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Celine et Julie vont en bateau
FRANCE · 1974

Celine et Julie vont en bateau

Jacques Rivette
magical realism female friendship time manipulation mystery thriller haunted house
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Synopsis

Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.

Cinema Atlas Connection
It’s one of the greatest films ever made. It’s funny, it’s thrilling, it’s mysterious. It’s also about female friendship and female collaboration. It felt very much like a touchstone.
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