Duelle
Encyclopedia
Duelle is a 1976 experimental fantasy
drama
directed by Jacques Rivette
. The title is a play on words roughly translated as Twhylight. The film stars Juliet Berto
as the Queen of the Night who battles the Queen of the Sun (Bulle Ogier
) over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on earth, specifically modern day Paris.
Fantasy film
Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette
Jacques Rivette is a French film director. His most well known films include Celine and Julie Go Boating, La Belle Noiseuse and the cult film Out 1....
. The title is a play on words roughly translated as Twhylight. The film stars Juliet Berto
Juliet Berto
Juliet Berto was a French actress. A member of the same loose group of student radicals as Anne Wiazemsky, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her, and would go on to appear in many of Godard's subsequent films, including La Chinoise, Week End, Le Gai Savoir,...
as the Queen of the Night who battles the Queen of the Sun (Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier is a French actress.Ogier's first appearance on screen was in Voilà l'Ordre, a short film directed by Jacques Baratier with a number of the then-emerging young singers of the 1960s in France, including Boris Vian, Claude Nougaro, etc.She worked with Jacques Rivette Bulle Ogier (born...
) over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on earth, specifically modern day Paris.
Cast
- Juliet BertoJuliet BertoJuliet Berto was a French actress. A member of the same loose group of student radicals as Anne Wiazemsky, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her, and would go on to appear in many of Godard's subsequent films, including La Chinoise, Week End, Le Gai Savoir,...
as Leni - Bulle OgierBulle OgierBulle Ogier is a French actress.Ogier's first appearance on screen was in Voilà l'Ordre, a short film directed by Jacques Baratier with a number of the then-emerging young singers of the 1960s in France, including Boris Vian, Claude Nougaro, etc.She worked with Jacques Rivette Bulle Ogier (born...
as Viva - Jean BabiléeJean BabiléeJean Babilée is a prominent French dancer and choreographer of the latter half of the 20th century. He is considered to be one of modern ballet's greatest performers, and the first French dancer to gain international acclaim...
as Pierrot - Hermine Karagheuz as Lucie
- Nicole GarciaNicole GarciaNicole Garcia is a French actress, film director and writer. Her film Selon Charlie was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Actress:*1968: Des garçons et des filles directed by Étienne Périer...
as Jeanne / Elsa - Claire Nadeau as Sylvia Stern
- Elisabeth WienerÉlisabeth WienerÉlisabeth Wiener is a French actress and is also known as Élizabeth Wiener. Is the daughter of Jean Wiener.- Film / TV :*La légende de Parva as Déesse Kali*Les misérables TV mini-series as Mme Victurnier...
as Allié de Viva - Jean WienerJean WienerJean Wiener was a French pianist and composer.- Life :Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire in Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked with Erik Satie. He then embarked on a career as concert impresario, composer and pianist...
as Au piano - André Dauchy as A l'accordéon
- Roger Fugen as A la batterie