| Paris Belongs to Us | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Rivette |
| Written by | Jean Gruault Jacques Rivette |
| Produced by | Claude Chabrol Roland Nonin |
| Starring | Betty Schneider Giani Esposito Françoise Prévost |
| Cinematography | Charles L. Bitsch |
| Edited by | Denise de Casabianca |
| Music by | Philippe Arthuys |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Paris Belongs to Us (French: Paris nous appartient, sometimes translated as Paris Is Ours) is a 1961 French mystery film directed by Jacques Rivette in his feature-length directorial debut. Set in Paris in 1957 and often referencing Shakespeare's play Pericles, the title is highly ironic[according to whom?] because the characters are immigrants or alienated and do not feel that they belong at all.[citation needed]
The story centres on young university student Anne who, through her older brother, meets a group of people haunted by mysterious tensions and fears and the deaths of two of its members. The source of the malaise affecting the group is never explained, leaving viewers to wonder how far it might be an amalgam of individual imbalances, general existentialist anxiety, or the paranoia of the Cold War as the world faced the possibility of nuclear annihilation.[1][2][3]
- ^ Turner Classic Movies, retrieved 12 February 2018
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (13 April 2006), The Guardian, retrieved 12 February 2018
- ^ The New Yorker, retrieved 12 February 2018