producer:

Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant, Luigi Musini

production:

Cinemaundici, Pierre Grise Productions

world sales:

Celluloid Dreams [France]

country:

France/Italy

year:

2003

film run:

145'

format:

colour

release date:

17/09/2004

festivals & awards:

Julien, a mature, unmarried watchmaker, meets the young, beautiful and vulnerable Marie. The intense love sparked off between the two leads them to shelter in a place where neither life or death exist, a house where dream and reality merge.