Title
Paris belongs to us = Paris nous appartient / Janus Films ; mk2 Diffusion ; une production AJYM-Films et Les Films du Carrosse ; producteur délégué, Roland Nonin ; scénario et dialogues de Jacques Rivette et Jean Gruault ; mise en scène de Jacques Rivette.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
Special features: Richard Neupert (new interview with the professor of film studies, he discusses the themes and legacy of Jacques Rivette's debut feature, Paris belongs to us); Le coup du berger (1956 short film by Jacques Rivette, about an adulterous wife and her lover's attempt to figure out how she will explain his gift of a mink coat to her husband, cowritten by Claude Chabrol and features cameos by Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, and François Truffaut). Insert includes an essay by Luc Sante.
Cinematography, Charles Bitsch ; editor, Denise de Casabianca ; music by Philippe Arthuys in collaboration with Ivo Malec ; guitar, Jean Borredon.
In French, with optional subtitles in English.
Summary
The film follows a young literature student who befriends the members of a loose-knit group of twenty-somethings in Paris, united by the apparent suicide of an acquaintance. Suspicious of the death, she investigates to see if conspiracy was involved.
Credits
Cinematography, Charles Bitsch ; editor, Denise de Casabianca ; music by Philippe Arthuys in collaboration with Ivo Malec ; guitar, Jean Borredon.
Cast
Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Françoise Prevost, Daniel Crohem, François Maistre, Birgitta Juslin, Noelle Leiris, Monique le Porrier, Malka Ribowska, Louise Roblin, Anne Zamire, Paul Bisciglia, Jean-Pierre Delage, Claus von Lorbach, Jean Martin, Henri Poirier, André Thorent, Jane Car, Jacqueline Dupuis, Claire Fischer, Teresa Gracia, Danielle Vercoutre, Liliane Weiner, Roland Daviller, Fernand George, François Robert, Jose Sebastian, Jean-Marie Robain, Hans Lucas, Jean-Claude Brialy.