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Jealousy

France, 77 min

Romantic Drama

2:35 Dolby

One of the major French filmmakers of the post-New Wave, Philippe Garrel has belatedly been recognized as a master in America, and JEALOUSY may be his most accessible film in nearly 50 years of filmmaking. Shot in lustrous, widescreen black and white by the great Willy Kurant (Masculin Feminin, Under Satan’s Sun), the film opens with a man leaving his wife and daughter and, in a series of brief conversations, observed gestures, chance encounters and impulsive acts, tells the story of the relationships that flounder and thrive in the wake of this decision. In a autobiographical nod to his actor father Maurice’s abandonment of himself and his mother, the director casts his son and frequent star Louis Garrel as the husband who moves into a garret apartment with his actress girlfriend (Anna Mouglalis) and struggles with fidelity and the temptation to give up their art for an easier life. Shot with Garrel’s celebrated sensitivity and attention to faces, bodies, hands and the intricacies of the human heart, JEALOUSY is an especially intimate, deeply poignant and never less than enthralling tale of love, temptation and betrayal. 

Directed by

Philippe Garrel

CAST

Louis Garrel, Anne Mouglalis, Rebecca Convenant, Olga Milshtein, Esther Garrel

Director Philippe Garrel Story & Screenplay Philippe Garrel Caroline Deruas Arlette Langman Marc Cholodenko Producer Said Ben Said – SBS Productions  Original Music Jean-Louis Aubert

REACTIONS

“Intimate and concentrated. Right at the intersection of direct and oblique, like a good haiku.” – The Village Voice

“Jealousy is a work of rueful, retrospective wisdom. Jealousy is a wickedly ironic palimpsest that sketches present-day Paris onto passions of past decades.” Richard Brody The New Yorker

“A bleak beauty. Jealousy cuts straight to the heart.” – Critics’ Pick – Keith Uhlich, Time Out

“Mr. Garrel’s method goes beyond realism to achieve a kind of psychological intimacy that is rare and, in its low-key, meandering way, tremendously exciting.” – Critics’ Pick A.O Scott, The New York Times

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

70 Mostra di Venezia

Toronto international Film festival 2013

NY Film Festival 2013

Seattle International Film Festival : May 26 and 27, 2014

Maine International Film Festival : July 11 – 20, 2014