Purple Television
[March 18 2016] : art
Jean-Pierre Léaud in Out 1: Noli me Tangere (1971) by Jacques Rivette
A clip from Out 1: Noli me Tangere, a 13-hour art film French New Wave director Jacques Rivette.Over eight episodes, a cast of French New Wave icons improvise a spellbinding tale involving two theater troupes rehearsing Aeschylus, a female con artist (Juliet Berto) who seduces her victims, and a deaf-mute (until he speaks) busker (Jean-Pierre Léaud) on a quest to uncover a mysterious secret society. As the characters’ paths crisscross and the film’s puzzle-box structure grows ever more elaborate, a portrait of post-May 1968 Paris and its dashed dreams emerges.
Read our interview with legendary French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud from Purple Fashion magazine here.
